[SOLVED] Kingston SSD Wear Indicator

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I have a 5 year old Kingston SV300S37A/120G. Just in the last few hours, it's health status in CrystalDiskInfo has gone from 100% to 1% with an "SSD Life Left" number of 1. I downloaded the Kingston SSD Manager to double check this and it also says that the SSD Wear Indicator was at 1%. The thing is, I'm not having any issues at all outside of these alarms. It boots just fine, no noticeable slowing down, no BSOD, I haven't had any issues with moving files around. It works the same as it always has.

I already backed up everything and will be ordering a new SSD tomorrow just in case, but I was curious if there might be some other issue I'm over looking here? I'm hoping it'll at least last me a few more days until my new drive gets here.

Here's the Kingston SSD Manager data export.

#KSM:1.1.2.6#

##### Smart Export - Kingston SSD Manager - Version 1.1.2.6 #####

Current time is: Wed Feb 24 16:11:10 2021

Device Path: \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0
Vendor/Model: KINGSTON SV300S37A120G
Serial #: 50026B724B0568CF
Firmware: 541ABBF0_27096

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

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

1 [0x01] - Read Error Rate:
---------------------------------------------
95 95 50 0x0000000002975b68 0x32,SP,EC,OC

5 [0x05] - Bad Block Count:
---------------------------------------------
99 99 3 0x0000000000000000 0x33,SP,EC,OC,PW

9 [0x09] - Power On Hours:
---------------------------------------------
51 51 0 0x001d3af80000a8cd 0x32,SP,EC,OC

12 [0x0c] - Power Cycles:
---------------------------------------------
100 100 0 0x0000000000000221 0x32,SP,EC,OC

171 [0xab] - Program Fail Count:
---------------------------------------------
100 100 0 0x0000000000000000 0x0a,ER,OC

172 [0xac] - Erase Fail Count:
---------------------------------------------
100 100 0 0x0000000000000000 0x32,SP,EC,OC

174 [0xae] - Unexpected Power Loss:
---------------------------------------------
0 0 0 0x0000000000000000 0x30,SP,EC

177 [0xb1] - Wear Leveling Range Percent:
---------------------------------------------
0 0 0 0x000000000000005d 0x00

181 [0xb5] - Program Fail Count:
---------------------------------------------
100 100 0 0x0000000000000000 0x0a,ER,OC

182 [0xb6] - Erase Fail Count:
---------------------------------------------
100 100 0 0x0000000000000000 0x32,SP,EC,OC

187 [0xbb] - Uncorrectable ECC Errors:
---------------------------------------------
99 99 0 0x0000000000000001 0x12,EC,OC

189 [0xbd] - Temperature (alt):
---------------------------------------------
39 48 0 0x000000eb00300027 0x00

194 [0xc2] - Temperature:
---------------------------------------------
39 48 0 0x000000eb00300027 0x22,SP,OC

195 [0xc3] - RAISE Recovered:
---------------------------------------------
120 120 0 0x0000000002975b68 0x1c,EC,ER,PE

196 [0xc4] - Reallocation Events:
---------------------------------------------
100 100 3 0x0000000000000000 0x33,SP,EC,OC,PW

201 [0xc9] - Uncorrectable Soft ECC Rate:
---------------------------------------------
120 120 0 0x0000000002975b68 0x1c,EC,ER,PE

204 [0xcc] - Soft ECC Correction Rate:
---------------------------------------------
120 120 0 0x0000000002975b68 0x1c,EC,ER,PE

230 [0xe6] - Drive Life Protection Status:
---------------------------------------------
100 100 0 0x0000000000000064 0x13,EC,OC,PW

231 [0xe7] - SSD Wear Indicator:
---------------------------------------------
1 1 10 0x0000000100000001 0x13,EC,OC,PW

233 [0xe9] - Lifetime Nand Writes:
---------------------------------------------
0 0 0 0x000000000000895c 0x32,SP,EC,OC

234 [0xea] - Lifetime Host Writes:
---------------------------------------------
0 0 0 0x0000000000000000 0x32,SP,EC,OC

241 [0xf1] - Lifetime Host Writes:
---------------------------------------------
0 0 0 0x0000000000000000 0x32,SP,EC,OC

242 [0xf2] - Lifetime Host Reads:
---------------------------------------------
0 0 0 0x0000000000000000 0x32,SP,EC,OC

##### Standardized Values ######

TBW = 0TB


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

Offline Data Collection Status = 5
Self-test Execution Status = 16
Offline Data Collection Capability = 121
SMART Capability = 3
Error Logging Capability = 1
Short Self-Test Polling Time = 1M
Extended Self-Test Polling Time = 48M
Conveyance Self-Test Polling Time = 2M
SMART Checksum = 213


######### Health Scan #########

Fatal Events: 0
Critical Events: 0
Notifications: 0



######### Misc #########

Dev State 1: 0x2


########## Identify Device ##########
0 [0x00]: 0x0c5a
1 [0x01]: 0x3fff
2 [0x02]: 0xc837
3 [0x03]: 0x0010
4 [0x04]: 0x0000
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6 [0x06]: 0x003f
7 [0x07]: 0x0000
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13 [0x0d]: 0x3732
14 [0x0e]: 0x3442
15 [0x0f]: 0x3035
16 [0x10]: 0x3638
17 [0x11]: 0x4346
18 [0x12]: 0x2020
19 [0x13]: 0x2020
20 [0x14]: 0x0000
21 [0x15]: 0x0000
22 [0x16]: 0x0004
23 [0x17]: 0x3534
24 [0x18]: 0x3141
25 [0x19]: 0x4242
26 [0x1a]: 0x4630
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31 [0x1f]: 0x2053
32 [0x20]: 0x5633
33 [0x21]: 0x3030
34 [0x22]: 0x5333
35 [0x23]: 0x3741
36 [0x24]: 0x3132
37 [0x25]: 0x3047
38 [0x26]: 0x2020
39 [0x27]: 0x2020
40 [0x28]: 0x2020
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56 [0x38]: 0x003f
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199 [0xc7]: 0x0000
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203 [0xcb]: 0x0000
204 [0xcc]: 0x0000
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208 [0xd0]: 0x0000
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224 [0xe0]: 0x0000
225 [0xe1]: 0x0000
226 [0xe2]: 0x0000
227 [0xe3]: 0x0000
228 [0xe4]: 0x0000
229 [0xe5]: 0x0000
230 [0xe6]: 0x4bb0
231 [0xe7]: 0x0df9
232 [0xe8]: 0x0000
233 [0xe9]: 0x0000
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236 [0xec]: 0x0000
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239 [0xef]: 0x0000
240 [0xf0]: 0x0000
241 [0xf1]: 0x0000
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250 [0xfa]: 0x0000
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Temperature History:
Version = 0x0002
Sampling Period = 1 Minutes
Interval = 10 Minutes
Max Continuous Threshold = 70C
Max Absolute Threshold = 85C
Min Continuous Threshold = 0C
Min Absolute Threshold = 0C
Number of entries = 478
Starting offset = 332

Hour 0.000000: 26C, 26C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C
Hour 4.000000: 28C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 28C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 28C, 28C, 28C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 28C, 28C, 28C, 28C
Hour 8.000000: 28C, 28C, 28C, 27C, 27C, 28C, 28C, 28C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 28C, 29C, 28C, 28C, 30C, 30C, 30C, 31C, 30C, 30C, 30C, 31C, 31C
Hour 12.000000: 31C, 30C, 30C, 30C, 30C, 30C, 30C, 30C, 30C, 29C, 28C, 28C, 28C, 28C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 28C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C
Hour 16.000000: 27C, 27C, 27C, 26C, 27C, 27C, 26C, 26C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 26C, 27C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 28C
Hour 20.000000: 28C, 28C, 28C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 28C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 28C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 26C, 26C
Hour 24.000000: 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 27C, 26C, 26C, 27C, 28C, 28C, 28C, 28C, 28C, 28C
Hour 28.000000: 28C, 28C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 28C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 28C, 28C, 28C, 28C, 30C, 30C, 30C, 29C, 29C, 29C
Hour 32.000000: 29C, 29C, 29C, 29C, 29C, 29C, 30C, 30C, 29C, 29C, 29C, 29C, 29C, 29C, 29C, 29C, 30C, 30C, 31C, 31C, 31C, 32C, 31C, 31C
Hour 36.000000: 31C, 31C, 31C, 30C, 30C, 29C, 30C, 29C, 28C, 28C, 28C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 25C, 25C
Hour 40.000000: 25C, 25C, 25C, 25C, 25C, 25C, 25C, 24C, 24C, 24C, 24C, 24C, 24C, 24C, 24C, 24C, 24C, 24C, 24C, 24C, 24C, 24C, 24C, 24C
Hour 44.000000: 25C, 24C, 24C, 24C, 24C, 24C, 24C, 24C, 25C, 25C, 26C, 26C, 27C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 27C, 26C, 26C, 27C, 27C
Hour 48.000000: 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 29C, 30C, 29C, 28C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 28C
Hour 52.000000: 28C, 28C, 28C, 29C, 31C, 32C, 34C, 33C, 31C, 31C, 30C, 30C, 30C, 30C, 31C, 32C, 32C, 32C, 32C, 32C, 32C, 32C, 31C, 31C
Hour 56.000000: 30C, 31C, 31C, 31C, 31C, 31C, 30C, 30C, 30C, 29C, 29C, 29C, 28C, 28C, 28C, 29C, 29C, 29C, 29C, 29C, 30C, 30C, 30C, 30C
Hour 60.000000: 30C, 30C, 31C, 30C, 30C, 30C, 31C, 31C, 32C, 31C, 30C, 30C, 29C, 29C, 28C, 29C, 29C, 29C, 29C, 29C, 29C, 28C, 28C, 28C
Hour 64.000000: 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C
Hour 68.000000: 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 27C, 27C, 26C, 27C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 26C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C
Hour 72.000000: 27C, 27C, 27C, 27C, 29C, 28C, 29C, 29C, 29C, 29C, 29C, 30C, 30C, 30C, 30C, 30C, 30C, 32C, NS, 33C, 36C, 37C, 37C, 37C
Hour 76.000000: 37C, 37C, 37C, 37C, NS, 36C, 37C, 37C, 38C, 38C, 38C, 38C, 38C, 38C, 38C, 39C, 39C, 39C, 39C, 39C, 39C, 39C
 
Solution
One could easily see 5 years of moderate normal use (3-5 hours per day) pushing 60+ TBW...; the usage on that drive showed it powered on 4.9 years of 24/7 usage?

Odd that it's total read/writes no longer register, but, 5 years of 24/7 use, or 10 years of use half that time, usage/total writes could easily approach 60+ TBW, given my own usage patterns of ~10 TBW per year or so... (The larger SSDs now have some 300-600 TBW endurance, fortunately)
I have a 5 year old Kingston SV300S37A/120G. Just in the last few hours, it's health status in CrystalDiskInfo has gone from 100% to 1% with an "SSD Life Left" number of 1. I downloaded the Kingston SSD Manager to double check this and it also says that the SSD Wear Indicator was at 1%. The thing is, I'm not having any issues at all outside of these alarms. It boots just fine, no noticeable slowing down, no BSOD, I haven't had any issues with moving files around. It works the same as it always has.

I already backed up everything and will be ordering a new SSD tomorrow just in case, but I was curious if there might be some other issue I'm over looking here? I'm hoping it'll at least last me a few more days until my new drive gets here.

Here's the Kingston SSD Manager data export.

#KSM:1.1.2.6#

##### Smart Export - Kingston SSD Manager - Version 1.1.2.6 #####

Current time is: Wed Feb 24 16:11:10 2021

Device Path: \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0
Vendor/Model: KINGSTON SV300S37A120G
Serial #: 50026B724B0568CF
Firmware: 541ABBF0_27096

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

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

1 [0x01] - Read Error Rate:
---------------------------------------------
95 95 50 0x0000000002975b68 0x32,SP,EC,OC

5 [0x05] - Bad Block Count:
---------------------------------------------
99 99 3 0x0000000000000000 0x33,SP,EC,OC,PW

9 [0x09] - Power On Hours:
---------------------------------------------
51 51 0 0x001d3af80000a8cd 0x32,SP,EC,OC

12 [0x0c] - Power Cycles:
---------------------------------------------
100 100 0 0x0000000000000221 0x32,SP,EC,OC

171 [0xab] - Program Fail Count:
---------------------------------------------
100 100 0 0x0000000000000000 0x0a,ER,OC

172 [0xac] - Erase Fail Count:
---------------------------------------------
100 100 0 0x0000000000000000 0x32,SP,EC,OC

174 [0xae] - Unexpected Power Loss:
---------------------------------------------
0 0 0 0x0000000000000000 0x30,SP,EC

177 [0xb1] - Wear Leveling Range Percent:
---------------------------------------------
0 0 0 0x000000000000005d 0x00

181 [0xb5] - Program Fail Count:
---------------------------------------------
100 100 0 0x0000000000000000 0x0a,ER,OC

182 [0xb6] - Erase Fail Count:
---------------------------------------------
100 100 0 0x0000000000000000 0x32,SP,EC,OC

187 [0xbb] - Uncorrectable ECC Errors:
---------------------------------------------
99 99 0 0x0000000000000001 0x12,EC,OC

189 [0xbd] - Temperature (alt):
---------------------------------------------
39 48 0 0x000000eb00300027 0x00

194 [0xc2] - Temperature:
---------------------------------------------
39 48 0 0x000000eb00300027 0x22,SP,OC

195 [0xc3] - RAISE Recovered:
---------------------------------------------
120 120 0 0x0000000002975b68 0x1c,EC,ER,PE

196 [0xc4] - Reallocation Events:
---------------------------------------------
100 100 3 0x0000000000000000 0x33,SP,EC,OC,PW

201 [0xc9] - Uncorrectable Soft ECC Rate:
---------------------------------------------
120 120 0 0x0000000002975b68 0x1c,EC,ER,PE

204 [0xcc] - Soft ECC Correction Rate:
---------------------------------------------
120 120 0 0x0000000002975b68 0x1c,EC,ER,PE

230 [0xe6] - Drive Life Protection Status:
---------------------------------------------
100 100 0 0x0000000000000064 0x13,EC,OC,PW

231 [0xe7] - SSD Wear Indicator:
---------------------------------------------
1 1 10 0x0000000100000001 0x13,EC,OC,PW

233 [0xe9] - Lifetime Nand Writes:
---------------------------------------------
0 0 0 0x000000000000895c 0x32,SP,EC,OC

234 [0xea] - Lifetime Host Writes:
---------------------------------------------
0 0 0 0x0000000000000000 0x32,SP,EC,OC

241 [0xf1] - Lifetime Host Writes:
---------------------------------------------
0 0 0 0x0000000000000000 0x32,SP,EC,OC

242 [0xf2] - Lifetime Host Reads:
---------------------------------------------
0 0 0 0x0000000000000000 0x32,SP,EC,OC

##### Standardized Values ######

TBW = 0TB


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

Offline Data Collection Status = 5
Self-test Execution Status = 16
Offline Data Collection Capability = 121
SMART Capability = 3
Error Logging Capability = 1
Short Self-Test Polling Time = 1M
Extended Self-Test Polling Time = 48M
Conveyance Self-Test Polling Time = 2M
SMART Checksum = 213


######### Health Scan #########

Fatal Events: 0
Critical Events: 0
Notifications: 0



######### Misc #########

Dev State 1: 0x2


########## Identify Device ##########
0 [0x00]: 0x0c5a
1 [0x01]: 0x3fff
2 [0x02]: 0xc837
3 [0x03]: 0x0010
4 [0x04]: 0x0000
5 [0x05]: 0x0000
6 [0x06]: 0x003f
7 [0x07]: 0x0000
8 [0x08]: 0x0000
9 [0x09]: 0x0000
10 [0x0a]: 0x3530
11 [0x0b]: 0x3032
12 [0x0c]: 0x3642
13 [0x0d]: 0x3732
14 [0x0e]: 0x3442
15 [0x0f]: 0x3035
16 [0x10]: 0x3638
17 [0x11]: 0x4346
18 [0x12]: 0x2020
19 [0x13]: 0x2020
20 [0x14]: 0x0000
21 [0x15]: 0x0000
22 [0x16]: 0x0004
23 [0x17]: 0x3534
24 [0x18]: 0x3141
25 [0x19]: 0x4242
26 [0x1a]: 0x4630
27 [0x1b]: 0x4b49
28 [0x1c]: 0x4e47
29 [0x1d]: 0x5354
30 [0x1e]: 0x4f4e
31 [0x1f]: 0x2053
32 [0x20]: 0x5633
33 [0x21]: 0x3030
34 [0x22]: 0x5333
35 [0x23]: 0x3741
36 [0x24]: 0x3132
37 [0x25]: 0x3047
38 [0x26]: 0x2020
39 [0x27]: 0x2020
40 [0x28]: 0x2020
41 [0x29]: 0x2020
42 [0x2a]: 0x2020
43 [0x2b]: 0x2020
44 [0x2c]: 0x2020
45 [0x2d]: 0x2020
46 [0x2e]: 0x2020
47 [0x2f]: 0x8001
48 [0x30]: 0x4000
49 [0x31]: 0x2f00
50 [0x32]: 0x4001
51 [0x33]: 0x0200
52 [0x34]: 0x0200
53 [0x35]: 0x0007
54 [0x36]: 0x3fff
55 [0x37]: 0x0010
56 [0x38]: 0x003f
57 [0x39]: 0xfc10
58 [0x3a]: 0x00fb
59 [0x3b]: 0x0101
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Post a screen shot of crystal disk info.
 
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I understand that, which is why I backed everything up and will be ordering a new SSD. My question was one of curiosity. Sometimes stuff just breaks. It is what it is. But before I start tossing stuff out, I'd like to get the opinion of people more knowledgeable on the topic than me.
 

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I understand that, which is why I backed everything up and will be ordering a new SSD. My question was one of curiosity. Sometimes stuff just breaks. It is what it is. But before I start tossing stuff out, I'd like to get the opinion of people more knowledgeable on the topic than me.
When buying a new one get a better brand than Kingston!
Some of them are decent but most just low quality, they were even caught replacing parts to lower quality and speed after they sent drives in for the initial reviews.
 
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When buying a new one get a better brand than Kingston!
Some of them are decent but most just low quality, they were even caught replacing parts to lower quality and speed after they sent drives in for the initial reviews.

I was reading about that while looking up information on this. I was shocked mine lasted as long as it did considering some of the stuff people have said about Kingstons. I'm looking at this Samsung for my next one.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0781Z7Y3S/ref=twister_B08KG14KCT?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
 

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Can you try using Hard Disk Sentinel and get a 2nd opinion?

It's weird that the lifetime writes are zero. That typically gives you an indication of how much has been written on to the SSD, which is what actually wears them out. The 120GB SV300 is rated for 64TB Total Bytes Written (TBW). If you're anywhere close to that figure, you've probably used up most of the spare cells and replacing the drive is definitely warranted before you actually start to lose data.
 
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Can you try using Hard Disk Sentinel and get a 2nd opinion?

It's weird that the lifetime writes are zero. That typically gives you an indication of how much has been written on to the SSD, which is what actually wears them out. The 120GB SV300 is rated for 64TB Total Bytes Written (TBW). If you're anywhere close to that figure, you've probably used up most of the spare cells and replacing the drive is definitely warranted before you actually start to lose data.

HDS has health status at 0% as well. Everything else looks the same as CDI. No lifetime writes either. It's very possible I'm approaching that limit though. This has been my main drive for the past 5 (possibly 6) years.
 
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Not much to add..........it shows what you already know.
I do see a caution on a different disk you have......might be worth looking into.
When you get the new disk installed monitor the writes going to it.
See if you have something hammering away at it.

Oh yeah, that disk is one I threw in from an old HP I had. It has to be over a decade old now. I popped it in to salvage some stuff off it and just never took it back out.

Will do!
 
https://media.kingston.com/support/downloads/MKP_306_SMART_attribute.pdf

I'm wondering if there is a firmware bug.

According to Kingston's SMART spec, "SSD Life Left indicates the approximate SDD life left, in terms of PE cycles or Flash blocks currently available for use".

When the normalised value is 1 (= worst), this means that "insufficient Flash blocks remain in service for proper SSD operation". The raw value is either 1 or 0. When the raw value is 0, then "life is driven by PE cycles". Otherwise, if the raw value is 1, then "life is driven by Spare Blocks".

So it would appear that the firmware has decided that the SSD is at end of life because it has accumulated too many bad blocks. Yet the raw value of the "Retired Block Count" is 0, which indicates no grown defects.

Is there a firmware update for this model?
 
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https://media.kingston.com/support/downloads/MKP_306_SMART_attribute.pdf

I'm wondering if there is a firmware bug.

According to Kingston's SMART spec, "SSD Life Left indicates the approximate SDD life left, in terms of PE cycles or Flash blocks currently available for use".

When the normalised value is 1 (= worst), this means that "insufficient Flash blocks remain in service for proper SSD operation". The raw value is either 1 or 0. When the raw value is 0, then "life is driven by PE cycles". Otherwise, if the raw value is 1, then "life is driven by Spare Blocks".

So it would appear that the firmware has decided that the SSD is at end of life because it has accumulated too many bad blocks. Yet the raw value of the "Retired Block Count" is 0, which indicates no grown defects.

Is there a firmware update for this model?

I just looked up my firmware and saw that there is indeed an update (several) for it, but when I used the Kingston SSD Manager, it says that there is no firmware update available.

I checked to make sure the drive was set to AHCI in BIOS because I read that might be an issue with updating. It's set to that though.
 
One could easily see 5 years of moderate normal use (3-5 hours per day) pushing 60+ TBW...; the usage on that drive showed it powered on 4.9 years of 24/7 usage?

Odd that it's total read/writes no longer register, but, 5 years of 24/7 use, or 10 years of use half that time, usage/total writes could easily approach 60+ TBW, given my own usage patterns of ~10 TBW per year or so... (The larger SSDs now have some 300-600 TBW endurance, fortunately)
 
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One could easily see 5 years of moderate normal use (3-5 hours per day) pushing 60+ TBW...; the usage on that drive showed it powered on 4.9 years of 24/7 usage?

Odd that it's total read/writes no longer register, but, 5 years of 24/7 use, or 10 years of use half that time, usage/total writes could easily approach 60+ TBW, given my own usage patterns of ~10 TBW per year or so... (The larger SSDs now have some 300-600 TBW endurance, fortunately)

Yeah this thing has seen some heavy use. The 4.9 years usage sounds correct. This was my first SSD. It was about time to replace it.
 
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That looks like it could be the exact issue. I'm going to look into why I'm not getting the firmware update for the drive.

My new drive will be here tomorrow, but I still plan on running this old one into the ground just to see. If it is just a firmware bug throwing up that alarm, I'd like to know just out of curiosity.

Thanks you all! I've learned a lot!
 
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