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NVMe overheating via USB-C

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I have a 2TB Crucial P5 NVMe SSD which I want to image my OS onto and replace my existing smaller NVMe.

I'm using a cheap USB-C enclosure to attach the target SSD to the host machine. However, after abut 20-30 mins copying, the temp of the SSD being written to spikes to >80C and it keeps dropping the USB connection and failing the clone.

Is there something wrong with my SSD? Should it be getting this hot? And should I be worried that it keeps cutting off over USB?
 
Looks like the controller on the SSD is overheating. If you don't want to install a heatsink on it try a fan blowing right on it. Although if it's a drive you wanna use again as a Working drive I wouldn't even deal with it without a heatsink on it.
 
xDiVolatilX said:
Looks like the controller on the SSD is overheating. If you don't want to install a heatsink on it try a fan blowing right on it. Although if it's a drive you wanna use again as a Working drive I wouldn't even deal with it without a heatsink on it.
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It's for a laptop so a heatsink isn't an option unfortunately.
 
Yes the laptop will have built in heatsink / cooling if it is m2 capable. Does the USB "thing" you are using have an enclosure or is the NVME drive just chilling out in the air? A link would be useful.
 
Fronts(2) are very low speed 140mm ,rear single exhaust is up to 3000rpm 140mm that ramps with cpu temp for cooling in DX11 VR sims.😁
 
jameswilliam said:
I have a PNY 4TB NVMe M.2 SSD stick that I have now tried in 3 different external enclosures, and in all cases the SSD overheats and disconnects. Has anyone found a combination of 4TB NVMe + external enclosure that doesn't overheat ? In more detail, the enclosures are USB-c and all get great reviews, 2 of 3 include thermal tape to conduct heat from the SSD to the enclosure case. But when I run a backup from a MacBook to the SSD, they all overheat and disconnect after a few minutes. I suspect that part of the problem is that the NVMe stick has flash chips on both sides, and in all the enclosures the thermal tape only creates a heat sink for one side of the stick. I suspect this is a combination that simply can never work under any sort of R/W duty cycle. Engineered to fail?
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Try to remount the thermal pads directly onto the controller, not the ram chips. If you can get it covering the controller chip just right it should solve your issues. Typically there is a height difference the controller chip sits a bit lower than the ram chips so the contact isn't optimal.
 
Reminds me of having issues with similar enclosures for HDDs back in the days. I just always ripped the enclosure off, and simply kept the connectors and the chip, butt naked.

And for those drives that still got too hot somehow, I pointed a fan at them.
 
jameswilliam said:
I have a PNY 4TB NVMe M.2 SSD stick that I have now tried in 3 different external enclosures, and in all cases the SSD overheats and disconnects. Has anyone found a combination of 4TB NVMe + external enclosure that doesn't overheat ? In more detail, the enclosures are USB-c and all get great reviews, 2 of 3 include thermal tape to conduct heat from the SSD to the enclosure case. But when I run a backup from a MacBook to the SSD, they all overheat and disconnect after a few minutes. I suspect that part of the problem is that the NVMe stick has flash chips on both sides, and in all the enclosures the thermal tape only creates a heat sink for one side of the stick. I suspect this is a combination that simply can never work under any sort of R/W duty cycle. Engineered to fail?
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Run it with thr enclosure open and a fan over the top.
 
Well, I've got a 2TB WD SN850x in an ********** enclosure, which is connected via USB-C on both ends, it takes daily backups from my main file storage drive overnight, and it usually stays at about 41c-45c, with a graphene strip over the entire drive..... nottaproblemo :)

But once it's installed in a lappy with some airflow, it should be fine.
 
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