[SOLVED] SSD corrupted after BIOS update and won't format no matter what I do

[Lievre]

I updated my laptops BIOS (for stability improvements which worked) and now the 860 Evo in the system won't be picked up by Windows Explorer, and shows as a 0 byte ASMT drive in disk management. Command Prompt and Disk Management was unable to format the drive, and neither were the numerous third-party partition managers. The PC won't even boot or let me access the UEIF if the drive is plugged in during boot. I tried wiping the drive while on a Linux Distro off of a live USB but that also failed. I also created a Windows installer hoping it would be able to format the drive but that was also a failure as the drive was read as being MBR and unrecognized file system. Strangely enough, I am able to recover data off of it using data recovery programs, but not format it. Do I have any other options left or a program you've used that worked at all for this situation?

 

[popatim]

Have you tried it with another PC?

 

[Lievre]

Have you tried it with another PC?

Yes, same problem.

 

[popatim]

I would use Samsung Magician and see if it detects an issue with the drive and if there is new firmware for it.
We've eliminated it being your system causing the issue.

 

[Maxxify]

Read-only mode, do you get any SMART readings off it (e.g. CrystalDiskInfo)?

 

[popatim]

Read-only mode, do you get any SMART readings off it (e.g. CrystalDiskInfo)?

I was thinking that too but OP never mentions the drive saying it's write protected so I'm thinking the internal tables got scrambled.