I can speak to the USB-SSD Cables being a risk. I've gone through two of them in about 3 months now. Unplugging then plugging them back in sometimes works, but eventually the system will lose access to the drive. I've had a cable just outright die. I replace the cable with a brand new one and it's fine again for weeks/month. This has happened on two of my RP5s so far. These cheap $7 cables are just that: junk.Your SSD should not be the problem, but the link between the RPI4 and SSD is suspected. Your 'cable' might have issues, that is the expected and well known risk/issue.
Are there any brands out there that people have been using successfully for *years* that they can speak to? I've never seen something like this just go bad so often. MIAOERJING is the brand I've bought thus far. No more.
Statistics: Posted by philtho — Wed Dec 17, 2025 3:12 pm