NVMe drive failed

[Ringel05]

Had a problem with my Linux Mint over the last couple of days. At least I thought it was the operating system being corrupted. After trying to install three different Linux distros, with each try getting progressively worse I realized my primary Crucial SSD (Solid State Drive - NVMe M.2) was failing. Luckily I had a spare 1 terabyte 2.5" form factor SSD laying around. It was actually slated as an expansion drive for another system so I ordered a Kingston NVMe (1TB).
It's funny that the new 1TB NVMe costs less today than the 500GB NVMe I bought years ago that just failed. Yup, as these types of drives become the norm prices have dropped quite a bit.

 

[fncceo]

I have several single board computers running various projects in the house, I converted them all to boot off of NVMe over the last two years. I haven't had one fail ... YET ... But I keep them backed up to NAS, just in case.

I'm really loving the boot speed.

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

Had a problem with my Linux Mint over the last couple of days. At least I thought it was the operating system being corrupted. After trying to install three different Linux distros, with each try getting progressively worse I realized my primary Crucial SSD (Solid State Drive - NVMe M.2) was failing. Luckily I had a spare 1 terabyte 2.5" form factor SSD laying around. It was actually slated as an expansion drive for another system so I ordered a Kingston NVMe (1TB).
It's funny that the new 1TB NVMe costs less today than the 500GB NVMe I bought years ago that just failed. Yup, as these types of drives become the norm prices have dropped quite a bit.

They really have come down quite a bit ...things run much smoother on an ssd

 

[Muhammed]

Had a problem with my Linux Mint over the last couple of days. At least I thought it was the operating system being corrupted. After trying to install three different Linux distros, with each try getting progressively worse I realized my primary Crucial SSD (Solid State Drive - NVMe M.2) was failing. Luckily I had a spare 1 terabyte 2.5" form factor SSD laying around. It was actually slated as an expansion drive for another system so I ordered a Kingston NVMe (1TB).
It's funny that the new 1TB NVMe costs less today than the 500GB NVMe I bought years ago that just failed. Yup, as these types of drives become the norm prices have dropped quite a bit.

I thought my 512G HP FX 900 Pro SSD was fried. Then I put it in a different computer and it worked fine. So I put it back in the original computer and it worked fine.

It seems that just removing it and putting it back in fixed it.

 

[Bleipriester]

I am using a fake NVMe as system drive. It pretends to have 1 TB but it actually has about 100 GB. If you try to read from or write on the registered but non-existent 900 GB, the system crashes and won´t boot for some minutes.

 

[Ringel05]

I thought my 512G HP FX 900 Pro SSD was fried. Then I put it in a different computer and it worked fine. So I put it back in the original computer and it worked fine.

It seems that just removing it and putting it back in fixed it.

I simply use old laptop HDDs in single external cases and some flash drives as my backup media. But then again I really don't have much to back up.
I might try what you did with your SSD. I have a Mac Mini M1 with a base hub that takes 2.5" and NVMe in expansion slots, I'll see if it works there.

 

[Muhammed]

I simply use old laptop HDDs in single external cases and some flash drives as my backup media. But then again I really don't have much to back up.
I might try what you did with your SSD. I have a Mac Mini M1 with a base hub that takes 2.5" and NVMe in expansion slots, I'll see if it works there.

What happened to mine is that there was a power outage while it was running. Then when I turned the Windows 11 PC back on all I got was the black screen of death and a mouse pointer.

 

[Ringel05]

What happened to mine is that there was a power outage while it was running. Then when I turned the Windows 11 PC back on all I got was the black screen of death and a mouse pointer.

While they are super fast I think they also should have their own active cooling which they don't. They have passive cooling but that can hypothetically shorten their life span. I think that's what happened to mine, it simply burned up.

 

[Ringel05]

The good thing with my SSD crash is I was getting bored with Linux Mint so I've loaded the latest Ubuntu distro (24.04).
Ubuntu was the first Linux distro I ever used so it holds a certain place in my heart. Of course Ubuntu uses their proprietary Snap Software repositories which I don't use so I loaded Flatpak, obviously via Terminal. Works like a charm with a whole new repository. I installed Ubuntu with the minimal installation, just the basics so I don't have a boatload of packages to uninstall. Among other things I placed the Panel on the bottom and made it look like MacOS, it's the setup I prefer.
So far so good.

 

[airplanemechanic]

People that use Linux are like people who drive Cybertrucks.

They think they are better than everyone else, but in actuality, people are just laughing at them.

I tried Linux to see what was so great. NOTHING. Nothing worked, you were VERY limited in software because nothing is written for Linux, and you're spending half of your day trying to get shit to work that is not supposed to. Linux made no sense to me. Windows is written to do shit that makes sense. Linux is not. It's like they're proud of the fact that you have to spend 6 hours trying to get a fucking word processor program to work.

It's like an iPhone. You're now limited in what software you can use. Android opens the door for you to try anything you want.

Fuck Linux.