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I dropped my m.2 NVME drive - should I be worried.

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I dropped my m.2 NVME drive from about 5 feet on hard tile while installing it. Should I be worried about my drive being slow of failure? What should I look for? What could be damaged? Please help!

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No, you don't need to be worried. If it's working fine now then it's good. You're not going to break an SSD by dropping it like that. 

9 minutes ago, MadmanRB said:

I would not worry about it too much but I would still double-check for any damage, yes NVME drives are better than hard drives but they are not indestructible.

Is your NVME shielded or bare?

If shielded then it will be fine, but bare is a big question mark here.

Even bare M.2 drives are more durable than you'd think. I carry one around in my pocket as a flash drive. 

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19 minutes ago, GelatinMonster said:

I dropped my m.2 NVME drive from about 5 feet on hard tile while installing it. Should I be worried about my drive being slow of failure? What should I look for? What could be damaged? Please help!

No, it's probably fine and well, m.2 drives are pretty light so the impact is not as hard as lets say hdd for example,

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1 minute ago, Freakwise said:

No, it's probably fine and well, m.2 drives are pretty light so the impact is not as hard as lets say hdd for example,

Not to mention the fact that they don't have moving parts like mechanical hard drives do. 

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I would not worry about it too much but I would still double-check for any damage, yes NVME drives are better than hard drives but they are not indestructible.

Is your NVME shielded or bare?

If shielded then it will be fine, but bare is a big question mark here.

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10 minutes ago, MadmanRB said:

I would not worry about it too much but I would still double-check for any damage, yes NVME drives are better than hard drives but they are not indestructible.

Is your NVME shielded or bare?

If shielded then it will be fine, but bare is a big question mark here.

It has a thermal insulation on the top but it just has a sticker on the back. I remember it landing on the back.

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Oh I will grant you NVME drives are extremely durable, but it does depend on what it landed on.

Some hard tile floors are pretty nasty, and sometimes they use concrete for flooring in some places.

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1 minute ago, GelatinMonster said:

It has a thermal insulation on the top but it just has a sticker on the back. I remember it landing on the back.

It's fine, don't worry about it. It's not that fragile. I carry around a small M.2 SSD in my pocket as a flash drive, and it's fine. And yes, I've dropped it on concrete on many occasions. 

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Just now, GelatinMonster said:

It has a thermal insulation on the top but it just has a sticker on the back. I remember it landing on the back.

Again its probably fine, I just know sometimes some surfaces can be nasty on electronics even durable ones.

Nothing is bulletproof after all.

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Thank you for the information.

It was also the SK Hynix P31 1TB M.2 NVME that was the victim of the drop if there is anything else about the durability or possibility of damage.

 

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