Review on 💾 LEVEN mSATA SSD 1TB 3D NAND TLC SATA III 6 Gb/s - High-Performance Internal Solid State Drive for Desktop PC Laptop - Compact Size (30x50.9mm) - Reliable and Fast (JMS600-1TB) by Kai Steinbach

Since Samsung is going without mSATA hard drive storage, I decided to try two of these 512GB versions of Leven branded drives to increase the capacity of my Dell 6430u laptops. You must have a source for reliable mSATA drives other than Kingston. Neither worked properly in laptops. It managed to install the operating system, but the drive eventually disappeared, causing the laptop to freeze. Tried another OS, same result. Was not stable when installing on a Dell AIO desktop. No problem I thought, I'll just plug these drives into an mSATA to 2.5" SATA adapter so I can use them on other computers that use the 2.5" drive form factor. The adapter used works well with Samsung 860 EVO 1TB mSATA drives and Leven drives work well with acceptable throughput. But this morning I couldn't boot a Toshiba laptop that had one of these Leven drives installed. Some problems have been fixed, but not only the Toshiba laptop reports that the drive check failed, other computers also do not recognize Leven. drive more. THIS WILL BE DEAD so return it for a refund. Maybe it's just death in the cradle and hopefully the second Levene will have a longer lifespan, but time will tell.