- Sep 23, 2014
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Hi folks.
I bought some upgrades for my desktop PC a few days ago and one of them is a Samsung 840 Evo 250GB SSD. It didn't come with the SATA 3 (6Gbps) cable and the four small mounting screws I need though which I've now ordered, but being impatient for the time being I decided to stick it on the drive plate with a blob of blu-tac underneath on each corner and use my blu-ray drive's SATA 2 cable. So I carefully stuck it on there but it wasn't quite central and me being OCD about precision I tried to reposition it. You can probably guess what happened next. It was stuck on quite securely but as I gently eased it off it suddenly came unstuck and ended up falling on a very short-pile carpet from about 4 feet.
From the sound it made I thought **** I've just wasted £90, then I remembered since it has no mechanism it might be alright. I haven't plugged it in and tested it yet because I'd rather wait a couple of days until I get the other bits first. I'm pretty sure it'll still work because it's basically just some microchips on a circuit board, nothing's rattling in there and the whole thing is still "solid".
I'm just wondering though if it's one of those types of components that only works if it's perfect and not at all if it's even slightly damaged, or the sort that still works if it's damaged but not properly and/or the life of it has been shortened.
I wouldn't usually let this sort of thing bother me so much but as this is something that holds data it's a bit different. So if anyone's got any knowledge/experience of SSD shock resistance it'd be much appreciated.
Cheers.
I bought some upgrades for my desktop PC a few days ago and one of them is a Samsung 840 Evo 250GB SSD. It didn't come with the SATA 3 (6Gbps) cable and the four small mounting screws I need though which I've now ordered, but being impatient for the time being I decided to stick it on the drive plate with a blob of blu-tac underneath on each corner and use my blu-ray drive's SATA 2 cable. So I carefully stuck it on there but it wasn't quite central and me being OCD about precision I tried to reposition it. You can probably guess what happened next. It was stuck on quite securely but as I gently eased it off it suddenly came unstuck and ended up falling on a very short-pile carpet from about 4 feet.
From the sound it made I thought **** I've just wasted £90, then I remembered since it has no mechanism it might be alright. I haven't plugged it in and tested it yet because I'd rather wait a couple of days until I get the other bits first. I'm pretty sure it'll still work because it's basically just some microchips on a circuit board, nothing's rattling in there and the whole thing is still "solid".
I'm just wondering though if it's one of those types of components that only works if it's perfect and not at all if it's even slightly damaged, or the sort that still works if it's damaged but not properly and/or the life of it has been shortened.
I wouldn't usually let this sort of thing bother me so much but as this is something that holds data it's a bit different. So if anyone's got any knowledge/experience of SSD shock resistance it'd be much appreciated.
Cheers.
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