First, I didn't lose any data but only time when that SSD failed, so going to the extent of desoldering the memory chips isn't necessary. Fortunately, that SSD

First, I didn't lose any data but only time when that SSD failed, so going to the extent of desoldering the memory chips isn't necessary. Fortunately, that SSD was only a backup/consolidation from other drives so I still had all that data. The only reason for suggesting that course of action was out of curiosity, as I recall from old data would sometimes come to 'life' after we erased 2716s, 2732s etc. and then exposed them to excessive heat (it was never intended as a means of unerasing them after we'd exposed them to UV light. The real issue remains and that's that manufacturers aren't prepared to tell us anything about them and I reckon that's a significant problem.