can I prove a ssd is new ?

[Reteagle]

Is there anyway to prove an Evo850 drive is new (never used) ? Seller claims it is new but it is out of the box

 

[USAFRet]

Is there anyway to prove an Evo850 drive is new (never used) ? Seller claims it is new but it is out of the box

Install CrystalDiskInfo
Look at the values for Power On Count and Power On Hours

 

[Reteagle]

Is there anyway to prove an Evo850 drive is new (never used) ? Seller claims it is new but it is out of the box

Install CrystalDiskInfo
Look at the values for Power On Count and Power On Hours

 

[USAFRet]

For instance, this is my almost 3 year old boot drive, from a couple months ago:

 

[Reteagle]

Not solved in a way I can understand

 

[USAFRet]

Not solved in a way I can understand

Install CrystalDiskInfo
Connect the 'new' SSD.
Run the software.
Along the top, is a list of all your drives.
Select the SSD

For a new drive:
Power On Count should be "1"
Power On Hours should be "0"

 

[SinxarKnights]

What do you need help understanding?

A very low number of Power On Counts and Power On Hours means it is likely new. It is unlikely to be zero though as they are usually tested in the factory. Something like Power On Count under 25 and less than 10 hours I would say it is new.

 

[USAFRet]

What do you need help understanding?

A very low number of Power On Counts and Power On Hours means it is likely new. It is unlikely to be zero though as they are usually tested in the factory. Something like Power On Count under 25 and less than 10 hours I would say it is new.

Back in November, I got a couple of 840 EVO drives. It was indeed 1 and 0, IIRC.
I was looking for that specific screencap...🙁

 

[USAFRet]

Your Speccy application can do this as well.

My Kingston boot drive:
"Power On Count 234 times"
"Power On Time 1000.7 days"

But yes...you will have to connect that drive.

 

[damric]

Crystal disk is great. There is also SSD-Z, which only makes sense to use if you also have CPU-Z and GPU-Z.

http://aezay.dk/

 

[SinxarKnights]

What do you need help understanding?

A very low number of Power On Counts and Power On Hours means it is likely new. It is unlikely to be zero though as they are usually tested in the factory. Something like Power On Count under 25 and less than 10 hours I would say it is new.

Back in November, I got a couple of 840 EVO drives. It was indeed 1 and 0, IIRC.
I was looking for that specific screencap...🙁

Yea I didn't actually look at my MX100 when I got it. I was thinking along the lines of a new car. Even new cars has a few miles on them. My assumption is the guy hooked it up and benchmarked it and resold it as 'new'. Maybe we should be looking at how much data has been written to it as well.

 

[USAFRet]

Yea I didn't actually look at my MX100 when I got it. I was thinking along the lines of a new car. Even new cars has a few miles on them. My assumption was the guy hooked it up and benchmarked it and resold it as 'new'. Maybe we should be looking at how much data has been written to it as well.

And CrystalDiskInfo can tell that as well.
Can't tell until he installs the drive and runs the software...😉