My SSD suddenly stopped working yesterday while I was using it. This is probably due to a SATA cable error or a circuit short. After a few moments, my PC restarted automatically (just as with a blue screen error). However, the BIOS stopped detecting the SSD afterward.
Then I cleaned the PC, cleared any dust that might cause a short circuit, and plugged in the SSD again. The BIOS started to detect the drive, and the PC started booting up. However, some system files were corrupted and windows ended up with a black screen after the logo screen. Then I formatted the drive, reinstalled Windows and booted the PC again. After OS reinstallation, it started working perfectly well.
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After OS reinstallation, I installed hard disk sentinel and checked the SSD status. The health is now at 5%, and it used to be 100% before this incident. However, I can't notice any sign of a performance drop or any sign of further data corruption. The SSD works perfectly well, just as it used to.
I used multiple programs to test whether there are bad sectors. There are no bad sectors in its current condition.
Could it be that the bad sectors in SSDs aren't as alarming as the bad sectors in HDDs? In my experience, an HDD with this many bad sectors would likely be in very bad condition, causing consistent disk errors and data corruption with noticably poor performance. This doesn't seem to be the case with this SSD.
There is a warranty remaining for this SSD. Should i claim warranty over this, or would it be fine to keep using this SSD under these conditions? Claiming the warranty would also involve reinstalling the OS again and configuing other software from scratch, on top of other hassles. I would like to avoid that process if it isn't necessary.
Here is the complete report for this SSD
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-- Physical Disk Information - Disk: #0: OCPC SSD XTREME 256GB --
Hard Disk Summary
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Hard Disk Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0
Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : S-ATA Gen3, 6 Gbps
Disk Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Standard SATA AHCI Controller (AHCI) [VEN: 8086, DEV: 8C02] Version: 10.0.19041.1889, 6-21-2006
Disk Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Bus Number 0, Target Id 0, LUN 0
Hard Disk Model ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : OCPC SSD XTREME 256GB
Firmware Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : VA011CC0
Hard Disk Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2504221200127
Total Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 244191 MB
Power State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Active
Device Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Removable, safely remove required
Logical Drive(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : C: []
Current Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 40 °C
Power On Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 46 days, 16 hours
Estimated Remaining Lifetime . . . . . . . . . . : 5 days
Lifetime Writes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 90.06 GB
Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : #------------------- 5 % (Critical)
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : #################### 100 % (Excellent)
There are 1144 bad sectors on the disk surface. The contents of these sectors were moved to the spare area.
Based on the number of remapping operations, the bad sectors may form continuous areas.
143 errors reported during write to the device.
Problems occurred between the communication of the disk and the host 143 times.
In case of sudden system crash, reboot, blue-screen-of-death, inaccessible file(s)/folder(s), it is recommended to verify data and power cables, connections - and if possible try different cables to prevent further problems.
More information: https://www.hdsentinel.com/hard_disk_case_communication_error.php
It is recommended to examine the log of the disk regularly. All new problems found will be logged there.
The TRIM feature of the SSD is supported and enabled for optimal performance.
It is recommended to backup immediately to prevent data loss.
ATA Information
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Hard Disk Cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 496149
Hard Disk Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 16
Hard Disk Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 63
ATA Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : ACS-3, ATA8-ACS version 6
Transport Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : SATA Rev 3.0
Total Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 500118192
Bytes Per Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 512
Multiple Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 16
Error Correction Bytes . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0
Unformatted Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 244198 MB
Maximum PIO Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 4
Maximum Multiword DMA Mode . . . . . . . . . . . : 2
Highest Possible Transfer Rate . . . . . . . . . : S-ATA Gen3 Signaling Speed (6 Gps)
Negotiated Transfer Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . : S-ATA Gen3 Signaling Speed (6 Gps)
Minimum Multiword DMA Transfer Time . . . . . . : 120 ns
Recommended Multiword DMA Transfer Time . . . . : 120 ns
Minimum PIO Transfer Time Without IORDY . . . . : 120 ns
Minimum PIO Transfer Time With IORDY . . . . . . : 120 ns
ATA Control Byte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Valid
ATA Checksum Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Valid
Acoustic Management Configuration
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Acoustic Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Acoustic Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Disabled
Current Acoustic Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Default (00h)
Recommended Acoustic Level . . . . . . . . . . . : Default (00h)
ATA Features
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Read Ahead Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported, Disabled
DMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Ultra DMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
S.M.A.R.T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Write Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Host Protected Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
HPA Security Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Advanced Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Extended Power Management . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Power Up In Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
48-Bit LBA Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Device Configuration Overlay . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
IORDY Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Read/Write DMA Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
NOP Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Trusted Computing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
64-Bit World Wide ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 0000000000000000
Streaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Media Card Pass Through . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
General Purpose Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Error Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
CFA Feature Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
CFast Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Long Physical Sectors (1) . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Long Logical Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Write-Read-Verify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
NV Cache Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
NV Cache Power Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
NV Cache Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Free-fall Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Free-fall Control Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Service Interrupt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
IDLE IMMEDIATE Command With UNLOAD Feature . . . : Not supported
Zoned Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
SCT Command Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
SCT Error Recovery Control . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Nominal Media Rotation Rate . . . . . . . . . . : Non-rotating Media (SSD)
Nominal Form Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2.5 inch
SSD Features
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Data Set Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
TRIM Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Deterministic Read After TRIM . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Read Zeroes After TRIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Operating System TRIM Function . . . . . . . . . : Supported, Enabled
S.M.A.R.T. Details
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Off-line Data Collection Status . . . . . . . . : Never Started
Self Test Execution Status . . . . . . . . . . . : Successfully Completed
Total Time To Complete Off-line Data Collection : 1 seconds
Execute Off-line Immediate . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Abort/restart Off-line By Host . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Off-line Read Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Short Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Extended Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Conveyance Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Selective Self-Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Save Data Before/After Power Saving Mode . . . . : Not supported
Enable/Disable Attribute Autosave . . . . . . . : Supported
Error Logging Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Short Self-test Estimated Time . . . . . . . . . : 1 minutes
Extended Self-test Estimated Time . . . . . . . : 2 minutes
Last Short Self-test Result . . . . . . . . . . : Never Started
Last Short Self-test Date . . . . . . . . . . . : Never Started
Last Extended Self-test Result . . . . . . . . . : Never Started
Last Extended Self-test Date . . . . . . . . . . : Never Started
Security Mode
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Security Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Security Erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Security Erase Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2 minutes
Security Enhanced Erase Feature . . . . . . . . : Supported
Security Enhanced Erase Time . . . . . . . . . . : 20 minutes
Security Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
Security Locked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
Security Frozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Security Counter Expired . . . . . . . . . . . . : No
Security Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : High
Device Encrypts All User Data . . . . . . . . . : No
Sanitize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Overwrite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Crypto Scramble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Block Erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Sanitize Antifreeze Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
ACS-3 Commands Allowed By Sanitize . . . . . . . : No
Serial ATA Features
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S-ATA Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
S-ATA I Signaling Speed (1.5 Gps) . . . . . . . : Supported
S-ATA II Signaling Speed (3 Gps) . . . . . . . . : Supported
S-ATA Gen3 Signaling Speed (6 Gps) . . . . . . . : Supported
Receipt Of Power Management Requests From Host . : Not supported
PHY Event Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Non-Zero Buffer Offsets In DMA Setup FIS . . . . : Not supported
DMA Setup Auto-Activate Optimization . . . . . . : Supported, Disabled
Device Initiating Interface Power Management . . : Not supported
In-Order Data Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Asynchronous Notification . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Software Settings Preservation . . . . . . . . . : Supported, Enabled
Native Command Queuing (NCQ) . . . . . . . . . . : Supported
Queue Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 32
NCQ Streaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
NCQ Autosense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Automatic Partial To Slumber Translations . . . : Not supported
Rebuild Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Hybrid Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
Device Sleep (DevSleep) . . . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
DevSleep To ReducedPwrState . . . . . . . . . . : Not supported
S.M.A.R.T.
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No. Attribute Thre.. Value Worst Data Status Flags
1 Raw Data Error Rate 50 100 100 000000000000 OK Self Preserving, Error-Rate, Performance, Statistica..
5 Reallocated Sectors Co.. 10 100 100 000000000478 OK Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical, Critical
9 Power On Time Count 0 100 100 000000000460 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
12 Drive Power Cycle Count 0 100 100 0000000000DE OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
161 Valid Spare Blocks 50 100 100 000000000019 OK Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
162 Total Erase Count 0 100 100 00000000C593 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
163 Initial Invalid Blocks 0 100 100 000000000BB8 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
164 Total TLC Erase Count 0 100 100 00000000000F OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
166 Minimum TLC Erase Count 0 100 100 000000000026 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
167 Average TLC Erase Count 0 100 100 000000000000 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
168 Vendor Specific 0 100 100 000000000000 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
169 Percentage Lifetime Re.. 0 100 100 000000000062 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
171 Program Fail Count 0 100 100 000000000000 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
172 Erase Fail Count 0 100 100 000000000000 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
174 Unexpected Power Loss .. 0 100 100 000000000007 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
175 ECC Fail Count 0 100 100 00000000008F OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
181 Program Fail Count 0 100 100 0000033075D5 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Statistical
187 Reported Uncorrectable.. 0 100 100 00000000008F OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
194 Temperature 0 100 100 000000000028 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Statistical
195 Cumulative Corrected ECC 0 100 100 000000000000 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Error-Rate, Statistical
196 Reallocation Event Count 0 100 100 00000000008F OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
199 Ultra DMA CRC Error Co.. 0 100 100 00000000008F OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
206 Min. Erase Count 0 100 100 000000000001 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
207 Max. Erase Count 0 100 100 00000000001F OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
232 Available Reserved Space 0 100 100 000000000061 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
233 Media Wearout Indicator 0 100 100 000000000211 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
241 Total Host Writes 0 100 100 000000000B42 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
242 Total Host Reads 0 100 100 000000001491 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
249 Total GB Written to NA.. 0 100 100 0000000002E5 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
250 Total GB Written to NA.. 0 100 100 000000000DE2 OK (Always passing) Self Preserving, Event Count, Statistical
Transfer Rate Information
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Total Data Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2,304 MB, 251,293 MB since installation (5/16/2023)
Total Data Write . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 357 MB, 7,263 MB since installation
Average Reads Per Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 251,293.00 MB
Average Writes Per Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 7,263.00 MB
Current Transfer Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 1033 KB/s
Maximum Transfer Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 230056 KB/s
Current Read Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 941 KB/s
Current Write Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 92 KB/s
Current Disk Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 1 %
