Whats the status of your SSD?


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just says "calculating for the lifetime....

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I think there may be a new firmware for your ssd "AXM08B1Q"

http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/MZ-5PA128/US - Firmware tab

Hopefully it supports trim although you'll need to verify this firmware is intended for your drive

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I think the program calculates based on your usages during the time the program was installed. If the wear happens long before the program was installed (like when you install the OS, copy and delete a lot of files, etc...), then it will not be factored into the calculation. The program probably just use a very simple extrapolation calculation.

To be honest LOL, I think the controllers will crap out long before the flash is worn out. I had 3 SSD failed on me and most of the failures are controller-related.

Any of them a vertex 2e? I've seen loads of people complain about this problem and I wondered, could it be related to your motherboard chipset or something? Or are they really just crap?

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I seen the guy in here who posted very low health and then a benchmark straight after.

What I didn't learn on here is that running benchmarks lowers your drives speed and life and aren't really accurate. So don't run them, they write GB's of data in a very short period of time, SSD's the now aren't meant for reading and writing loads of data. Their better for installing an OS and programs.

Any of them a vertex 2e? I've seen loads of people complain about this problem and I wondered, could it be related to your motherboard chipset or something? Or are they really just crap?

From what I have heard, Vertex does crap out but most of them are Vertex I with the Indilinx controller. Vertex II has lower failure rate but the failure rate depends on the chips you have. Some has IMFT (Micron), some have Hynix. The Hynix ones have lower speed and higher failure rates. You should open yours and check to make sure that you don't have any Hynix chips inside yours. If you do, I would suggest to contact OCZ and try to get an exchange.

Ever since OCZ switches to Sandforce, their failure rates have been decreasing. The ones that crapped out on me (all 3 of them) are Intel SSD (1 X25-E, 1 Kingston-branded X25-M G1 80GB and 1 X25-M G2 160GB). Funny thing is, most manufacturers will do a lot of fancy MTBF calculation and tell you how many GB of data you can write each day and the SSD is still intact while the common causes of failure for most SSDs have been the controllers.

I am testing an ADATA S599 with a Sandforce controller now. Hopefully, it's good. Will post back later.

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