exploding Sandisk Ultra II 960Gb

[Dlog]

I recently moved my rig into a new case and though to myself, why not pull my SSD out of my PS4 and throw it in. After connecting the drive it exploded on boot. I have an RMA in for it at the moment but I'm curious. Has anyone else had a SSD explode on them? My powersupply seems to be fine but the SSD of doom took out two 4 TB drives on the same SATA power cable.

 

By explode I mean spark and start burning. Outside looks fine, inside smells like burning death.

[NTDaws]

1 minute ago, Dlog said:

I recently moved my rig into a new case and though to myself, why not pull my SSD out of my PS4 and throw it in. After connecting the drive it exploded on boot. I have an RMA in for it at the moment but I'm curious. Has anyone else had a SSD explode on them? My powersupply seems to be fine but the SSD of doom took out two 4 TB drives on the same SATA power cable.

 

By explode I mean spark and start burning. Outside looks fine, inside smells like burning death.

that sounds more like a power supply issue.

[Deli]

It's the first time I read about an "exploded" SSD.

[NTDaws]

1 minute ago, Deli said:

It's the first time I read about an "explode" SSD.

same but it sounds more like a power supply issue.

[Deli]

1 minute ago, Dawson Wehage said:

same but it sounds more like a power supply issue.

Sounds like short circuit. Could also be a bad cable or Sata connector.

[Dlog]

I figured it might be the power supply but I've used this power supply for two years with no issue. Heck i'm still using it, with the same connector and same rail connection with other drives right now. No issues.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Dlog said:

I figured it might be the power supply but I've used this power supply for two years with no issue. Heck i'm still using it, with the same connector and same rail connection with other drives right now. No issues.

Which PSU btw. 

[Dlog]

http://www.thermaltake.com/products-model.aspx?id=C_00001830

Thermaltake Smart M850W

 

Running a non OC build with i7-4790k, Geforce 1080 founders 16G of ram, on a EVGA Z97 FTW board, 6 fans 2 pumps and 4 drives total. Fairly light load.

 

When it did it's exploading I had 2 3.5in Drives and 2 SSDs connected. The Sandisk was connected in line with the two 3.5in drives and my intel SSD was connected in line with a fan controller.

[flibberdipper]

Generally speaking it seems like Thermaltake PSU's haven't exactly had stellar reputation, so it's likely that it's what killed stuff.

[VolkA]

Or maybe some water or droplet of water (or metal fragment) got in between the SATA cable and the SSD. Other than that most likely would be the PSU issue, the one that is still working now which is actually weird.

[Dlog]

5 minutes ago, VolkA said:

Or maybe some water or droplet of water (or metal fragment) got in between the SATA cable and the SSD. Other than that most likely would be the PSU issue, the one that is still working now which is actually weird.

The connectors were facing down, after shutting off the computer I removed the old SSD and put the SanDisk in. I'm doubtful that something fell in. The SanDisk SSD had been in a PS4 for about 7 months prior, on turned off for ~4 of those months.

[VolkA]

1 minute ago, Dlog said:

The connectors were facing down, after shutting off the computer I removed the old SSD and put the SanDisk in. I'm doubtful that something fell in. The SanDisk SSD had been in a PS4 for about 7 months prior, on turned off for ~4 of those months.

Hmm. If that is the case then this is qualify to be listed under the 100 weird things that no one can explain.

 

Jokes aside, it's really weird then that it will suddenly "explode". Haha. Well at least you get to RMA it.

[Dlog]

5 minutes ago, VolkA said:

Hmm. If that is the case then this is qualify to be listed under the 100 weird things that no one can explain.

 

Jokes aside, it's really weird then that it will suddenly "explode". Haha. Well at least you get to RMA it.

Yea SanDisk is really nice with the RMA process (same day pre-paid shipping label), they even offered to look into the other drives that fried with it. Nice company.

[VolkA]

2 minutes ago, Dlog said:

Yea SanDisk is really nice with the RMA process (same day pre-paid shipping label), they even offered to look into the other drives that fried with it. Nice company.

Seriously? You mean they actually offer to do something about the other drives that was "affected" but not under theirs? Wow. I didn't know that. Might actually consider them in the near future if that is the case.

[dragoon20005]

woah there

 

if the SSD worked fine in the PS4

 

i dont think its the SSD fault

 

and judging by the PSU you have there

 

i believed the main culprit is the PSU

[kirashi]

3 hours ago, Dlog said:

I recently moved my rig into a new case and though to myself, why not pull my SSD out of my PS4 and throw it in. After connecting the drive it exploded on boot. I have an RMA in for it at the moment but I'm curious. Has anyone else had a SSD explode on them? My powersupply seems to be fine but the SSD of doom took out two 4 TB drives on the same SATA power cable.

 

By explode I mean spark and start burning. Outside looks fine, inside smells like burning death.

Could we ... um... get some pictures? For research and educational purposes, of course.  Usually SSD's (and even hard drives) don't explode, at least, not of their own causes. Either a bad SATA connector or some other kind of short circuit with the wiring would cause this. That said, it doesn't sound like your ThermalTake PSU properly detected this short if it managed to kill 2 other drives on the same SATA power string.

 

I'd highly recommend replacing your PSU with one from EVGA, Corsair, or SparklePower! (kidding about that last one; DON'T buy a SparklePower PSU.)

[Dlog]

7 hours ago, kirashi said:

Could we ... um... get some pictures? For research and educational purposes, of course.  Usually SSD's (and even hard drives) don't explode, at least, not of their own causes. Either a bad SATA connector or some other kind of short circuit with the wiring would cause this. That said, it doesn't sound like your ThermalTake PSU properly detected this short if it managed to kill 2 other drives on the same SATA power string.

 

I'd highly recommend replacing your PSU with one from EVGA, Corsair, or SparklePower! (kidding about that last one; DON'T buy a SparklePower PSU.)

Build "log" rough layout before boom, removed the Intel drive for SanDisk. Build as of today, removed a drive and left my new Samsung850 in, making room for the RMA SanDisk.

 

Edit: Small detail, I was using a Y slitter during the boom pictured here

[kirashi]

9 hours ago, Dlog said:

Build "log" rough layout before boom, removed the Intel drive for SanDisk. Build as of today, removed a drive and left my new Samsung850 in, making room for the RMA SanDisk.

 

Edit: Small detail, I was using a Y slitter during the boom pictured here

Ah yes, that Y splitter would be the entire source and cause of your fiery issues in this case. Have a read into the article linked below or simply google and you'll find that a lot of those types of splitters do this.

http://www.stevenhale.co.uk/main/2012/05/sata-plug-melted/

https://www.google.com/search?q=molex+to+sata+fire+melted

[Dlog]

3 hours ago, kirashi said:

Ah yes, that Y splitter would be the entire source and cause of your fiery issues in this case. Have a read into the article linked below or simply google and you'll find that a lot of those types of splitters do this.

http://www.stevenhale.co.uk/main/2012/05/sata-plug-melted/

https://www.google.com/search?q=molex+to+sata+fire+melted

Weird, never knew that. I bought a reputable brand with positive reviews, thought i was safe.

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812200468

 

[kirashi]

11 minutes ago, Dlog said:

Weird, never knew that. I bought a reputable brand with positive reviews, thought i was safe.

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812200468

 

StarTech is a great brand, actually, with many positive reviews. I own countless of their cables, adapters, and a few PCI add-in cards.

 

Unfortunately, all brands that sell the injection molded style of connector where you cannot see the pins are unsafe to use due to the way injection molded SATA connectors are made. The following video explains in detail which types of SATA connectors are safe to use or purchase.