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Wave 128Gb case-less SATA SSD

Why you don't need case? SSD weight is only 10g. When plugged into laptop socket, it won't fall out. No bolts necessary. It will hover in air with improved ventilation compared to boxed SSDs. If attached to ribbon, may be secured with a rubber band. Again, it weights 10g and won't fall off unless you through your PC out of window. If it is laptop and ribbon, e.g. Powermac, put a dot of superglue on a socket at the end of the ribbon and stick it to laptop wall to secure it. ON A SOCKET, NOT ON SSD OR CABLE!!! If cable turns out to be ridiculously short and position of connectors does not match the original e.g. if you are SSD upgrading a CD-ROM, then put a piece of foam or rubber gum on top of socket before you screw down the other wall (ceiling).

Please note, this SSD is 2x - 4x times faster than King**** alternatives!


NB! Do not attempt to use it with unpowered USB adapter. You will just fry the SSD. If you must use USB adapter to clone your system, put your old HDD in adapter and Wave SSD inside the computer.


NAND Flash: (MLC) NAND Flash Memory


Tips and tricks

On first use, attach the drive, turn the computer on and do nothing for 10 minutes. If there is operating system let it start, if there isn't, let it stop where it stops. If it offers to initialise the drive, don't. Shut your computer down. Turn it on again and now initialise the drive (if there is such function). Create partition(s). Do not format it. Shut the computer down. Turn the computer on, format the SDD and do whatever comes into your mind - format again, delete partitions, create different ones, format again, install OS, clone OS, install updates. Use SSD fully as intended. In my experience as absurd as it sounds, this prolongs the life of SSD and minimises a risk of it stopping working in first hours of use basically to zero. Follow instructions to the teeth. 
 
- for improved Win performance and extended life, partition with 512K alignment,
- use shorter SATA cables.

If you partitioned the SSD on Mac, it would take care of proper alignment automatically. 

Make sure to enable Trim. 


Before you open a case (talk first before carpet bombing the opponent)

1) You do not have to open a case to get a replacement or refund. You freeze money in my PayPal account, you damage my eBay rating which costs me more money in fees. 2) You can always open a case if things do not work out as you expected. 3) You can't open a case after 60 days of purchase but I still provide a year warranty. 4) Most importantly, if you do open a case, you loose control because I am bound to take action. Because if you closed the case, you won't be able to open it again later. So for example if I advised you to wait few days and monitor any changes, we can't do that anymore.

How to get full or partial refund or replacement

1) For full refund you ask me for refund, I email you a return label, you send item back, I receive it or you show me a postage proof, I cancel the transaction, eBay refunds you automatically. If you don't have a printer, I PayPal you £1 or £2 depending on value of item and postage cost and you write the address by hand and buy a stamp. 2) Partial refund. No case needed either. If you bought e.g. a 128Gb SD card which does not work in your camera because it's too big and you want a 32Gb instead, you send me the 128Gb, I cancel the order, you get instant refund and then you buy a 32Gb. The price difference is your partial refund. 3) How to get replacement. You ask for replacement, post the original back, once I see it back or a proof of postage, I send you a new one. In any case contact me before to decide who pays postage and how we communicate. It may happen that it is not entirely my fault and then you have to spend that extra £1 for postage. In any case if anything goes wrong, you can always open a case. eBay will spill my guts out for you.

INR

If you don't get the SSD on the next day or day after or even next week. No need to PANIC. I've seen parcel stuck in Heathrow for 2 weeks. 50% of buyers who claimed INR had got the first one WHILE the second one was on the way or just right after. No need to open a case either. Again, if you opened an INR case, got the SSD, it stopped working on next day after you close the case, you can't open another one (correct me if I'm wrong). Regardless of if you can or can't open the case I WILL MAKE SURE you got the SSD and it works properly, give you your money back like in case of Foxconn barebones or send a replacement.

Trouble shooting

What if in unlikely case the SSD does not work OOB (e.g. 5 out of 136 in December 2016)? What if you turn the computer on and it does not show up? Don't panic. Leave it on for 10 minutes. Do this on first use even if it does show up. Restart and see. If it is still not visible after restart, change Sata connection mode from AHCI to IDE and vice versa. Wait for it.

Change connection from one socket to another, from one computer to another. Once you get working it anywhere, LLF it and then move it where you want it in the connection mode you want it. E.g. if it did not show up on Sata II machine in AHCI mode, you LLF it on Sata III machine and then use it where intended, it will be ok.

90% of the few failures happen with customer reporting, 'I installed Windows / Linux, then during updates system stop recognising the drive'. If this happens, you have screwed up a perfectly normal SSD.

If it still does not show up after all this, you might have Silicon Motion incompatible chipset. Also, if the red light on SSD does not blink it is not good sign. Although I have had working SSD drives where the red light is constantly on.

Suggestion from hr_petersen
In brief: The SSD have automatic "repair" mechanism which start when the SSD is absolute idle for some time.
What I did:
- start up the laptop, enter bios setup mode, do nothing for 1 hour
(in bios setup mode, there are totally no hidden hard disk activities executed by Windows)
- shut down, take out batteries, wait for 1 night
repeat procedure 1 or 2 or more times - I did:
- I started up again the laptop, enter bios setup, wait 10h
- shut down laptop and restart