Hi everyone!
I had a weird issue with a Crucial MX300 and I'm wondering if it might be better to ditch the drive.
TL;DR: deleted all partitions from an MX300, after that I couldn't write a new partition table. After doing a firmware upgrade on the drive, it works 'fine'. Should I try to ditch it or try to RMA?
I have a desktop computer that I hadn't used for 2 years as I was abroad and, rather than run a million software upgrades, I decided to wipe everything and re-install windows. After I did this, the primary MX300 was ok, but I couldn't create a partition on the 2nd one. Windows gave an error saying 'Access Denied' and the event log showed an error that said something like 'error deleting encryption data' (the drive used to be encrypted with BitLocker). I tried using gparted live usb and Linux gave the error 'Remote I/O error" when I tried to create a partition. I also put the drive on an external USB enclosure and tried gparted from my laptop and gave the same error ("Remote I/O error").
The SMART data on both drives looked very good (using crystal disk mark on windows), with no values on the old-age or pre-fail counters.
I went to the crucial site to start filling an RMA and saw that there was a new firmware available for the drive, so I installed it and after that I was able to create a partition and it looks like the drive does work fine. I was able to create a partition and write some data to it.
Should I ditch the drive or try to RMA it? Is this ""a common"" issue with crucial drives? I cannot really understand how flashing a new firmware fixed the drive.
Some extra data about the setup:
CPU: intel i7-6800
Motherboard: Asus x99-II (latest stable bios - 1902)
Ram: Ballistix Sport LT 16GBx4
SSD/HDD: 2x Crucial MX300
GPU: GTX 1070
PSU: Corsair 650w - cannot recall the model
Chassis: Corsair - cannot recall the model
OS: Windows 10 / Ubuntu 18.04
Thanks a lot!
ft.
I had a weird issue with a Crucial MX300 and I'm wondering if it might be better to ditch the drive.
TL;DR: deleted all partitions from an MX300, after that I couldn't write a new partition table. After doing a firmware upgrade on the drive, it works 'fine'. Should I try to ditch it or try to RMA?
I have a desktop computer that I hadn't used for 2 years as I was abroad and, rather than run a million software upgrades, I decided to wipe everything and re-install windows. After I did this, the primary MX300 was ok, but I couldn't create a partition on the 2nd one. Windows gave an error saying 'Access Denied' and the event log showed an error that said something like 'error deleting encryption data' (the drive used to be encrypted with BitLocker). I tried using gparted live usb and Linux gave the error 'Remote I/O error" when I tried to create a partition. I also put the drive on an external USB enclosure and tried gparted from my laptop and gave the same error ("Remote I/O error").
The SMART data on both drives looked very good (using crystal disk mark on windows), with no values on the old-age or pre-fail counters.
I went to the crucial site to start filling an RMA and saw that there was a new firmware available for the drive, so I installed it and after that I was able to create a partition and it looks like the drive does work fine. I was able to create a partition and write some data to it.
Should I ditch the drive or try to RMA it? Is this ""a common"" issue with crucial drives? I cannot really understand how flashing a new firmware fixed the drive.
Some extra data about the setup:
CPU: intel i7-6800
Motherboard: Asus x99-II (latest stable bios - 1902)
Ram: Ballistix Sport LT 16GBx4
SSD/HDD: 2x Crucial MX300
GPU: GTX 1070
PSU: Corsair 650w - cannot recall the model
Chassis: Corsair - cannot recall the model
OS: Windows 10 / Ubuntu 18.04
Thanks a lot!
ft.
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