[nrp]

These SSDs are tiny. The controllers can easily get up to 80C during sustained writes, so there could be mechanical stress from thermal cycling. (Source: we also make small USB-interfaced high-speed storage devices and do a range of reliability testing for stuff like this)

[bravo22]

On the SSD chip sure. This looks like a resistor on the data line. The resistor would certainly not get to reflow temp.