MX500

Forum discussion tagged with MX500.
  1. Dasa

    Question MX500 current health 84% current driver M3CR023, need action?

    So I have MX500 500GB for several years and it is my youngest drive (rest is not SSD but much older) and decided to check health and driver after reading some post and I have no clue if I need to take action or not? it is very difficult to transfer files and re-download everything, so want to...
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    Question Inconsistencies with new 2TB MX500 SSD ?

    I got a 2TB Crucial MX500 to replace my 1TB Crucial BX500 since I need more storage in my SFF rig which can only really fit one 2.5in drive (ZZAW A1P). Ideally, I only have Win11, my apps and my games on my 1TB Crucial P3 Plus boot drive, so I use the 2.5in ssd for my mass storage and personal...
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    Question Crucial MX500 Firmware Update Error ?

    Has anyone ran into a simillar problem, trying to update Crucial MX500 SSD firmware trough Crucial Storage Executive software, Version: 9.07.072023.03? My setup is running Win11, and I have two 500GB Crucial MX500 SSD drives. The following error output: Firmware Update Error Command aborted...
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    Question Preferred firmware on recent MX500?

    Hi... my first question on this forum (I have also asked this question on Reddit here and will link to here from there too) (I'd also acknowledge and reference related recent threads Crucial MX500 500GB sata ssd Remaining Life decreasing fast despite few bytes being written and Any Crucial...
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    Question Several Problems with new Crucial MX500

    Hi Guys, I recently purchased a new Crucial MX500 from Amazon to replace the HDD in my laptop, immediately after installing the new SSD, my laptop face severe lag, I did some Crystal Mark tests and they looked incorrect. So I went ahead and installed Crucial's Storage Executive software. That...
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    [SOLVED] Question on MX500 writes

    I have an mx500 and the health is at 97% which is good I think considering that others are half-dead after a few months of usage. I have been using it as a boot drive since may 2018. Base on Crystal Diskinfo I have written 13240gb, but I don't remember installing that many games and window...
  7. blue_rays

    Question Is my SSD a refurbished part?

    I've got a Crucial MX500 (250GB) SSD. On front side of the product I can see a (RE) but I'm not sure what it stands for. It says "Assembled in Mexico (RE)" Is my SSD refurbished?
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    [SOLVED] New crucial mx500 fails SMART but only in WD Data Lifeguard

    Hello, I recently purchased a crucial MX500 500gb 2.5inch sata ssd new from amazon to increase my system storage. The drive seems to work fine, but when viewing the SMART status using Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostics it shows a FAIL for ID B4(hex value) which has the attribute name...
  9. serjj

    [SOLVED] Crucial MX500 Firmware Update Error

    Hello, I'm trynna update the firmware of my Crucial MX500 to the latest one which was released 3 days ago from the website of Crucial, this is the problem that I am getting every time I try to manually update it. Is there any way to fix it? Also when I try to update the Storage Executive to...
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    [SOLVED] my brand new mx500 ssd giving very poor copy paste speed

    hi, my cpu i5-4670k, gpu - zotac 1050ti mini, mobo- gigabyte z87x-ud3h, bios version F10b, psu corsair cs650m , ram 4x4gb @1600 mhz, MX 500 500gb ssd, WD 1TB sata internal hdd, AHCI,windows10, running UEFI and secure boot, MY SSD in GPT and NTFS but my HDD in MBR and NTFS, CSM is disabled. i...
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    Question Can a series of SMART selftests be made to span the entire ssd if each selftest is periodically aborted?

    I've been using "nearly nonstop" extended selftests to try to mitigate a bug in the firmware of the Crucial MX500 ssd that causes excessive write amplification: Before I began running the selftests, the Write Amplification Factor (WAF) averaged about 40 during a period of many weeks. With...
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    Question Crucial MX500 500GB SATA SSD - - - Remaining Life decreasing fast despite only a few bytes being written to it ?

    The Remaining Life (RL) of my Crucial MX500 ssd has been decreasing rapidly, even though the pc doesn't write much to it. Below is the log I began keeping after I noticed RL reached 95% after about 6 months of use. Assuming RL truly depends on bytes written, the decrease in RL is accelerating...
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    [SOLVED] Crucial Mx500 causes BSOD

    While I watching a youtube video or playing a video games or computing on very basic languague the windows crushes with error code "irql not less or equal" or "service system exception" and while trying to restart, it crashes again and again until windows troubleshoot helper become active and...
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    [SOLVED] Installing MX500 SSD on a laptop motherboard

    Hey guys, what's the name of the wire used to connect the MX500 SSD to a laptop motherboard. I look up SATA cable but a bunch of different wires keep popping up.
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    [SOLVED] Crucial MX500 SSD not getting recognised in windows.

    Hello, I recently purchased a MX500 SSD and it is not being recognised in windows, I can't find it in BIOS or disk management. I've tried it in other SATA ports and cables and still nothing. Thanks in advance.