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Guru3D.com » News » SSD Makers start warning that Mining Products Like Chia Coin Will Void Warranty

SSD Makers start warning that Mining Products Like Chia Coin Will Void Warranty

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/30/2021 09:24 AM | source: hd-tecnologia | 37 comment(s)
SSD Makers start warning that Mining Products Like Chia Coin Will Void Warranty

A new trend in cryptocurrency mining is using SSDs for Chia Coins mining. And that can heavily affect the lifespan of an SSD. The first manufacturers now have started altering Warranty claims.

The mining of the Chia Coin cryptocurrency will cause significant wear and tear on SSDs, GALAX has issued a warning to customers:

“If users use our SSDs for mining/farming and other abnormal operations, the data writing volume is much higher than the standard for daily use, and the SSD will slow down or get damaged due to excessive data writing volume. Due to the tests carried out, the damages are qualitative according to the test results, and that is why according to the quality assurance standards of our SSDs, we have the right to refuse to provide warranty services. The right of final interpretation belongs to the company. "

With ChiaCoin, instead of solving equations, a miner's requirement is to store data on their storage devices. This is known as farming, rather than mining. The faster someone can store files, and the more quantity they can store, the higher the chance of getting their compensation from the network. 

Chia Coin cryptocurrency is gaining great popularity in the Asia Pacific region, especially in China. Chia Coin extraction requires large amounts of free space in addition to executing many read and write operations.  Here durability is as important as speed, which is why consumer SSDs are not the best choice for mini.  Some Chinese manufacturers have announced SSDs and mining-specific storage devices that are currently in mass production and expected to be released soon, but they could just be normal products that only have a mining-friendly label.

 







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Mineria
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#5908857 Posted on: 04/30/2021 01:15 PM
Is using a Photoshop Scratch Disc or any other program where you can add a disc for loads of read/write operations to speed up work much different from the read/write cycles of Chia Coins?
They better honor their TBW warranty.
Isn't GALAX that company who makes them HOF cards? Didn't even know they had other stuff.

KissSh0t
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#5908858 Posted on: 04/30/2021 01:19 PM
Let me guess, SSD's are now going to triple in price and be hard to purchase.

Undying
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#5908861 Posted on: 04/30/2021 01:25 PM
Let me guess, SSD's are now going to triple in price and be hard to purchase.


Nah dont worry ssd's are now cheaper than ever especially sata.

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#5908871 Posted on: 04/30/2021 02:22 PM
"Good luck trying to enforce it since the manufacturer cannot PROVE it."

Actually, you could prove out relatively easily. SMART stores power up time and data read/written etc. It's easy to prove an abnormal amount of continuous data writes.

First thing I thought of is Intel Optane and standard hard disks. Easy and cheap to replace a 16GB Optane drive that's worn out.

bobnewels
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#5908872 Posted on: 04/30/2021 02:24 PM
They should do that for GPUs as well.

This makes no sense at all to me and I will never understand this thinking , why are people in favor of a company limiting your use of a product that you have purchased. Where does it stop , is it ok for a company to start charging for operations it has removed from there product. Maybe only selling to people who have electric car ,oh wait those rare earth metals used in lithium batteries may offend some people.

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