How To Recover Data from a Dead SanDisk SSD

[@matzeying]

I have the exact same problem with an SSD from a MacBook Air 2011. The processor on the storage medium heats up when it is plugged in. You can clearly see it with a thermal camera. My question is whether the processor is linked to the NANDs, similar to how it is on an iPhone. There, you also can’t simply swap out the processor. Is it possible to replace the processor on the SSD with one from a functioning board?

[@r00pea]

It was an interesting video, but how did you know the controller swap would work? I gather this is rarely possible since most drives are self-encrypting, but I would like to know if there is a way around this. Perhaps it was possible just because this is an old model before self-encryption was used? I think this was something pretty important to address.

[@Helly721]

Amazing video. I have also faced similar situation and then landed into a data recovery software of stellar, and I am thankful to stellar that it saved my data.

[@repairchannel]

Interesting. Thanks! What temperature do you use to de-solder the controller chip?

[@mrszaszkin1612]

cyna to 280-400C

[@mrszaszkin1612]

Akurat padł mi Ssd Sandisk 240GB SDSSDA-240G i również systemowy, szlag trafiło dane konfiguracyjne, pliki z 8 lat😂], gdzie bios go nie widzi. Wszystkie opisy twierdzą ze dane są spalone i nie do odzyskania , a okazuje się ze jednak tak. Bardo pozytywny instruktarz. Mikroskop, stacja lutownica i DAWCA [i tu problem] i można się zabawić.🤔

[@ju2067]

How much does a job like this cost?

[@Lookingformorefun]

Repair cost more than new drive that's for sure.

[@sapperdeflap]

You pretty much dive straight into the controller, myself would be testing for shorts first, you've said a lot in this video but nothing educational because you're not telling how you came to that conclusion of this faulty controller which is pretty disappointing, besides that I can hardly believe you can transplant a controller chip from one board to the other without doing a reprogramming step somewhere in between. Keep up the good work, and keep a close eye on your articulation(!) because it ends in mumbling every now and then (YT transcipt can't make anything out of it either)

[@mikeaclayton]

This comment is really harsh lol. He went into great detail to explain how he came to the conclusion that it was the controller, I mean he literally had a thermal camera showing the controller overheating just to prove the point! As for the controller chip, he picked an identical chip from a donor board. Maybe it doesn't need re-programming? (did you think to ask that?). I think the video was really useful, and the only thing I wonder is how he managed to de-solder the chip so easily as @repairchannel mentioned!

[@mrszaszkin1612]

jak masz wiedze to sie z ja podziel , a nie KRYTYK

[@r00pea]

@@mikeaclayton TBF the controller heating up doesn't necessarily indicate the controller is bad. There are lots of components (capacitors and such) upstream of the controller, and perhaps replacing a shorted cap would clear the problem. It wasn't true in this case, but just showing the controller heating up as you say isn't adequate troubleshooting. As for doing a controller swap, my understanding is that will almost never work since most drives are self-encrypting and the key is within the original controller. Definitely something that should have been addressed here.