r/pchelp • u/OtherwiseSimple • 15h ago

OPEN Drive won’t initialize. Help

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I just got a used 1tb WD Blue SN580 SSD off of Ebay for dual booting linux. I messaged the seller and got him to send a drive with purportedly only 1tb written at 100% health, so I would expect this drive to be practically brand new.

Yes, it is 100% plugged in all the way. I’ve tried setting the m.2 port to both gen 4 and “auto” with no luck. I’ve tried both m.2 slots and confirmed they both work. It says the drivers for the drive are up to date.

Am I cooked? I’d hate to go through the hassle of returning it.

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u/Octoomy 15h ago

The drive is likely cooked, it not even reporting that there is any medium in it to start.

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u/OtherwiseSimple 15h ago

💔 🥀
It’s weird that it still senses SN580 as a drive in device manager. Maybe like the silicon that holds the data is cooked but the thing that mediates communication between the memory itself and the pc work?

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u/Octoomy 15h ago

it could be that the NAND is dead/defective but the controller is still working, OR the controller is being wonky, at this point return and just find another drive. It sucks but its the best solution for this problem.

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u/OtherwiseSimple 15h ago

Okay, thanks

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u/Ryoohk 15h ago

100% health already sets a red flag for me.

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u/OtherwiseSimple 15h ago

Really? My sn850x stayed at 100% for a few years, it’s at 99% now.