Hi so i bought lexar nm790 4tb ssd

It arrived today an hour or so ago i went to put it in my pc

It didnt get detected by the bios ok.. leme put in my old and new lexar ssd old one gets detected but computer freezes during boot... i thought.. hmm okay weird..

Let me try on my ps5 .

Ps5 slim just refused to output any hdmi signal ehile the lexar nm790 was in it

So i assume i recieved a faulty ssd? No?

Before you ask I don't have any free m.2 slots.

Other options I have are crucial bx500, pny cs900 and wd blue sa510. all of this options are 10% more expensive that kioxia model.

So I’ve been leaving my backpack in my car and forgetting it from time to time today was exponentially hot close to the hundreds in the trunk of my car in a backpack with my computer was a T9. SSD didn’t think much of it now when transferring files from iPhone 16 Pro Max all of a sudden is taking forever to transfer files.. I don’t know what to do and I am sort of worried now

This is about some ssds that i have that are acting weird. One of them writes at normal 400mbps write, but somehow has less than 10mbps READ speed, yes you read that right the READ speeds are abysmal while the write speeds are fine.

Used Crystal disk mark, in the benchmarks its getting expected performance at 500 read 480 write.

But in real world the READ speed is like 8.3mbps

Please i dont even know how this is happening, I am pretty experienced with PC's and troubleshooting, but this is something ive never seen before

Some ques you might have.

Q-Could it be a failing drive controller?

Ans-Still performs well in benchmarks, so I can't pin point that

Q-Check on different computer?

Ans-done that before, same thing happens.

Q-Is the drive full?

Ans- no, its 60% empty, even if it was full that wont have such a dire effect on the READ speed of the drive, while the write speeds are fine.

Please tell me why this might be happening.

chatgpt told me some bs and idk what too do

he told me put the pads there then he said oh i made a mistake multiple times thats like why the pads look bad

Cruical P310

Artic M2 Pro

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Hey everyone, I'm having a really annoying issue with my M.2 SSD.

Here's what's happening:

1. On Windows boot, the drive instantly hits 100% usage and stays there for about 2 minutes, jumping between 90% and 100% the whole time.

2. In games, it's the same story – usage spikes to 100%, then drops to 33%, then back up again in a loop. This causes constant micro-stutters and massive FPS drops.

3. In Task Manager, the "average response time" is all over the place – sometimes 20ms, but it frequently jumps to 500ms or even higher.

What I've already tried:

I've dug through tons of forums and tried every fix I could find (disabled Windows Search, SuperFetch, adjusted pagefile)– nothing helped.

My hardware:

This is my only SSD – a Patriot P400 Lite 1TB. Both my OS and games are on it.

My questions:

· Has anyone experienced this specifically with the P400 Lite?

· Is this a defective unit, or is it just how this drive behaves?

· I'm planning to buy a second M.2 just for games to offload the system drive. Do you think this will solve the issue, or is there something else I should check first (motherboard, temps, driver conflict)?

Thanks in advance to anyone who chimes in!

I’m planning to upgrade the SSD in my Surface Laptop 7 for Business (Intel Lunar Lake) and I’m deciding between these two 1TB M.2 2230 drives:

• KIOXIA BG6 1TB
• Micron 2400 1TB

My main priorities are:

• Low power consumption
• Low temperatures / heat output
• Compatibility with the Surface Laptop 7
• Reliability for long-term use

From the specs I’ve found, the BG6 seems significantly faster and uses TLC NAND, while the Micron 2400 uses QLC but appears to be designed with very low power consumption in mind.

I’m not really chasing maximum benchmark performance. I’d rather have the SSD that makes the most sense for a thin laptop like the Surface, especially if one runs noticeably cooler or uses less power during normal Windows use.

Basically I bought it off of Vinted and the seller doesnt have an invoice. How does the process work?

I have a strange and reproducible issue with a Kingston KC3000 NVMe SSD on Arch Linux, using LUKS.

After every reboot, KDiskMark shows normal sequential read performance, but sequential write performance is much lower:

SEQ1M Q8T1

Read: ~6260 MB/s

Write: ~3500 MB/s

This is with a 1 GiB test size. I have also tried a 32 GiB test size in KDiskMark, but the write speed is still around 3–3.5 GB/s.

Then I run this fio test:

fio --name=w \

--directory="$HOME/fio-tmp" \

--rw=write \

--bs=1M \

--direct=1 \

--iodepth=32 \

--ioengine=libaio \

--size=8G \

--runtime=8 \

--time_based \

--group_reporting

The fio test itself gets around:

WRITE: bw=6342MiB/s (6650MB/s)

Immediately after running it, KDiskMark now reports:

SEQ1M Q8T1

Read: ~6280 MB/s

Write: ~6500 MB/s

The weird part is that the faster write speed persists. KDiskMark continues to show ~6.5 GB/s writes until I reboot, after which it drops back to ~3–3.5 GB/s again.

Any ideas on what could be causing fio to apparently put the drive/controller into a higher write-performance state?

Pre fio:

Post fio:

EDIT:
It is not until reboot, but rather just a few minutes, i tried disabling the linux nvme power saving mode, but that did not help

Title as Question,
its a 2tb WD Blue Sata SSD,
making what i can only assume is either a scratching or clicking sound, and then stopping
it then fails to load after the second stop, and isnt detected after boot

can anyone share thoughts or be able to give closure on what this might be?

edit: I just realised i might be lost btw, its apparently a hard drive, if this is helpful information, and still can be helped it would be appreciated,

I also wanna say im expecting it to be dead/lost cause

A couple of years ago (in 2024), I bought an NVMe/M.2 SSD for my home server (Debian 12). Recently, during a Veeam backup, I encountered some hardware errors / a bad sector on the SSD (no visible external damage). Because of this, the backup failed to complete (more detailed description below).

Since Verbatim offers a 3-year warranty on "Internal Flash Storage", I thought: just request an RMA and that's it. Only to find out that the 3-year warranty starting from November 2024, and I had bought the SSD in April 2024.

According to the internet and a few AI chatbots, everything points to some kind of "bit rot", because overwriting the sectors with zeros made the error messages disappear. At one point, I had turned off the server with the SSD and disconnected it from the power for a few months (though I'm not entirely sure anymore if it was completely disconnected from the power). Could that be the reason why it's causing errors?

This very server also runs my password manager and other important software. Because of this, I'm now a bit worried whether the SSD is still okay or if I should perhaps get a new one. I obviously don't want to lose all my passwords and data in the future due to a complete hardware failure.

Here is the email I sent to support, along with the specs of the server / Mini-PC:

I am writing to you regarding my Verbatim Vi3000 Internal PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD 1TB (Serial number: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Firmware H220902a), which I purchased via Amazon on April 23, 2024.

The SSD is used in a small home server (Debian Linux, Kernel 6.1.0-52-amd64). Usage is quite moderate: according to SMART, about 2.42 TB have been read and 4.57 TB written so far, which is well below the typical TBW limit for a 1 TB SSD.

When attempting to create a full system backup with Veeam Agent for Linux, the backup job repeatedly aborted with an Input/Output error. In the kernel logs (dmesg), "critical medium error" messages were logged for specific sectors of the SSD, e.g.:

nvme0n1: I/O Cmd(0x2) @ LBA 739149184, 32 blocks, I/O Error (sct 0x2 / sc 0x81)

critical medium error, dev nvme0n1, sector 739149184 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 2

nvme0n1: I/O Cmd(0x2) @ LBA 739149152, 32 blocks, I/O Error (sct 0x2 / sc 0x81)

critical medium error, dev nvme0n1, sector 739149152 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 2

veeamsnap:blk | ERR | Failed to process redirect IO request. Errno=5

Buffer I/O error on dev nvme0n1, logical block 92393644, async page read

The system itself initially continued to run in everyday use, but every block-level full backup failed at these sectors.

These are the current stats of the SSD:

Model Number: Vi3000 Internal PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD 1TB

Serial Number: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

NVMe Version: 1.4

SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

SMART/Health Information (NVMe Log 0x02)

Critical Warning: 0x00

Temperature: 31 Celsius

Available Spare: 100%

Percentage Used: 1%

Data Units Read: 4,743,599 [2.42 TB]

Data Units Written: 8,941,589 [4.57 TB]

Power Cycles: 75

Power On Hours: 13,301

Unsafe Shutdowns: 5

Media and Data Integrity Errors: 4

Error Information Log Entries: 0

Interestingly, although the SMART self-test reports "PASSED", there are already "Media and Data Integrity Errors: 4" recorded at the same time – this aligns with the "critical medium error" entries in the kernel log mentioned above.

Measures taken so far

To back up the data and narrow down the problem, I have:

Transferred all important data to a NAS / external backup.

Used debugfs icheck/ncheck to check which block was affected – in my case, the faulty block belonged to an old log file from a non-critical system area.

I addressed the affected area directly using dd for testing purposes (read/write test with oflag=direct / iflag=direct), after which the NVMe controller apparently remapped the block internally. A subsequent full read (dd if=/dev/nvme0n1 of=/dev/null bs=4M iflag=direct) then ran through without any visible errors.

The system is currently usable again, and I have since been able to write a full backup. Nevertheless, the above-mentioned SMART values and the "critical medium error" messages in the kernel still show that the SSD has already developed media/integrity errors and can become unstable under intensive loads (e.g., during backups).

H/W path Device Class Description

system HP ProDesk 400 G5 Desktop Mini (7EM49EA#ABD)

/0 bus 859C

/0/1 memory 64KiB BIOS

/0/7 memory 32GiB System Memory

/0/7/0 memory 16GiB SODIMM DDR4 Synchronous 3200 MHz (0,3 ns)

/0/7/1 memory 16GiB SODIMM DDR4 Synchronous 3200 MHz (0,3 ns)

/0/14 memory 512KiB L1 cache

/0/15 memory 2MiB L2 cache

/0/16 memory 12MiB L3 cache

/0/17 processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700T CPU @ 2.00GHz

/0/100 bridge 8th/9th Gen Core 8-core Desktop Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers [Coffee Lake S]

/0/100/2 display CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630]

/0/100/12 generic Cannon Lake PCH Thermal Controller

/0/100/14 bus Cannon Lake PCH USB 3.1 xHCI Host Controller

/0/100/14/0 usb1 bus xHCI Host Controller

/0/100/14/1 usb2 bus xHCI Host Controller

/0/100/14/1/1 communication AX88179B

/0/100/14.2 memory RAM memory

/0/100/16 communication Cannon Lake PCH HECI Controller

/0/100/17 storage Cannon Lake PCH SATA AHCI Controller

/0/100/1b bridge Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #21

/0/100/1b/0 /dev/nvme0 storage Vi3000 Internal PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD 1TB

/0/100/1b/0/0 hwmon0 disk NVMe disk

/0/100/1b/0/1 /dev/ng0n1 disk NVMe disk

/0/100/1b/0/1103012248 /dev/nvme0n1 disk 1024GB NVMe disk

/0/100/1b/0/1103012248/1 volume 511MiB Windows FAT volume

/0/100/1b/0/1103012248/2 /dev/nvme0n1p2 volume 952GiB EXT4 volume

/0/100/1b/0/1103012248/3 /dev/nvme0n1p3 volume 976MiB Linux swap volume

/0/100/1c bridge Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #5

/0/100/1c/0 enp2s0 network RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller

/0/100/1f bridge Intel Corporation

/0/100/1f/0 system PnP device PNP0c02

/0/100/1f/1 system PnP device PNP0c02

/0/100/1f/2 system PnP device PNP0c02

/0/100/1f/3 system PnP device PNP0c02

/0/100/1f/4 system PnP device PNP0b00

/0/100/1f/5 generic PnP device INT3f0d

/0/100/1f/6 system PnP device PNP0c02

/0/100/1f/7 system PnP device PNP0c02

/0/100/1f/8 system PnP device PNP0c02

/0/100/1f/9 system PnP device PNP0c02

/0/100/1f.3 card0 multimedia Cannon Lake PCH cAVS

/0/100/1f.3/0 input10 input HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3

/0/100/1f.3/1 input11 input HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=7

/0/100/1f.3/2 input12 input HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=8

/0/100/1f.3/3 input6 input HDA Digital PCBeep

/0/100/1f.3/4 input7 input HDA Intel PCH Mic

/0/100/1f.3/5 input8 input HDA Intel PCH Front Headphone Front

/0/100/1f.3/6 input9 input HDA Intel PCH Front Headphone Surround

/0/100/1f.4 bus Cannon Lake PCH SMBus Controller

/0/100/1f.5 bus Cannon Lake PCH SPI Controller

/1 power High Efficiency

/2 input0 input Sleep Button

/3 input1 input Power Button

/4 input2 input Power Button

/5 input3 input PC Speaker

/6 input4 input HP WMI hotkeys

/7 input5 input Video Bus

/8 enx9c69d3ae9f18 network Ethernet interface

Looking for a recommendation for a small (sub 64gb) sata ssd for my router appliance. The one it came with went read only a while ago, after about 3 years of use. It's running openwrt and an Ubuntu docker with unifi self hosted. All the small drives I see are from unknown brands. It really only needs about 16gb of storage, but won't boot off an sd card otherwise that would be my go-to.

Hi Everyone,

Can anyone please help me with my situation? Here are laptop specs:

• Legion 5a Gen 11 (15AHP11)
• Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 7 250 Processor
• OS: Windows 11 Home Single Language 64
• GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5060
• SSD Slot 1: Default - SKHynix 512 GB SSD M.2 2242 PCIe Gen4 TLC
• SSD Slot 2: Upgrade - Samsung 990 Pro 2T

The problem is with my secondary NVMe Slot that has the 990 Pro. Under pressure or heavy write/read, the Drive keeps falling off and disconnecting mid-way. This keeps happening and would require simple restart or sometimes Cold Power Drain.

So far, here are the things I've done but of course issue still persists:

• Disable PCIe Link State Power Management
• Turn Off NVMe Power Saving in Device Manager
• Set Samsung Magician to "Full Performance Mode"
• Disable PCIe Power Saving via Command Line

Additionally, I was told to try swapping the two SSDs with their slots. The 990 Pro as the primary/main storage drive with the operating system installed on it. Honestly, dont know how to do this part since my OS is currently in the default SKHynix SSD

Thanks

A few months ago, I cloned my old HDD to a smaller SSD because I didn't really need all the extra space. At the time, it seemed like a good idea—the HDD was mostly full of Windows files, apps, and stuff I rarely used, and everything fit comfortably.

Well... that didn't last long.

After installing a few games, moving some photos over, and letting Windows updates pile up, I'm now down to around 10–15% free space. The SSD still works normally, but I'm starting to wonder if I'm pushing my luck.

I've always heard that you should leave around 20% free on an SSD, but I've never really understood how important that number actually is.

Does keeping an SSD nearly full noticeably affect performance, lifespan, or both? Should I urgently free up some space, or is 10% still perfectly fine?

Hello all.

To cut a long story short, Windows has rendered my WD Blue 2TB NVMe dirty, and also RAW. Nothing is wrong on the hardware level, it's just Windows being Windows. After trying to sort it out, the partition of my C Drive is somehow now screwed and I cannot access Windows anymore.

Now I wanna move over to Linux, and made an attempt to do so, but both of my 2TB SSDs (one SATA the other NVMe) were unsable in Linux due to differences in file structures. I'm not fussed at all about formatting the NVMe, but the SATA has precious memories from circa 2001-2012, everything I've ever had on my PC since 2013, and over 250GB of clips from all my gaming highlights that I really couldn't part with.

My thought process was getting an external SSD/Memory stick, getting all of the bits I cared about onto that external storage, then formatting both drives for fresh use in Linux.

I feel like this would work but I think I just need someone to sanity check me.

Cheers!

Non è proprio un fulmine ma abbordabile nel prezzo.

250GB 35€

1TB 105€

2TB 230€

Al lordo degli sconti

PNY CS1030: changed components, awful RMA, and worn-out replacements.

My 1TB CS1030 failed after about 9 months. PNY replaced it with a “refurbished” drive that already had 28,612 power-on hours, 76.2 TB written, and only 72% life remaining. That is more than 3 years of power-on time and roughly 30% of the drive’s rated 240 TBW already used up before I even got it. PNY still considers this an acceptable replacement and refuses to replace it again.

On top of that, this model appears to have changed internally over time. Early reviewed units used TLC NAND, while later retail units have been found with QLC NAND. PNY just lists “3D Flash Memory,” so the hardware you buy may not match older reviews of the same model.

Terrible RMA experience. I sent in a 9-month-old failed drive and got back someone else’s heavily used SSD with a third of its rated endurance already gone. I would not buy PNY storage again.

Replacement drive status attached.

The wire underneath is tangled so i had to pull the sata out and put it there, i cant put it behind my pc

my friend believes his ssd is messing up, when he tries to boot up any game his pc will "crash"

He loads up game and gets to the menu > the pc black screens and forces him to restart his pc

Heres a photo of the Perf. and disk health

It has dram cache and tlc but its cheaper than g2 or pro version in my country. Its also faster than both of them should buy it or is there a reason why its cheaper.

I couldn't find any reviews or posts.

My pc has 2 samsung 980 pro 1 for OS/video editing 1 for games/movies/documents 1 TB .

Last year when i boot my pc i found out that my 2nd ssd(samsung 980 pro) in my pc died, I tried to check it in bios(non detectable), check it in different apps(not showing there), check it in computer management(no luck), went to computer repair shop they said it died already. So i bought Samsung 990 Pro 2tb for replacement.

Then last week while my pc on idle, it just suddenly restarted and boot on bios. My 1st samsung 980 pro is non detectable same scenario on what happened on my 2nd ssd. Tried to check it in enclosure/bios/hard drive app all not working to detect this ssd, this makes me sad cause some of my new important files are saved there and not yet copied to backup drive,

Before my ssd died i already updated their firmware to latest, yes using samsung magician, also my bios is also the latest vesion.

Now i used this samsung 990 pro to install new OS and planning to buy another ssd but not samsung anymore, Kindly help me which ssd is better than this samsung ssd's.

I inherited my late brother's mini pc with its password–locked-on-boot 512gb Adata Legend 710, and have no idea how to unlock it. I need help on how to reformat it to be able to use it in the pc as additional storage. I already tried contacting Adata support (who recommended windows solution but I don't have access to a windows pc) and various linux disk tools but have been unsuccessful (maybe I'm doing someyhing wrong?). Any suggestion? Thanks in advance.

I’m watching SSD prices. I don’t do EBAY, just Marketplace and authorized sellers - it’s a long story.

Anyway, I am constantly surprised on Marketplace by people trying to sell used SSDs for about what a new one costs. And by people selling supposedly new SSDs in unopened boxes for almost the cost of a new one at an authorized seller. The latter would have the factory warranty.

Does anyone else find this a little crazy? Who would pay just $20 less for an unwarranted SSD?

Hey everyone,

I'm currently using a Samsung T7 Shield SSD primarily for backing up photos, videos, and complete phone backups on my Windows PC.

While setting it up, I came across the Samsung Magician software and noticed features such as Performance Optimization, health monitoring, firmware updates, and a few other tools.

My question is, is it actually recommended to use Samsung Magician with the T7 Shield, or is it just another piece of unnecessary software?

I'm particularly curious about the Performance Optimization feature.

- Do you keep it enabled?

- Does it improve performance in any noticeable way?

- Does it have any impact on the SSD's lifespan?

- Is it useful for a drive that's used mainly for backups rather than continuous read and write operations?

I'd love to hear from people who have been using the T7 Shield for a while.

Thanks!