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A tech-loving father in Vietnam recently experienced a nightmare scenario after his 10-year-old son decided to conduct a DIY "bend test" on his inventory
The result? Fifty Samsung M.2 NVMe SSDs were snapped, rendering them virtually useless in a single afternoon.
The incident, which gained traction on the Vietnamese Facebook group Build PC Thật Dễ, has left the father — and the tech community — reeling at the scale of the loss.
Here's the translation for the post:
"The most miserable dad in the world. Just as RAM, graphics cards, SSDs, and CPUs are all skyrocketing — rising even faster than gold — his son decides to 'test durability' and snaps an entire box of SSDs. NVMe SSD 512GB, about 2 million Vietnamese dong each, [a total of] 50 units. Honestly, scolding him feels way too mild for this."
Here's how much the boy's curiosity cost the father:
The drives involved were Samsung PM991a models. While these are older PCIe Gen3 variants, they remain highly valuable due to ongoing hardware shortages.
Each 512GB SSD costs roughly RM360, bringing the total loss to around RM18,000.
There is a small chance that not all is lost
The PM991a uses a "2280" form factor — which is the longer design — but the actual electronic components are often concentrated at one end of the stick.
If the boy's "bend test" only snapped the empty PCB (printed circuit board) section at the tail end without damaging the traces or the NAND flash chips, some drives might still be functional or repairable.
If the drives themselves are beyond saving, the father's best hope is to recycle the chips, which contain the actual storage memory and could potentially be salvaged for use in other devices.
