this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2023
289 points (92.9% liked)

Technology

59605 readers
3906 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots


founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Anyone else have a similar experience with one of these drives?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Darorad@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're probably fine, all drives have failures and I haven't seen anything to indicate this is a widespread issue with the drive.

[–] muddybulldog@mylemmy.win 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The manufacturer has acknowledged it’s an issue and has issued at least one patched firmware. This isn’t a “luck of the draw” or isolated issue.