bringing dead solid state drive back to life

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bringing dead solid-state drive back to life was fun. We got this unit sent to us from the Dominican Republic after it visited another data recovery company. We were not told the reason why data was not recovered on the first attempt. After inspecting the unit, we were able to find one failed pmic. However, swapping just that component over from the donor to the patient solid-state drive did not bring it back to life. Data was still not accessible. It was getting late, and after sinking over an hour of troubleshooting, we opted for a more invasive but trusted route of swapping out NANDs to the donor. See the video for end results :)
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HDD Recovery Services
391 Bank St, Suite 201
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[@rsuryase]

If all is required is a NAND swap, I wonder why Drivesavers couldn't do it. Maybe they have a time limit for each job.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

their case number is posted, and they do watch my channel and follow my IG. Maybe they can answer why :) lets get some likes on OP post to take it to the top for visibility

[@hddrecoveryservices]

This controller is not crypted

[@n.shiina8798]

maybe they were full and offloading some work?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

@@n.shiina8798 so they were kind enough to let me do the job :)

[@danielsatko-]

because the are crappy scammers

[@spacewolfjr]

This is like watching an artist at work, amazing! Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos!

[@maxnoerenberg6370]

this is indeed an artform for sure............a #Nerd art but still an impressive art! Especially how he presented all those assignments!

[@Digital-Dan]

Compared to some of your KZbin colleagues, it's like watching a surgeon vs. a butcher. Nice work.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Thanks Dan!

[@dflyfpv8765]

Amazing to see how you solve those problems. An imagine how happy the customer will be. Great work!

[@trooperthatsall5250]

many many times I've had users at work and one in particular tell me why is data recovery so expensive?, my reply is always the same, Its a specialised job, requiring specialised tools, its time consuming and the experts are highly trained with lots of experience. So if you did drop/spill or don't look after the device; not made a backup ,your only hope is recovery then you need to sit down and take stock. I have hundreds of users to look after and I really don't have time explaining the same thing to that person every time they do it (and yes they have done it three times so far and have NOT changed their behaviour). The company has spent at least 50k on data recovery in that last 3 years (and no it's IT, we have systems in place and its always the same Karens who appear with a poor excuse of why their such and such data is not there anymore) Great Video ~Trooper

[@travelingkaspersworld4096]

These videos are absolutely fascinating. We have a Toshiba drive which failed.....it sits right over there (my right..your left). I wish we could send it up to you. One of these days. Keep making videos ...They are great to watch.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Thank you!

[@willywgb]

You make allot of these repairs look so easy. This one was a little more challenging and you stayed with it until the problem was solved. Good job. Can't wait until the next one. Cheers Willy

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Thanks Willy

[@13BTRX3]

Really glad I ran across your channel! It is so entertaining to watch someone work that is as skilled as yourself. Thank you for sharing!

[@ExecutorQ3]

Yeah i'm new here (doing some solderingyself, but nothing on that precision level, just some audio hw and patches in work) and i loved your paste reball (i realize it might be known trick, but i saw that first and it was actually a thing i came to see here :-) ). So yeah, you've got new sub :-)

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Welcome aboard!

[@MilanGajicBuva]

Man ... reballing chips. You should make a compilation with just that. It looks like magic. :-)

[@hddrecoveryservices]

haha, good IDEA!!! I will

[@sweetpeaz61]

I so enjoy watching your videos, and thankyou for sharing your abilities with us..you truly are a master of your craft.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

thank you so much! :)

[@RainManFights]

I really love watching you work sir.

[@jad43701]

You have the patience of a Saint. I don't mind building and repairing computers, but when you get down to the level your working on...I'm out. Keep up the good work.

[@GoutamDAS-ls1wb]

I loved this video! You are an artist and I can tell you have a lot of experience handling and replacing these SMD's. I believe SSD manufacturers would love to hire you to find out and eventually root out the causes of failures in these devices. Thanks for a great, entertaining lesson!

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Thank you so much!

[@jeff15]

awesome work, you make it look so easy. i bet this was extremely time consuming. for others out there, this was not a tutorial. !!!

[@hddrecoveryservices]

it was time consuming, for sure. I am working on a 850EVO Samsung at the moment that had massive water damage.

[@jeff15]

@@hddrecoveryservices are you going to do a video on it aswell ? Take care.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

I am like 8 hours deep into investigation with it. I will try to make the video on it but editing that much footage to get all needed parts is a task on its own. :)

[@richardchism1509]

You have saint like patience

[@rsuryase]

Thanks for showing us another one of your tool Deepspar USB Stabilizer. This video doesn't seem to show it's usefulness however. I have a Rapidspar and I use it for cloning when one of my hard drives starts to die.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

I have a beat-up microSD card to showcase the usefulness of the piece. Should make it a priority. The tool is simply amazing

[@DiskTuna]

@@hddrecoveryservices Did you ever do this video?

[@JamieDelour]

@@hddrecoveryservices was this video done?

[@Astinsan]

Some fluxes will corrode certain alloys... maybe the manufacturer didn’t rinse the board after processing? Ultimately causing the failure of the solder joint. Because I agree., that is definitely corrosion on those pads you were pointing out

[@Dochart268]

This is fabulous. So awesome to watch

[@manih99]

Amazing to see like that dadicatio ..

[@offline9218]

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[@karldecauwer2183]

amazing work. Hello from Tahiti

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Hello!

[@ASAPDataRecoveryLosAngeles]

Hello! Long time no hear. Great video, as usually.:)

[@arivonto]

Nice equipments you have it there. I love it !!

[@starpuss]

Sure Wish i had to coin for all the cool tools you use LOL!

[@DiskTuna]

Watching this is 10 times more satisfying than any episode of Dr. Pimple Popper.

[@blasterbyte]

Greetings from Amsterdam, love your video's

[@KC-pf4tj]

Amazing work! Thanks for the video.....

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Thank you Kurt

[@johneygd]

Ever wondered why that ssd failed, like what did it cause to fail? Also, it must be really really hard to centre the chip precisely and solder it back on the motherboard,phew, just amezing how you succeeded repairing it.

[@HEXserwis]

Good work, as always. It should be easy and fast, but unfortunately cases turn out to be much more difficult than previously assumed... This month is a month of SM2246 and SM2256.

[@UTIDosDados]

Hi Erkin! great video using reballing techniques. i'm thinking of buying a quick for the lab soon. all care with the heat in the memories is really fundamental. have you reopened the lab? tks Bro!

[@ToPanPawel]

Awesome work as always!

[@artursmihelsons415]

I known how it is - diagnosing failed components, replacing these with new ones with device behavior change, and then finding out, that something else is dead.. And that last one takes lot of time and, sometimes, even can't imagine, that that component may fail.. Few days ago I bring back to life dead hard drive, which even wasn't visible from BIOS and didn't spin up.. Very quickly figured out that +5V rail is coming in and then missing.. Need to take time for reverse engineering hard drives PCB power part, but it pays off and drive is live again.. :) I can't imagine that in newest drives they put in tiny (less than 0805, probably 0402) unmarked 0 ohm resistors in lines with current consumption 300-500mA.. Seriously! :D This takes day to me to figure it out and verify because i can't believe in it..

[@ekon01cz]

It's not anything wrong with using 0 ohm resistors as fuses. I learned to check these components as first.

[@artursmihelsons415]

@@ekon01cz Yes, it's nothing wrong if that component have any marking on it, but problem was in size and ways to identify that part as bad 0 ohm resistor, considering, current consumption in that line - resistor was way to small.. Expected, at least 0805.. And multilayer board makes tracking more difficult.. ;)

[@marlonlacert8133]

Keep up the great work!

[@josuaschmid501]

Thanks for sharing! Quick question, nothing to do with the rescue but a general question: Do you charge the customer the same rescuing the data successfully compared to not successfully?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

We only charge if recovery is successful in most of the cases

[@josuaschmid501]

@@hddrecoveryservices Oh wow, good for the customers! BTW: nice touch with slamming the upside down "WE CAN SAVE IT!" into the opening scene ... I just realised now :-)

[@RickOShay]

Great work !

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Thank you!

[@charlesm.1638]

Very nice work!

[@awilliams1701]

I've never seen an SSD that looks like that. For external they usually look like WD passports.

[@farokrachid]

thank you so much

[@martyburgess341]

Is it possible to add more storage to it? All those extra connectors possibly going to waste.

[@varmint243davev7]

Thank you !

[@artideg]

Dull pads, actually black pad due to poor coverage of copper layer at the mfg process

[@maxnoerenberg6370]

I wonder if you have 100% recovery on any contract you received...........

[@hddrecoveryservices]

it would be impossible to have 100% recovery success rate. In some cases even getting 5% could satisfy the client to the moon and back. We are over 90% for sure, but more and more hard drives arrive opened and butchered there days. That impacts the outcome heavily. If all hard drives that we were getting arrived sealed, we would be getting close to 95% success.

[@techbuildspcs]

@@hddrecoveryservices hmmm. So its all about the packaging and how it was treated during its lifetime reffering to dust impacts ect?

[@Limeayy]

Where's the best place to find all types of stencils for bga reworking of anything such as Nvidia, samsung, or w\e chips/processor you using?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

eBay is where I get mine. There might be superior quality stencil brands for something the is in high demand like phone repair. But once I use for NANDs do great

[@roybrown4944]

Beautiful

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@mankindapparel]

very nice job! lot of risk for that reward!

[@hddrecoveryservices]

there is a famous Russian proverb - those who don't risk, don't drink champagne

[@neddy1287]

Did you ever find out what failed on the non working board? My guess would have been a 0 ohm resistors/fuses that would have been blown or worse case the main controller failed but I could be wrong about that. But something tells me it could be possible broken traces starting from the usb port toward the chips/caps/mosfets/transistors

[@hddrecoveryservices]

No, I dumped a bunch of time into it, and got fed up.

[@neddy1287]

@@hddrecoveryservices You should invest in a thermal camera that will find the heat source which will help you find the component that is shorted

[@joshuagonzalez4319]

I have a question, I have an 4Tb WD My Passport and It hasn't been working lately, my laptop detects the drive but when I click on it I get a The Requested Failed Due to a Fatal Device Hardware Error, I thought about formatting the disk and try to recover the data (WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT), I also took it to a computer store but the guy was charging me at least 450$ with no guarantee to make it work, and I don't know what to do, could you give me an advice?

[@chillinfartdotcc]

I/O failure. Once i got a Toshiba Canvio with the same issue, fortunately was a cable issue and used a micro usb to check it's health. I don't recommend to format or something related, a write error can damage the disk

[@DRAKG0]

Awesome, well done!

[@isaacdionisio2668]

Fantastic work m8 :)

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Thanks

[@NathanThePrezPretlow]

something wrong with SSD every time i want to download or run app it keeps buffering then the app goes off. ssd is only 4 months old.

[@xtrance25]

Good work bro. Awesome :)

[@GetGood5]

Great video.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Thanks

[@ricardoacostatorres1350]

9:29 I saw one of the pads damaged? not sure tho... not the component but board

[@hddrecoveryservices]

controller was good

[@bignig123]

Did you ever find out why drivesavers couldn't fix it?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

no

[@MINERAL-115]

What sort of paper are you using there to gather up flux? It's much more efficient than messing about with something like Fluxclean!

[@hddrecoveryservices]

kimtech wipes, there should be link in description for them

[@brandonphilander661]

Love this title.

[@daand12]

Flashing a SM2244LT is much easier, doesn't need to be in rom / safe mode. Currently having trouble of reflashing a sm2258xt with ufs flash. There's just 1 bad block, so that shouldn't corrupt the firmware / 100 percent usage at some point \.

[@suryavanshib]

Awesome job✌️✌️✌️

[@kiramatzu]

why you dont use infrared camera?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

I don't see a need in it

[@asmedeus448]

is using software like easeus or recoverit possible to recover formatted data?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

maybe, but they are junk, so I don't use those

[@1800Supreme]

Thermal camera?

[@nilomyki]

Are you still working from home?

[@GeneralMedia555]

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[@chandigarhdatarecovery]

Erkin , Did You Swap The NAND And CPU Or Only The NAND ?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Just NAND

[@priestblood]

Would you be able to add the donor memory chips with the original ones to double ssd size ? Would that work or is it a bad idea

[@hddrecoveryservices]

It could work, but you would need a utility to upload new microcode to expand.

[@Djplanche]

Thank you for your vidéos . I have a question . I have a small budget .Can i find a solution for start for recover data for my custumers. Every time it's for recover picture . I ask to acelab and the budget is too important for me. i have a small entreprise and want find a solution software for data recovery. Please help me . Peace

[@SPECTRA890]

Bruh your amazing

[@pepeshopping]

Shelf parts in the millions....oh so hard to fix...

[@maxnoerenberg6370]

what drive is the best for storage and recovery...SSD or HDD? I still have my files on a HDD but I am planning to copy them all on an SSD ( and the cloud of course )

[@hddrecoveryservices]

The best standalone storage is CMR hard drive.

[@jackalek]

@@hddrecoveryservices It's actually two of these at very minimum! With the same data on each.

[@lousmith84]

@@hddrecoveryservices but isnt ssd better for reliability?

[@eldinsalkic1]

Hi i have an ssd it shows up in the BIOS but win wont show it this just happened when I shot down my pc normal way. Is it possible to fix it thx 😊

[@maxnoerenberg6370]

love all the nerdy input about those drives......but I wonder if he ever recovered an old fashiond VHS tape ha ha those hardly need recovery if stored properly.....I still have my VHS movies from the 1970s and some fro around 1959 and they still look in great condition ( I removed the casing and vacuum sealed just the tape rolls ) the only problem is to get a suitable VHS player nowadays ha ha.....they are getting quite expensive ( I wish I would"ve kept my player..)

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Never worked with tapes to be honest :)

[@maicod]

6:52 even pros can have this sometimes eh Erkin :)

[@LSUKGaming]

i live in the uk do u accpet me if i place a order/repair ?

[@hddrecoveryservices]

we offer services worldwide. www.hddrecovery.ca/contact-us

[@MoppelMat]

420 ftw

[@zeeahmed3123]

I'm first 💚 dope work 🔥

[@hddrecoveryservices]

That was quick

[@zeeahmed3123]

@@hddrecoveryservices I'm fast as fu*k boi 😁😁💚

[@tails64dsntchannel8]

Drive Savers, not as competent and professional as they want you to believe..

[@zl0y]

Чувак ты крут!

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Спасибо :)

[@noobhacker101]

yes easy diy

[@willcha8127]

I have a drive , but i don't want my hunter biden type of videos for everyone to see, so instead I just leave it dead :(

[@maicod]

12:46 and quickly out again :)

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Intake from fume extraction sucked him in. But it has a screen so most likely got stuck in there 😑

[@maicod]

yea no peaceful exit for her ;-) (only females look for human blood)

[@ramtek2702]

There's no such thing as a "flat head screw driver".

[@hddrecoveryservices]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screwdriver

[@ramtek2702]

@@hddrecoveryservices I think you should have a look at the wikipedia page you reference. The picture in the upper right corner of the page clearly shows a "flat blade" screwdriver which is the correct terminology. The term "flat head" is properly applied ONLY to a style of screw head which is flush or flat to the surface in which it is installed. No particular driver is used for flat head screws since several drive styles are available, ie slotted, Phillips, socket head, etc. The term "flat head" is often misapplied to screw drivers by unknowledgeable people like yourself.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

You want a golden star or something 😂

[@ramtek2702]

@@hddrecoveryservices A simple "thank you" for correcting you would suffice. I hate being wrong.

[@jimjimx5418]

Nice video, but horribly annoying music!!!

[@freestaileriz]

I need my ssd fixed. I have crypto is there

[@hddrecoveryservices]

50/50 split :)

[@freestaileriz]

@@hddrecoveryservices so thats 20 bucks?

[@user-te1le7ck6b]

Lexar the worst flash company ever lost months of me and many friends work, will never buy this brand again

[@anatolykanishchev]

55 like my.

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[@malimbestfilez]

Красава!

[@D-K-C]

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[@ramtek2702]

This video fails completely as a tutorial.

[@hddrecoveryservices]

I don't make tutorials

[@ramtek2702]

@@hddrecoveryservices Obviously but I'm sure you know that people will interpret your title to mean that they will be taught to recover data from their failed SSD. Deliberately misleading titles are commonly called "click bait".

[@hddrecoveryservices]

I see no other title that could describe what this video is about than what it is called. Those who wish to fix it at home can at least see the gear needed for the job

[@ramtek2702]

@@hddrecoveryservices You know perfectly well that nobody is going to acquire the equipment and skills to recover one SSD. It's much cheaper and less risky to pay you and that is what you're counting on. I would have named the video : "Professional SSD Data Recovery". The current title sounds like anybody can do it on their kitchen table.

[@techbuildspcs]

@@hddrecoveryservices I was wondering on that note do you guys offer courses or do you have a good resource where I could learn some of this? Thanks :)

[@danielmilinovic5386]

Great work as always!

[@hddrecoveryservices]

Thank you

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