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WTF?! Louis Rossmann, the consumer-rights activist, independent technician, and owner of a very popular YouTube channel, says he will take Samsung to court over a broken 990 Pro SSD. He claims the company isn't honoring its warranty policy because the memory crisis has pushed the price up so much since the drive was purchased, making a replacement far more expensive than the original sale.
Rossmann says he bought the Samsung 990 Pro 4TB from Best Buy less than two years ago for around $330. The drive was being used with a heatsink and two 80mm fans above it, and was part of a RAID 1 array.
According to Samsung's own warranty page, the 990 Pro 4TB is covered for five years or 2,400 TB written, whichever comes first. Rossmann says his drive failed well inside that period, repeatedly dropping out of the array and eventually becoming unusable.
