Samsung 980 PRO SSD - Limited Life

[ColdDog]

Anyone have an extremely short Samsung 980 Pro SSD life. Not sure why, I've only been using mine for a couple months for SC and it is reporting it needs to be replaced. Not sure why it says 821 TB... for a drive I only use for SC. Maybe I just got a bad one but maybe something else is going on. Like to figure it out before I go buy another.

Capacity was half full... I read that if I did a secure erase it may return it to factory... not that it would make a difference with the drive health.

I have had the 970 Evo for a couple years and its only at ~15 TB

Performance still looks good

Diagnostic scan reported everything good.

 

[Sadebreth]

My Alienware had the same issue with it’s SSD. Didn’t even have it for a year and the diagnostics showed it was degrading. Dell had to send me a new one. Thank god for 5 year warranties. I will find out what brand it is and get back with you.

 

[ColdDog]

FYI amazon is having its sale in the next couple days. A new 2 TB drive for 32% off... prolly a good time to buy some hardware.

https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-Internal-Gaming-MZ-V8P2T0B-AM/dp/B08RK2SR23/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=m.2+22110+pcie%C2%AE+4.0+x4+mode&qid=1657524885&sr=8-4

 

[Bambooza]

Anyone have an extremely short Samsung 980 Pro SSD life. Not sure why, I've only been using mine for a couple months for SC and it is reporting it needs to be replaced. Not sure why it says 821 TB... for a drive I only use for SC. Maybe I just got a bad one but maybe something else is going on. Like to figure it out before I go buy another.

Capacity was half full... I read that if I did a secure erase it may return it to factory... not that it would make a difference with the drive health.

I have had the 970 Evo for a couple years and its only at ~15 TB

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Performance still looks good
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Diagnostic scan reported everything good.

Sometimes there is a fault in the drive which degrades its performance more rapidly than expected. While a secure erase might make it seem to regain the full drive I would recommend seeing if it's still covered by a warranty and if not still replace it.

 

[stockish]

I would definitely see if there are logs you can send to Samsung support, but I would replace it since it is possible it is on the way out.

 

[Sadebreth]

Mine is a Samsung 2TB so it is the same brand.

 

[BUTUZ]

I've been running hundreds of SSDs for over a decade and the performance degradation is very gradual. That's either a firmware bug, or a software bug, or possibly as you say a dodo drive (i doubt it). Warranty it up good sir! Tell them you TESTED it and it FAILED!

 

[ColdDog]

Mine is a Samsung 2TB so it is the same brand.

Thanks @Sadebreth . So I am thinking the replacement worked for you.

 

[Sadebreth]

Thanks @Sadebreth . So I am thinking the replacement worked for you.

So far so good. I have only had the new drive for about 5 months though. Will have to see.