When I first started using SC I wrote a internal manual documenting it, to help train other engineers here. But with new controllers comes new data mixes and internal structures, the algorithms used in modern controllers and in SSD is extremely complex and changes often.
This rendered all documentation I wrote old and pretty much no longer relevant!
PCimage is right, a manual cannot cover all aspects of it. It is mostly about patience and experience and a understanding of how Flash drives work.
Also it is very difficult to recover these devices, yet the perception in the market is that its a quick $40 recovery. Until customers can understand the real difficulty in recovering them and appreciate all the work required it will always be difficult to justify costs. At least this is biggest problem for me in Flash
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