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Is it possible for an SSD to be destroyed by a semi-close lightning strike? Cause mine seems to have been. :( Or possibly by high humidity, but that seems unlikely.
Putting the dead SSD in a external USB reader, I get
"over voltage" messages from the kernel.
Putting the dead SSD in a external USB reader, I get
"over voltage" messages from the kernel.
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Oh, I hadn't thought of that problem. (Embarassing, as I'm from Tampa and have had an unplugged computer killed by lightning.) I very much suspect that it is possible if plugged in and running; many voltage regulators are as cheap as they can be. I doubt it if not plugged in; passing by a refrigerator when it cycles likely would kill 'em if that sensitive.
Unless you're being treated for burns from the strike. That would be a tad closer than I am considering.
Unless you're being treated for burns from the strike. That would be a tad closer than I am considering.
In this case it was not plugged in, but suspended. The SSD case does warn that ESD can damage it.
Remembering how not-very-close strikes would make my braces more-than-tingle once upon a time, very much could be. Crap. Very unfortunate failure mode for things popular in mobile devices.
If it was connected to some kind of "main" power (ie, not on batteries) yes, it might have been burnt by a close lightning. And if that's the case I would also suspect on the rest of the hardware too.