If there are "WARRANTY VOID" stickers you have to remove beforehand, sure. But if you're replacing it after it's no longer covered, that's great.
Yeah it would be great especially if the SSD happened to fail
I've always wondered, are those warranty void stickers legal?
Not in the US, in the US you are allowed to replace any part of any device with another part without voiding your warranty, even if the replacement part is made by another company. Stickers saying opening the case voids the warranty are lying and the Federal Trade Commission has sent letters to various companies telling them to remove those stickers.
I tried to look closely and read SN530 which, going by its specs, seems to be the actual modelIf you look close, it looks like it says SN520 which is what Western Digital has on their website that is also in M.2 2230 size
The specs on the WD site says read/write is 1700/1400 MB/s respectively though, which is way below 2400 MB/s inside the Series X|S
Internal SSD & HDD Hard Drives from 250 GB to 18 TB | Western Digital Store
Shop a wide selection of high-capacity, ultra-fast internal SSD (solid state drives) & HDD (hard disk drives) drives. FREE & FAST shipping!www.westerndigital.com
I tried to look closely and read SN530 which, going by its specs, seems to be the actual model
PC SN530 NVMe SSD | Western Digital
The Western Digital PC SN530 NVMe™ SSD is designed for a multitude of applications that require both high performance and low power. The device is not only capable of more than three times the read speed over SATA SSDs, but further optimizes the low power consumption level to a mere 5mW...
www.npr.org
It's a CH variant so probably OEM to some extent.I tried to look closely and read SN530 which, going by its specs, seems to be the actual model
PC SN530 NVMe SSD | Western Digital
The Western Digital PC SN530 NVMe™ SSD is designed for a multitude of applications that require both high performance and low power. The device is not only capable of more than three times the read speed over SATA SSDs, but further optimizes the low power consumption level to a mere 5mW...
Not in the US, in the US you are allowed to replace any part of any device with another part without voiding your warranty, even if the replacement part is made by another company. Stickers saying opening the case voids the warranty are lying and the Federal Trade Commission has sent letters to various companies telling them to remove those stickers.
"Provisions that tie warranty coverage to the use of particular products or services harm both consumers who pay more for them as well as the small businesses who offer competing products and services," Thomas B. Pahl, Acting Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection said in a statement. "
FTC Staff Warns Companies that It Is Illegal to Condition Warranty Coverage on the Use of Specified Parts or Services
The Federal Trade Commission staff has sent warning letters to six major companies that market and sell automobiles, cellular devices, and video gaming systems in the United States.www.ftc.gov
Thanks that's good to knowYou cannot void warranty for this in the US.
'Warranty Void If Removed'? As It Turns Out, Feds Say Those Warnings Are Illegal
The Federal Trade Commission says tying warranties to the use of specific parts or services is prohibited. And the agency has told six companies they have 30 days to fix their ways or face penalties.
It could very well be a firmware/controller customization which would go in line with that Sony did with their SSD controller. This does not mean there are no further customizations, mind, especially for PS5.
If you look close, it looks like it saysSN520SN530 which is what Western Digital has on their website that is also in M.2 2230 size
The specs on the WD site says read/write is 1700/1400 MB/s respectively though, which is way below 2400 MB/s inside the Series X|S
EDIT: My mistake, it looks like the SN530 which has read/write speeds of 2400/1950 MB/s
PC SN530 NVMe SSD | Western Digital
The Western Digital PC SN530 NVMe™ SSD is designed for a multitude of applications that require both high performance and low power. The device is not only capable of more than three times the read speed over SATA SSDs, but further optimizes the low power consumption level to a mere 5mW...
Seeing teardowns, it shouldnt be that hard I think since you don't have to remove the Heatsink or anything
This does not mean that this is nothing special, it could just be derived from this. Again, Microsoft could have done customization to the controller firmware. By the way, I think Sony is also using standard flash chips, the magic is firmware and controller.
Looks like its a PCIe Gen3 drive from the specs from this site
yeah and MS can easily switch to a PCIe 4.0 drive once their price reduces below PCIe 3.0 ones
I thought MS had said that it was a PCIe 4 a long time ago? It's highly possible I'm misremembering that.
Looks like its a PCIe Gen3 drive from the specs from this site
But they have an expansion slot, why would you even want to swap out the internal?
Its more of a future proof thing. After many, many years from now. When these things eventually fail. It will be real easy to fix.
Not in the US, in the US you are allowed to replace any part of any device with another part without voiding your warranty, even if the replacement part is made by another company. Stickers saying opening the case voids the warranty are lying and the Federal Trade Commission has sent letters to various companies telling them to remove those stickers.
"Provisions that tie warranty coverage to the use of particular products or services harm both consumers who pay more for them as well as the small businesses who offer competing products and services," Thomas B. Pahl, Acting Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection said in a statement. "
FTC Staff Warns Companies that It Is Illegal to Condition Warranty Coverage on the Use of Specified Parts or Services
The Federal Trade Commission staff has sent warning letters to six major companies that market and sell automobiles, cellular devices, and video gaming systems in the United States.
The reason was not Microsoft blocking it but people had to find out how the layout is and it didn't take that long IIRC for solutions to come up.
Off topic but does this extend to cars?You cannot void warranty for this in the US.
'Warranty Void If Removed'? As It Turns Out, Feds Say Those Warnings Are Illegal
The Federal Trade Commission says tying warranties to the use of specific parts or services is prohibited. And the agency has told six companies they have 30 days to fix their ways or face penalties.
Edit: beaten
