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Anyone else have a similar experience with one of these drives?

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[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Randomly disconnects = chance for data loss

Though the filesystem plays a role. I have a full metal body Sandisk USB stick that still overheats after a while and then disconnects (has a heatsink on top now) but ext4 handles that fine. I know that Fat32 has no journaling and NTFS is a tad bit sensible to disconnects. Don't know about exfat.

[–] disgruntledpelican@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

It's my biggest peeve with owning this SSD. I can leave it over a weekend and come back to, no lie, 50+ disconnect notifications from MacOS. Shoddy software to say the least...

[–] And009@reddthat.com 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I use an Asus enclosure and put in a WD ssd. The heat dissipation is better than the sandisk model and it stays connected pretty much always except during travels

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eh, wait, so it's heath related? Defective firmware causing overheating or too low limits?

[–] And009@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

Haven't had that issue, but definitely design related. Mine is a Asus rog enclosure which has better heatsink than sandisk