Kingston SSD S.M.A.R.T. Warning

[TouhouCat]

Hello there, Tom's Hardware

Last night, I've left my computer on for a little more Prime95 stress testing in blend. (My OS disk is a Kingston 120GB SSD, and had Prime95 on it in blend mode to test another up in CPU ratio.), and when I came back, everything seemed to be normal at first.

Reboot the computer, SMART warning shows up, asking to backup data in case of Hard Drive failure.

I've only had this SSD for a month, and just checked its health on CrystalDiskInfo. All the parameters are well above failure thresholds, except for SSD Life Left, which is at 1.

Pretty sure that this is tied to Prime95, but I just want to ask, should I actually look into replacing the hard drive? The OS is running fine, there's no lag at all, or any signs of a bad hard drive in general use.

Thanks for your time!

 

[Y0GI]

Hello there, Tom's Hardware

Last night, I've left my computer on for a little more Prime95 stress testing in blend. (My OS disk is a Kingston 120GB SSD, and had Prime95 on it in blend mode to test another up in CPU ratio.), and when I came back, everything seemed to be normal at first.

Reboot the computer, SMART warning shows up, asking to backup data in case of Hard Drive failure.

I've only had this SSD for a month, and just checked its health on CrystalDiskInfo. All the parameters are well above failure thresholds, except for SSD Life Left, which is at 1.

Pretty sure that this is tied to Prime95, but I just want to ask, should I actually look into replacing the hard drive? The OS is running fine, there's no lag at all, or any signs of a bad hard drive in general use.

Thanks for your time!

I would contact Kingston about an RMA for the SSD.

Yogi

 

[TouhouCat]

Contacted the retailer from which I got the SSD for an RMA, but, there's also the Program Fail and Erase Fail block counts, which are just fine. That makes me wonder... Why would the SSD Life Left suddenly switch to 1 for no reason? Is it possible for the SMART function to have glitched out? I've used plenty of mechanical hard drives before, so I know how they break down, but.. this is more or less the first SSD I purchased, so I'm curious about this, and would like to learn more about them xP
How's their life left calculated? And if it's running on a value of 1, shouldn't there not be enough flash blocks left for proper SSD operation? Thanks in advance for your reply.

 

[Y0GI]

Contacted the retailer from which I got the SSD for an RMA, but, there's also the Program Fail and Erase Fail block counts, which are just fine. That makes me wonder... Why would the SSD Life Left suddenly switch to 1 for no reason? Is it possible for the SMART function to have glitched out? I've used plenty of mechanical hard drives before, so I know how they break down, but.. this is more or less the first SSD I purchased, so I'm curious about this, and would like to learn more about them xP
How's their life left calculated? And if it's running on a value of 1, shouldn't there not be enough flash blocks left for proper SSD operation? Thanks in advance for your reply.

I'm sorry, but the retailer will not usually be much help in situations like this. First, contact KINGSTON TECH SUPPORT

Or, you can go directly to the RMA REQUEST

Good luck!

Yogi