Top Causes of Solid State Drive (SSD) Failures

    The main causes of SSD failures are divided into mechanical, logical, electrical, and complex. Most often, failures in work occur for the following reasons:

    1. Physical deterioration of memory cells.

    2. Degradation of memory cells as a result of an imperfect process or defect in production.

    3. Failure of the internal firmware, as a special case - the failure of the translator when unreadable blocks, non-rewritable, non-movable blocks appear.

    4. Failure of the operating system (OS) after installing updates to OS components, computer device drivers, or applications. OS malfunctions.

    5. Accidental or deliberate attempt to destroy data.

    6. Failure of individual memory chips, or parts of memory chips, after external physical impact, or as a result of manufacturing defects.

    7. Deformation of the printed circuit board during operation.

    8. Failure of printed circuit board elements as a result of exceeding the level of supply voltages, or using a low-quality power supply, a power supply with large output ripples, or static breakdown.

    9. Failure of the algorithm of the internal firmware in case of mechanical damage to the circuit elements, the appearance of bad blocks, or a violation of the structure of service information.

    10. Failure of the built-in voltage converters as a result of thermal breakdown, or static breakdown.

    11. Use of a solid state drive under extreme climatic conditions not specified by the manufacturer in the operating conditions or in the passport data.

    12. Contact with contaminants, conductive substances, oxidizing agents, solvents, liquids, on the printed circuit board of the solid state drive, or in its case.

    13. Lack of access to data due to the loss of hardware or software encryption keys.

    14. Lack of access to data as a result of hacker attacks, virus infection, or file encryption by ransomware.