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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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#5909063 Posted on: 05/01/2021 10:29 AM
When people buy, they're free to use it as they like. As for warranty, x years or xxx TBW whichever comes first is also correct. If you spend up your TBW before x years your warranty is out. So even without Galax making the statement, the warranty policy already stated that farming might not be covered by the warranty because you used up your TBW in shorter time.
What the hell galax is smoking ? Ssd warranty is x amount of years or xxxx tbw witch ever comes first if i spend all the tbw in a month so be it. I brought the ssd i own it i will use it as i see fit . Maybe Galax is really afraid for people to figure out the real tbw their drives can take on average and they starting to blaming things sweating balls already !
When people buy, they're free to use it as they like. As for warranty, x years or xxx TBW whichever comes first is also correct. If you spend up your TBW before x years your warranty is out. So even without Galax making the statement, the warranty policy already stated that farming might not be covered by the warranty because you used up your TBW in shorter time.
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#5909074 Posted on: 05/01/2021 12:11 PM
To everyone butthurt on how they are going to know, they have smarter people than you working for them.
And if you don't like my response, know that its possible to simulate 8 hours working on video editing and other normal workloads, they already do that to set their warranties.
Mining/Farming 24/7 is really obvious, you'll going to shorten the designed product lifespan by at least a third.
Seeing how many hours it was on works for both SSD and GPU: a 24/7 power on hour count since date of purchase is clearly fishy.
To everyone butthurt on how they are going to know, they have smarter people than you working for them.
And if you don't like my response, know that its possible to simulate 8 hours working on video editing and other normal workloads, they already do that to set their warranties.
Mining/Farming 24/7 is really obvious, you'll going to shorten the designed product lifespan by at least a third.
Seeing how many hours it was on works for both SSD and GPU: a 24/7 power on hour count since date of purchase is clearly fishy.
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#5909083 Posted on: 05/01/2021 01:14 PM
To everyone butthurt on how they are going to know, they have smarter people than you working for them.
And if you don't like my response, know that its possible to simulate 8 hours working on video editing and other normal workloads, they already do that to set their warranties.
Mining/Farming 24/7 is really obvious, you'll going to shorten the designed product lifespan by at least a third.
Seeing how many hours it was on works for both SSD and GPU: a 24/7 power on hour count since date of purchase is clearly fishy.
Sure thing, TBW is still TBW, regardless of time spend on it though.
To everyone butthurt on how they are going to know, they have smarter people than you working for them.
And if you don't like my response, know that its possible to simulate 8 hours working on video editing and other normal workloads, they already do that to set their warranties.
Mining/Farming 24/7 is really obvious, you'll going to shorten the designed product lifespan by at least a third.
Seeing how many hours it was on works for both SSD and GPU: a 24/7 power on hour count since date of purchase is clearly fishy.
Sure thing, TBW is still TBW, regardless of time spend on it though.
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#5909089 Posted on: 05/01/2021 01:38 PM
Seriously good luck trying to ENFORCE this type of "limited use" policy in the US, Canada, EU, Australia or the free world.
Video editors, 3d render farms, streamers, archives maintenance, db storage and backup, etc...
I smell lost of market share and class action lawsuits. Any further push from the vendor can see sanctions on a national level.
Limited use policy is all around, and I've never seen it challenged. Although I'm not a lawyer, so naturally I don't actually follow such news. The most common example is perhaps when you buy any electric device/appliance. They very often say it's only meant to be used for domestic (at home) or equivalent purposes, not professional (industrial, commercial, etc). It's also not uncommon at all to find clauses stating that if abnormal use or poor maintenance is noticed upon item return, the warranty will be void and a service fee will be charged. I recently bought a new coffee maker. It had all of these clauses in the instructions leaflet. I don't think I'd win any court cases if I tried to challenge those specific points if I had clearly broken them.
Of couse I'm not saying an SSD manufacturer could forbid something after a person had already bought the thing.
Seriously good luck trying to ENFORCE this type of "limited use" policy in the US, Canada, EU, Australia or the free world.
Video editors, 3d render farms, streamers, archives maintenance, db storage and backup, etc...
I smell lost of market share and class action lawsuits. Any further push from the vendor can see sanctions on a national level.
Limited use policy is all around, and I've never seen it challenged. Although I'm not a lawyer, so naturally I don't actually follow such news. The most common example is perhaps when you buy any electric device/appliance. They very often say it's only meant to be used for domestic (at home) or equivalent purposes, not professional (industrial, commercial, etc). It's also not uncommon at all to find clauses stating that if abnormal use or poor maintenance is noticed upon item return, the warranty will be void and a service fee will be charged. I recently bought a new coffee maker. It had all of these clauses in the instructions leaflet. I don't think I'd win any court cases if I tried to challenge those specific points if I had clearly broken them.
Of couse I'm not saying an SSD manufacturer could forbid something after a person had already bought the thing.
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Cool So when is the Shortage/ OUT of Stock gona start for SSD? and the price scapling?