Does anybody have a dead SSD?

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
07/09/2018 at 23:24 • Filed to: None

I need a dead one. I bought a computer today that was supposed to have no HDD, but it has a 250 GB SSD and I need something to send back.

DISCUSSION (13)

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/09/2018 at 23:43

All I have is a dead 2.5" drive that I replaced with a SSD. I guess I’m halfway there.

AdverseMartyr > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/10/2018 at 02:31

Why do you need to do that? If they sent you a hard drive you didn’t order I don’t think you are obligated to send it back. At least in the USA. So if you don’t want to help why go through the trouble of appearing to help?

Echo51 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/10/2018 at 03:35

I have an old 16GB SSD? Pretty useless as it will barely hold any useful OS install, but it’s a good option for caching a bigger HDD i guess.

I’m not sure i follow you on sending back *some* SSD? Surely they must know what they sent you...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > AdverseMartyr
07/10/2018 at 07:48

Longer story than that.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/10/2018 at 08:57

I have, thus far, ever had a single SSD die in it’s usable lifespan. This includes drives that are over 10 years old and in continuous use during that time.

Also: This sounds tremendously shady. Why don’t you just give them the drive back?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
07/10/2018 at 10:38

I bought an Optiplex 980 i5 with 16 gb RAM for $30 from a business and the girl I dealt with was cool and she was supposed to remove the drive before she sold the computer. She forgot to and it turns out to be a 250 GB SSD, which I don’t want to give back. I haven’t admitted to having it so far...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
07/10/2018 at 10:39

And believe it or not, a “not working, for parts” SSD on Ebay goes for $20.

AdverseMartyr > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/10/2018 at 11:32

I’ve got popcorn.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > AdverseMartyr
07/10/2018 at 12:44

I bought an Optiplex 980 with Core i5 and 16 GB of RAM for $30. The young woman at the front desk who sold it to me — business unrelated to computer sales, just liquidating some systems they didn’t need — forgot to take out the drive, as it turns out. The drive turns out to be a 250gb SSD, which I hate to give back. So if I could find a “core,” I’d take that back to her. I told her there was no drive because I didn’t see one when we opened the case and the little black SSD was hidden. So if I could find a bad SSD, I’d just take it to her and she could put it in the pile for destruction and not get in any trouble, though she probably won’t anyway.

AdverseMartyr > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/11/2018 at 04:27

So did she contact you about it? Because if not, I would guess that no one is even aware of the problem. Sorry, I’m just curious, no real need to answer. I probably think too much.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > AdverseMartyr
07/11/2018 at 09:24

Yes, she did, though with a question about whether she had and I really don’t want to lie about it so I guess I’ll have to go and do the right thing.

AdverseMartyr > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
07/12/2018 at 01:32

can you just find a super cheap 40g and toss it inside the 250 case?

*I’m making the assumption that it is similar to the one you showed, and that there is an outside cover you can remove.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > AdverseMartyr
07/12/2018 at 10:35

I’m very close to an equilibrium point where I’ll just give her the SSD and find something else to use. I can’t not be honest about it.