WD SN730 256GB Suddenly died
Posted: July 30th, 2025, 1:41
I have a Lenovo laptop which had 256GB WD SN730 drive installed. Once morning when I turned on the laptop, "Boot device failed" appeared on screen and upon checking the BIOS, it was not detected.
I opened the bottom cover and touched the SSD, and it was hot near the connecter, specifically near capacitors and some part of the chip.
One of the capacitors has a corner greyed out, that is short, using Diode mode, along with several other (at lease 4) capacitors along the square chip. I suspect the short (blown) capacitor is causing short in others as well. Marked with red dot on capacitors with confirmed short.
How can I go about making sure it works even for 30 minutes to recover my data; it has family pictures/videos. Is that known fault in line with other WD SSDs?
I opened the bottom cover and touched the SSD, and it was hot near the connecter, specifically near capacitors and some part of the chip.
- OEM WD SN730 SSD
One of the capacitors has a corner greyed out, that is short, using Diode mode, along with several other (at lease 4) capacitors along the square chip. I suspect the short (blown) capacitor is causing short in others as well. Marked with red dot on capacitors with confirmed short.
- Showing short circuit capacitors with one being possibly blown.
How can I go about making sure it works even for 30 minutes to recover my data; it has family pictures/videos. Is that known fault in line with other WD SSDs?