Is my SSD dead ? It desn't write or delete anything.

[vovanok1992]

Hi. Few days ago i got a bios notification, that my SSD kingston hyperx savage 240gb which i use about 2 years, is in very bad state, and doesn't pass SMART checks.
I even had to disable SMART check to load OS.

So i checked SSD state with kingston tool. And this, what have i seen:

Its very strange, that there are no failures, but SSD spare blocks all wasted.

Here is full report:

##### Smart Export - Kingston SSD Manager - Version 1.1.1.5 #####

Current time is: Ср сен 26 22:39:16 2018

Device Path: \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1
Vendor/Model: KINGSTON SHSS37A240G 
Serial #: 50026B72650FD45C
Firmware: SAFM00.Y_N/A

Id [hex] - Description:
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Norm Worst Thresh Raw Flags

======================================================

1 [0x01] - Uncorrectable Errors:
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100 100 50 0x0000000000000000 0x0b,ER,OC,PW

2 [0x02] - :
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100 100 50 0x0000000000000000 0x05,PE,PW

3 [0x03] - :
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100 100 50 0x0000000000000000 0x07,PE,OC,PW

5 [0x05] - :
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100 100 50 0x0000000000000069 0x13,EC,OC,PW

7 [0x07] - :
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100 100 50 0x0000000000000000 0x0b,ER,OC,PW

8 [0x08] - :
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100 100 50 0x0000000000000000 0x05,PE,PW

9 [0x09] - Power On Hours:
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100 100 0 0x000000000000175a 0x12,EC,OC

12 [0x0c] - Power Cycles:
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100 100 0 0x00000000000004ca 0x12,EC,OC

168 [0xa8] - SATA PHY Error Count:
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100 100 0 0x0000000000000000 0x12,EC,OC

170 [0xaa] - Bad Block Count:
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0 0 10 0x00000069000001c6 0x03,OC,PW

173 [0xad] - Erase Count:
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100 100 0 0x00000000003c0085 0x12,EC,OC

175 [0xaf] - :
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100 100 50 0x0000000000000000 0x13,EC,OC,PW

187 [0xbb] - Uncorrectable ECC Errors:
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100 100 0 0x0000000000000000 0x12,EC,OC

192 [0xc0] - :
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100 100 0 0x0000000000000093 0x12,EC,OC

194 [0xc2] - Temperature:
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69 61 30 0x000000270011001f 0x23,SP,OC,PW

196 [0xc4] - Reallocation Events:
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100 100 10 0x0000000000000069 0x02,OC

197 [0xc5] - :
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100 100 0 0x0000000000000000 0x32,SP,EC,OC

199 [0xc7] - SATA CRC Error:
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100 100 50 0x0000000000000000 0x0b,ER,OC,PW

218 [0xda] - CRC Error Count:
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100 100 50 0x0000000000000000 0x0b,ER,OC,PW

231 [0xe7] - SSD Wear Indicator:
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100 100 0 0x0000000000000062 0x13,EC,OC,PW

233 [0xe9] - Lifetime Nand Writes:
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100 100 0 0x0000000000003922 0x0b,ER,OC,PW

240 [0xf0] - :
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100 100 0 0x0000000000000000 0x13,EC,OC,PW

241 [0xf1] - Lifetime Writes from Host:
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100 100 0 0x0000000000002cb6 0x12,EC,OC

242 [0xf2] - Lifetime Reads from Host:
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100 100 0 0x0000000000002521 0x12,EC,OC

244 [0xf4] - Average Erase Count:
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100 100 0 0x000000000000003c 0x02,OC

245 [0xf5] - Max Erase Count:
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100 100 0 0x0000000000000085 0x02,OC

246 [0xf6] - Total Erase Count:
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100 100 0 0x00000000003f2800 0x12,EC,OC

##### SMART Status ######

Offline Data Collection Status = 0
Self-test Execution Status = 0
Offline Data Collection Capability = 91
SMART Capability = 3
Error Logging Capability = 1
Short Self-Test Polling Time = 1M
Extended Self-Test Polling Time = 2M
Conveyance Self-Test Polling Time = 0M
SMART Checksum = 19

Interesting thing here:

170 [0xaa] - Bad Block Count:
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0 0 10 0x00000069000001c6 0x03,OC,PW

It means that i have 69000001c6 hex => 450971566534 dec ?? So about everything on SSD are bad blocks ?

Also it works fine on read. So i can even load windows from there, but it can't save any config, so it loads every time from the same place. I still have warranty, but i can't give it to service, because i can't delete my working projects from there :/

I tried to update firmware, but it fails with 1004 status code.
Also if i try to format it, than i have success notification, but nothing changed. All files in place.

So what do you think? Is this SSD dead ?

 

[popatim]

Have you tried the firmware update thats available? It may be why they updated the firmware in the first place and resolve the issue.

 

[USAFRet]

2 years, still under warranty(?)....time to start the RMA process and get a new one.