FriendlyELEC CM3588 nvme problem

[leoalister]

Hello,
I have this motherboard and a pack of WD Black SSDs (which were a good price at the time). Shortly after setting everything up, two out of four disks failed completely and were no longer recognized. I thought it might just be a bad batch, so I sent those two for replacement with WD and received new ones without any hassle.

Now, just a few weeks later, I’ve discovered that another SSD is effectively dead—SMART indicates it's in a BAD state and read-only. This is leading me to wonder if the issue might not be with the disks themselves, but rather with the motherboard.

Of course, I'm just speculating and don’t have any concrete evidence. Has anyone else experienced similar problems?

[wornoutdiscount]

That does sound frustrating, especially after already replacing two drives. I’ve seen similar cases before where multiple SSD failures ended up being related to something other than the drives themselves—like unstable power delivery, a faulty motherboard slot, or even outdated BIOS/firmware. If several drives are failing in the same system, it’s definitely worth checking things like your PSU, motherboard firmware updates, and whether the drives are all connected through the same controller or slot. Might also help to test one of the SSDs in another system to see if the issue follows the drive or stays with your setup.