SanDisk Extreme Pro Failures Result from Design Flaw, Says Researcher
It doesn't look like a firmware fix will be enough.
There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A new report from a data recovery company now points the finger at manufacturing flaws as the underlying issue with the recent flood of SanDisk Extreme Pro failures.
It transpired back in May that some of Western Digital's SanDisk Extreme Pro 4TB SSDs suffer from sudden data loss, at which point the company promised a firmware update to owners of 4TB drives.
In fact, Markus Häfele, Managing Director of Attingo, a data recovery company, told FutureZone that the problem lies in hardware, not firmware.
Attingo, which has been in the data recovery business for over 25 years, regularly sees these failed SanDisk Extreme Pro SSDs, at least one a week, according to Häfele.
Yet, there are also newer revisions of these SanDisk Extreme Pro SSDs that seem to have been modified with extra epoxy resin to secure the oversized components.
To follow up on its investigation, the Verge naturally quizzed Western Digital about the recurring issue with its Extreme Pro SSDs but did not receive a response as of August 19, 2023.
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Would my Extreme Pro 256 GB UHS-I card be affected by this? I haven't used it in my digital camera yet but if there's a risk of failure I would rather know now.
I don't think a Micro SD card would be affected by this problem, because they're too small to have soldered components. The issue affects Extreme Pro SSDs that have oversized resistors and/or weak solder joints.
Thank you.
