Hello,
I have a Transcend 2TB SSD based on the SM2320G controller (with built-in USB).
It's completely dead—no response, no LED activity.
I checked the pins of USB - are OK. And some voltages on the PCB—the drive is receiving power....

I don't know what kind of circuit this is - in the picture it's a 10-pin one - JSEMAM...

Has anyone encountered this?



Best regards

Did you try with safe mode? Those drives usualy give no response when FW is damaged and the only way is to recover with techno mode.

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I've already noticed that.
I was confused by the LED's inactivity and the lack of ID.
Thanks, Krzysztof.

JSExyz appears to be a Silergy 5V e-fuse or current-limited load switch. Check whether there is 5V at both input (C5?) and output (C6?).

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Thank you fzabkar for your reply.

But the drive is galvanically (electronically) fine.
It's just as melvin wrote – those NVMe drives with an integrated controller in the MCU (like the SM2320G) exhibit these symptoms.
Now just the PC3K, ROM mode, loader, translator recalculation, and... voilà.

Thanks again.

I have seen several USB SSD products croak. It seems that components used are very low end parts that are not the most reliable.

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This will happen if you substitute frogs for the components. Frogs are cheaper, but they do often croak.