2x Scam SSDs that trick f3probe (but not f3write) - avaliable to anyone who wants to use them to improve f3 #247
Description
I gout a couple of "4TB" SSDs off of ebay that turned out to be scams. The defeated f3probe, convincing it that they were legitimately 4TB (and ValiDrive, via an enclosure), but the one I tried f3write on failed at ~123GB, so I'm guessing it's actually an 128GB drive. (It appears to have partially come back to life - it sometimes appears when I connect it to a windows machine although it hasn't yet come back when connected to my linux machine.) I pulled the sticker back, and it had two memory chips labeled PF709PG, two unpopulated pads, and then a controller who's label I couldn't read.
The other drive was tested more lightly and is still fully working (at least to the extent it ever was).
Both are M.2 2280 NVMe/PCIe gen 3.
I'm happy to mail one or both to anyone who'd like to use them to improve f3probe.