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    My Y500 SSD just died. :-(

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by octiceps, Sep 11, 2013.

  1. octiceps

    octiceps Nimrod

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    Well, I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later, but my 16GB SanDisk U100 mSATA SSD cache has finally kicked the bucket after just 3 months of use.

    It happened just like others have reported. The entire system suddenly froze during use and Intel Rapid Storage popped up saying the SSD had been unplugged. Checked RST, Device Manager, and BIOS and the SSD had completely disappeared from the system. There were a million disk errors logged in Event Viewer and now the laptop takes about 10 minutes to boot up. It just hangs on the Lenovo splash screen with the spinning circle for about 10 minutes. I need to physically take out the dead SSD to get normal boot times back. Yep, this thing is Most. Certainly. Dead.

    The fact that I knew it was probably coming doesn't lessen my anger in any way. If Lenovo had any brains it would've issued a product recall or switched to another SSD altogether since it's obvious they either got a bad batch or this particular drive is prone to extremely premature failure. I don't doubt every single Y500 owner with the SSD has already had it fail or will have it fail in the near future. Yet 10 months after release Lenovo continues to sell the Y500 with 16GB SSD through its website and other online retail channels as if nothing were wrong.

    This is already my third Y500 unit after having gone through two defective ones in short order. Oh, Lenovo support is gonna have a ball with me when I unleash upon them.
     
    octiceps, Sep 11, 2013
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    Well, time for a msata upgrade. Instead of try to get a msata, maybe shoot for some warranty extension w.e lol.
     
    baii, Sep 11, 2013
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    Oh I am well within warranty. Like I said I've only used it for 3 months.
     
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    The newer units (y510p's) ship with 24GB M.2 by Liteonit or they ship a 1TB+8GB SSHD by Seagate.
     
    Jobine, Sep 11, 2013
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    Good to know, but I'm talking about the Y500, not the y510p.
     
    octiceps, Sep 11, 2013
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    I was just pointing out that the problem was fixed on the newer models. However, i think the Y500's still up for sale are the leftovers they are trying to get rid of, after all, i5-3xx and GT650M SLI sounds too good to be true :p
     
    Jobine, Sep 11, 2013
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