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I bought 5 of these less than two years ago, though they were the 500 GB model. Every single one of them has failed - some within 45 days and just outside the return period. The last one, which I honestly forgot was still running and thought I'd replaced, failed this morning.

These SSDs are absolute garbage and their warranty replacements are a joke (read: you're outta luck, Chuck). Burn me once, shame on you. Burn me 6 times, well, shame one me for buying them again, I guess. lol. I had one fail prior to this batch, but assumed it was an oddball.

Pro tip: Never buy Silicon Power (SP) SSDs. I you have any in use, make sure you have backups running daily and that you check those backups every so often.

Seems like the 3v3 regulator is what goes out on these, but I'm not going to bother trying to repair it since I've got backups.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Really weird warranty 45 days, are you sure these are not fake?

I have some of their ssds, and the warranty is 5 years

[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

Oh, the warranty is 5 years. The Amazon return period was 30 days, and they failed outside of that window.

For their warranty claims, they make you jump through a lot of hoops to even get started on an RMA, plus I had to pay shipping. Ultimately, I figured they'd just send another piece of junk, so I cut my losses and bought Samsungs to replace them.

[–] wreckedcarzz 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Please leave a review (for these failed drives) for the future rest of us

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Credit cards can protect you here. Some have warranty policies.

[–] skittlebrau 2 points 8 months ago

That makes me feel lucky that Australia’s consumer laws are decent. If that happened here, it’s the customer’s choice whether they want to deal with the manufacturer or the retailer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

What's the problem then? I'm living in a country where there is no return period 🫣