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Why don't SSDs come with a 'reset' button ?

Elixer

Elixer

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You know, pretty much all SSDs fail because the drive went into panic mode (for whatever reason), and basically locks up.

Why don't they add a reset button like most routers & cable modems (& ...) have that can re-init the SSD back to working order ?

I know this can be done with some SSDs via special commands or a cable, but it only seems logical for them to start including a reset switch.

Is there a technical reason why they can't do this ?
They would just need a boot loader, to init the drive, and then sit in a state that would be ready for a firmware flash.
 
Technically, they wouldn't even need that. Just a jumper to be closed while starting up, which would perform a factory reset. Make it hard to get to, requiring an actual jumper, or a switch cap that needs a pen to activate, and voila!

Though, it would be even nicer if they would take care of all such failure states, such as the drive can be guaranteed to be able to roll back, and/or rebuild a good state from corrupted state. In the coming years, I'm sure the latter is what will actually happen.
 
This would have saved OCZ tons of cash if they would have had a way to recover from panic on there vertex 2 line of SSDs (and everyone else with sandforce).

Not even enterprise quality SSDs have a way to reset them, which I find odd.

When Anand had those Samsung 840s brick themselves, it would have been a + if there was a way for to press a button/jumper to reset it, and continue on testing.

I wonder if Anand's SSD guy ever asked if there was a reason they didn't include a reset switch ?
 
Must be a reason for it. It would have saved companies millions if users could have just reset their drives (ocz). So they probably thought about and decided against it. I think that it was for security reasons.
 
Elixer said:
You know, pretty much all SSDs fail because the drive went into panic mode (for whatever reason), and basically locks up.

Why don't they add a reset button like most routers & cable modems (& ...) have that can re-init the SSD back to working order ?

I know this can be done with some SSDs via special commands or a cable, but it only seems logical for them to start including a reset switch.

Is there a technical reason why they can't do this ?
They would just need a boot loader, to init the drive, and then sit in a state that would be ready for a firmware flash.
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nice question maybe we can get some one with a nice answer.
 
It would be a nice security feature, if you want to quickly wipe a drive for some reason (raided by cops and/or wife).
 
Uhm, OCZ SDDs did have an "engineering mode" jumper, which you could then perform a "destructive flash" to recover the SSD. The first-gen Indilinx drives had it.

(One of the reasons that I chose to invest in some 30GB OCZ Agility drives, because of that feature, they are nearly unbrickable.)
 
VirtualLarry said:
Uhm, OCZ SDDs did have an "engineering mode" jumper, which you could then perform a "destructive flash" to recover the SSD. The first-gen Indilinx drives had it.

(One of the reasons that I chose to invest in some 30GB OCZ Agility drives, because of that feature, they are nearly unbrickable.)
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While that was true, didn't you have to open said SSD, and that would void the warranty ?

Seems like this should be standard, not hidden away.
People have had jumpers or reset buttons on their devices for a heck of a long time.
 
My guess is because traditional hard drives never had them.

I always wondered by Windows never had an option to use default storage drivers on start-up (sort of like VGA mode, but for storage drivers). That would make motherboard upgrades a lot easier.
 
This is an interesting question, and could have worked great with my agility 2 issues 😀
 
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