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530 SSD, sometimes bad, sometimes good

ppara5
Contributor

I have a 530 120 GB SSD that exhibits problems when updating Fedora Linux. Messages along the lines of "write FPDMA queued" and "ATA bus error" are displayed. I removed the SSD from the PC and installed Fedora Linux on a WDC hard drive with no errors being seen, so it's not the PC. I ran a full diagnostic scan using SSD Toolbox, but no problems were found. Something seems to be wrong, but I don't want to send it in for warranty if it will just be returned to me as is (according to intel.com, I have almost two more years of warranty remaining). From reading the SATA specification, it appears that the supported life is 36,500 GB, but Total NAND Writes = 4639.00 GB. All SMART fields are green Ready For Use. What SSD Toolbox data would Intel support look at to determine if the SSD is toast?

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idata
Esteemed Contributor III

Hello Paramountain,

Could you please export the SMART details from Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox?You can attach the file by clicking on the "use advanced editor button", the file's format is *.csvWe will be checking those details and we'll give you some advice on how to proceed; You can also take a look, in the meantime, to this https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/26452/Write-Amp-Firmware-for-Intel-SSD-530-535-Series firmware update to prevent write amplification.We will be waiting for your response.Regards,Nestor C

Here is the file. Everything's green, so I have no idea what is going on. The Fedora error is repeatable, as I installed Fedora and saw the error and then installed Korora (a Fedora spin) and saw the error.

idata
Esteemed Contributor III

Hi Paramountain,

We are checking this situation with the proper team, we'll keep you posted over here.Regards,Nestor C

idata
Esteemed Contributor III

Hi Paramountain,

We'd like you to please let us know a few things:-What's the Fedora version you are installing?-Are you able to install any other OS (Linux* or Windows*)?-Can you share your hardware specs? (Motherboard, CPU, RAM, etc)Please let us know if you are able to install any other OS, for example, Windows*, so we can determine if this is a SATA driver issue.Regards,Nestor C