I tried really hard and was able to break a couple SD cards with my fingers. It doesn't look the same as the breaks I've seen before. I tried to go back though my photos and find one of the actual breaks but couldn't. Anyway, when it happens, the break is a clean perpendicular break, and it happens inside the Pi SD card port - you take it out and there's a crack you can see, you don't even have to try to break it. The ones in the photo are kind of a messier bend/break. Hopefully you can see it.See the photo I posted in reply to another comment. The enclosure isn't touching the card. I'm not going to drop my enclosure and risk breaking it, but I just tried to drop a microSD card from 2 meters and it did nothing. I've tried to break an SD card with my fingers. Maybe I'm weak but I couldn't do it. If someone else can do it, let me know!Your enclosure is likely impacting the card and causing it to crack. There should be an easy reproducer: can you crack the card by doing a 1m drop test?
Statistics: Posted by csunday — Tue Nov 11, 2025 2:44 am