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    Samsung Evo 840 Problem

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by littleone562, Jan 1, 2015.

  1. littleone562

    littleone562 Notebook Deity

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    One of my samsung evo 840 drives in my m18x r2 reported a SMART error today and rapid storage said one of my drives it at risk which I had to reset to normal. The smart readings are as follows showing some error at ID 05, B3, and B7. My other samsung evo does not report these errors and the current and worst values are at 100. Attached is the screengrab of the smart readings. Any ideas of what I should do in this situation?

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/10gt5frysd6cfz1/evo840 smart error.PNG?dl=0
     
    littleone562, Jan 1, 2015
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    Temporary hiccup? I do have that same on B3 - worst 1 now 100.
     
    zipperi, Jan 1, 2015
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  3. littleone562

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    Hopefully a temporary hiccup. Drives are only 1 month old, but usually anything temporary in the case of sdd's is going to lead to future issues.
     
    littleone562, Jan 1, 2015
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  4. TomJGX

    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    The 840 Evo is a junk TLC drive.. Looks like yours is failing.. I would sell them cut your losses and get a MLC drive :)
     
    TomJGX, Jan 2, 2015
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  5. encor50

    encor50 Notebook Consultant

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    download this (Samsung SSD 840 EVO Performance Restoration Software) from here ( Samsung SSD Downloads | Samsung SSD) its will update ur firmware i had also problem en my pc crashed couple of times but now not anymore after the update
    now i have this firmware EXT42B6Q
    and also u can install the Samsung Magician Software its also good for ur ssd
     
    encor50, Jan 2, 2015
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    scracy Notebook Consultant

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    Samsung 840 EVO is not a junk TLC drive I have seven of these 3 in one machine raid 0 and 4 in another machine raid 0 never had an issue for the last 12 months.
     
    scracy, Jan 2, 2015
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