Question Should I RMA my 860 EVO 1tb ?

[Breek1]

TLDR; Everytime I restart the PC the SSD needs to be set as a new volume again.

So I've had this SSD for about two years now and after building a new rig removed it from the old one and put it into the new one in order to save games onto it. Sadly, I lost everything and before I found out I could recover it my dumb self chose to format it into a new simple volume. I tried recovering the files, but the names aren't shown so I don't want to go through sorting and figuring out nearly 3/4 of a tb of files. I have a total of 3 SSDs including a AORUS pcie 4 1tb m.2 and a WD m.2 as a pool. The build is below. Any help as to why it keeps disappearing after the restart, resulting into creating in my having to create a simple volume again in order for it to appear?

MB - Aorus Ultra rev 1.2 X570
CPU - 5900x
GPU - Aorus Master 3080
SSDs - Aorus 1tb, WD Black 500gb, and 860 EVO 1tb
RAM - Corsair Vengeance TUF Gaming 16gb 3200 mhz
PSU - Gigabyte 850 Gold
Case - MB520
CPU AIO - Enermax 360mm

 

[rocktalkrock]

Have you installed the Samsung Magician software to check the health of your drive?

 

[Breek1]

I tried posting a screenshot, but the site wont let me for w/e reason. The drive on Magician says it's good and it's been like that ever since I had the drive. Everything is up to date.

 

[Palorim12]

does it do the same thing if you plug in the drive into another system, or externally?

 

[Breek1]

does it do the same thing if you plug in the drive into another system, or externally?

The previous system it was working perfectly as it should. I have yet to do it externally. It just stops recognizing it as D: drive and becomes allocated. I've connected it to a different SATA port and it is still the same result. I will use different cables and see if that works, but I doubt it.

 

[rocktalkrock]

Is the SSD set as MBR or GPT? If it's MBR you should try re-initializing the drive as GPT.

 

[fzabkar]

Your system appears to be affected by the same gremlin that affects Win 10 / AMD Ryzen platforms.

Can you show us the Partitions window in DMDE after the next unallocation event? DMDE will allow you to fix the problem with a few clicks, but the root cause remains a mystery to me.

 

[Breek1]

Is the SSD set as MBR or GPT? If it's MBR you should try re-initializing the drive as GPT.

I've always had it set to GPT. It even asks before I start a new simple volume lol

 

[Breek1]

Your system appears to be affected by the same gremlin that affects Win 10 / AMD Ryzen platforms.

Can you show us the Partitions window in DMDE after the next unallocation event? DMDE will allow you to fix the problem with a few clicks, but the root cause remains a mystery to me.

This damn forum won't let me post the link for the screenshot on gyazo.

I keep getting "Your content can not be submitted. This is likely because your content is spam-like or contains inappropriate elements. Please change your content or try again later. If you still have problems, please contact an administrator. "

 

[USAFRet]

This damn forum won't let me post the link for the screenshot on gyazo.

I keep getting "Your content can not be submitted. This is likely because your content is spam-like or contains inappropriate elements. Please change your content or try again later. If you still have problems, please contact an administrator. "

Try a different image hosting site.
imgur.com works.

 

[Breek1]

Your system appears to be affected by the same gremlin that affects Win 10 / AMD Ryzen platforms.

Can you show us the Partitions window in DMDE after the next unallocation event? DMDE will allow you to fix the problem with a few clicks, but the root cause remains a mystery to me.

Here you go.

 

[Breek1]

Try a different image hosting site.
imgur.com works.

Very much appreciated for the assistance.

 

[fzabkar]

I meant something like this ...

http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/DMDE/DMDE_Elements-8TB_Partitions.jpg

 

[Breek1]

I meant something like this ...

http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/DMDE/DMDE_Elements-8TB_Partitions.jpg

What would I do to obtain that? I've never used DMDE before

 

[Breek1]

I meant something like this ...

http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/DMDE/DMDE_Elements-8TB_Partitions.jpg

Hello?

 

[Breek1]

I was able to figure it out.

Here are the logs on Samsung Magician

SMART Self-Test	1/18/2021​
Model Name	Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB
Result	Log #1	Option	SHORT
		Status	Successfully completed (0)
		Power on hours	10057​
		Failing LBA	0x0
	Log #2	Option	EXTENDED
		Status	Successfully completed (0)
		Power on hours	9914​
		Failing LBA	0x0
	Log #3	Option	SHORT
		Status	Successfully completed (0)
		Power on hours	9912​
		Failing LBA	0x0