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[Lord Letto]

There is a Bricked Kingston 64GB SSD For sale on Kijiji for $15, I was just wondering if it's possible to unbrick it cause if I can't then I won't bother with it.
Here it is: http://kitchener.kij...QAdIdZ573460412

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**BRICKED** Kingston SSDNow V100 64GB


I had attempted a firmware update due to a firmware bug that apparently ends up wiping the drive. The update failed and now the drive is bricked. Kingston will not replace the drive so I am stuck with it. I have no idea if there is any way to unbrick it.. maybe someone with greater knowledge can? I would like to get $15 for the drive so that it's not a complete loss for me. I had barely even used it before it bricked so it is practically brand new.

Edited by Lord Letto, 11 March 2014 - 11:04 AM.

[Egomane]

Don't bother!

Not only are the V100 a rather old product line, you also will not know if the drive is recoverable in any way. A failed firmware update can cause the drive to be permanently out of order.

[cSand]

What he said....
That's the thing about SSDs...
when they fail, they fail

Spend your $15 on s 6-pack instead and save yourself the headache (or make one, I guess, lol)

Edited by cSand, 11 March 2014 - 04:39 PM.

[Veranova]

Dead SSD's are dead, and with the way they wear out I wouldn't ever buy one second hand, plus to look after them best there's a LOT to think about with moving temp folders, and personal files, etc, on to a hard disk.

Unless you're willing to put down the money and learn how to set things up to not burn up your SSD's life, just don't bother.
And I wouldn't get anything less than a Sumsung 840 Evo if you do, so many unreliable brands and the software makes optimisation really easy with Samsung.

Those hybrid drives seem rather nice too of course!

Edited by Veranova, 11 March 2014 - 04:44 PM.

[Shamous13]

I've done a couple of builds for people with hybrid drives in the past few months. not a bad compromise IMHO for the price

[cSand]

I find SSDs are good if you pair them with a normal drive. Put your OS and most used programs on the SSD, but save all your data on the other drive. Nice fast boot times plus a bit of safety. At least if the mechanical drive fails you can potentially get your data back... but if the SSD fails all you have to do is get a new one and reload the OS and a few programs. Not ideal but much less of a pain in the shiny metal

Edited by cSand, 11 March 2014 - 08:14 PM.

[Sen]

Save it for a downpayment on a NEW SSD. Lately the deals newegg has had have been PHENOMINAL! [$60 for a 120 gig drive, $129 for a kingston 240 gig, $250 for a Samsung 500 gig...]