SSD Repairs

[ethanhen]

My friend gave me 20 SDDs recently.

I have no idea what they were used for.

Only 5 of the 20 work.

I have a hot-swap 2.5" SATA port on the front of my PC, and it is reliable. This PC, Device Manager, and Disk Manager do not pick up the disks.

I have tried cooking one in a toaster oven at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 5 minutes; nothing.

 

Any advice/ideas?

 

(I would like to get more than 5 working, and I don't give a rat's a** about the data on them.)

Also: They are SanDisk x300 256GBs

 

Thanks!

[Bananasplit_00]

have you tried just a SATA cable to the motherboard? not sure that that would make any diferance but its worth a try atleast

[Godlygamer23]

Just so we're clear: Cooking a circuit board in an oven will do absolutely nothing. If you're trying to re-flow the solder, you will need a soldering iron that's at 600-700 degrees F. 

[manikyath]

well, it depends what's broken on them, if its an issue with the chips themselves (ssds dont really get hot enough for anything the baking can resolve)

 

if its the sata ports or the solder joints between them and the board.. theres more chance of fixing that.

[ethanhen]

3 hours ago, manikyath said:

if its the sata ports or the solder joints between them and the board.. theres more chance of fixing that.

Is it is the SATA connections, how would I test it?

[ethanhen]

3 hours ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Just so we're clear: Cooking a circuit board in an oven will do absolutely nothing. If you're trying to re-flow the solder, you will need a soldering iron that's at 600-700 degrees F. 

Yeah... I figured this out after realizing that when Linus did it, he was at 375 degrees CELCIUS.

[ethanhen]

3 hours ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

have you tried just a SATA cable to the motherboard? not sure that that would make any diferance but its worth a try atleast

My hot swap port is a SATA directly to the motherboard, but that is worth a try.

[Godlygamer23]

2 hours ago, ethanhen said:

Yeah... I figured this out after realizing that when Linus did it, he was at 375 degrees CELCIUS.

He was using an oven just like you are. Ovens cannot go to 707 degrees F which is what 375C translates into. And he ran into the same thing - the solder cannot be re-flowed with an oven most likely as they cannot get hot enough. Even if the ovens could, there's a possibility that you could burn some components or the solder. 

[Captain_WD]

12 hours ago, ethanhen said:

~snip~

mmm smells like cooked dinner

 

Hello ethanhen

 

What do you see when you connect each of the SSDs in your motherboard? Are they visible in BIOS, Device Manager or Disk Management? Does the system recognize that there's something in the SATA port?  Have you tried different SATA and power cables and different SATA ports or a whole different computer? 

 

As @Godlygamer23pointed out, you would need higher degrees in order to modify the solder. I'd suggest that you leave this to a technician. 

Moreover, the problem may be coming from the cells themselves or from the controller so you can't really be sure unless you find a way to detect these drives in your system in any way. 

 

I'd also suggest that you check thoroughly the S.M.A.R.T. status with the raw values of the working ones so you are sure they are safe to store data without posing any risk to it.

 

Captain_WD.

[ethanhen]

2 hours ago, Captain_WD said:

mmm smells like cooked dinner

 

Hello ethanhen

 

What do you see when you connect each of the SSDs in your motherboard? Are they visible in BIOS, Device Manager or Disk Management? Does the system recognize that there's something in the SATA port?  Have you tried different SATA and power cables and different SATA ports or a whole different computer? 

 

As @Godlygamer23pointed out, you would need higher degrees in order to modify the solder. I'd suggest that you leave this to a technician. 

Moreover, the problem may be coming from the cells themselves or from the controller so you can't really be sure unless you find a way to detect these drives in your system in any way. 

 

I'd also suggest that you check thoroughly the S.M.A.R.T. status with the raw values of the working ones so you are sure they are safe to store data without posing any risk to it.

 

Captain_WD.

BIOS, Disk Manager, and Device Manager all cannot see it. I will try different cables, and try another machine.

 

Thanks for your help