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Author:  gameboybin [ March 15th, 2026, 12:29 ]
Post subject:  Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500GB no power

I got this 970 Evo plus Samsung NVME SSD
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I have measured some capacitors. None of them gives any voltages
Upon Heat inspection the only chip that have a slight temperature is this AtAYF chip
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The drive consuming 0.1A

Thanks for helping me out!

Author:  fzabkar [ March 15th, 2026, 14:08 ]
Post subject:  Re: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500GB no power

"AtAYF" is an e-fuse. There should be 3.3V at Vin and Vout.

https://www.hddoracle.com/viewtopic.php?p=8872#p8872

I expect that its pinout would be similar to STEF05:

https://www.hddoracle.com/download/file.php?id=3096&mode=view

Author:  fzabkar [ March 15th, 2026, 15:59 ]
Post subject:  Re: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500GB no power

fzabkar wrote:
I expect that its pinout would be similar to STEF05:

Perhaps it's similar to STEF4S rather than STEF05.

Author:  gameboybin [ March 21st, 2026, 7:13 ]
Post subject:  Re: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500GB no power

So i managed to fix the drive. The problem was the Power IC S2FPS05A01. After swapping the chip. The drive started working again

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