Samsung 860 Evo 1tb Issue

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So recently my 860 evo that I bought nearly exactly a year ago has developed an issue.

It'll randomly get pinned to 100% even though it's not in use, when i check task manager the average response time is in the thousands whilst the read and write speeds are at 0.1kbps or along them lines.

So it's primarily a game drive, mostly CoD is played on it, I can get maybe 2 matches worth and it'll be pinned at a 100% and pretty much send my system into lockdown.

I've tried with a different game and it'll do the same.
I've formatted it, and it'll do the same again.
Downloaded Samsung Magician software where there was a FW update, unfortunately that didn't solve the issue.

So before I put a request in to whereever i bought it from, Anything else I should test or it's pretty much the end of the drive.

Luckily Samsung throw 5 years warranty at these things so no particular rush to get it sent away.

Cheers.
 
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So recently my 860 evo that I bought nearly exactly a year ago has developed an issue.

It'll randomly get pinned to 100% even though it's not in use, when i check task manager the average response time is in the thousands whilst the read and write speeds are at 0.1kbps or along them lines.

So it's primarily a game drive, mostly CoD is played on it, I can get maybe 2 matches worth and it'll be pinned at a 100% and pretty much send my system into lockdown.

I've tried with a different game and it'll do the same.
I've formatted it, and it'll do the same again.
Downloaded Samsung Magician software where there was a FW update, unfortunately that didn't solve the issue.

So before I put a request in to whereever i bought it from, Anything else I should test or it's pretty much the end of the drive.

Luckily Samsung throw 5 years warranty at these things so no particular rush to get it sent away.

Cheers.

Check it in magician for firmware updates?
 
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Haha no issue, I think it's safe to say its kaput, just warranty claim the thing and hopefully the next one will out last this one.
Yea I recon so and that would be my way. Make a clone of it and then pop it in the post. I guess you will know if the new one turns up and does the same :(
 
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Yea I recon so and that would be my way. Make a clone of it and then pop it in the post. I guess you will know if the new one turns up and does the same :(

Hoping the next one is good, Samsung are suppose to be the reliable guru's of the SSD world, reason I bought the thing, i've got 4-5 year old sandisk ssds still going strong.
 
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could always try a secure erase and start over again and see if that sorts the issue.

I remember the 840s had issues and needed a secure erase to get the read and write speeds back to normal until they released a firmware update to sort it.

I had one that had issues and was repair then 6 months later same issue again and they replaced it.
 
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could always try a secure erase and start over again and see if that sorts the issue.

I remember the 840s had issues and needed a secure erase to get the read and write speeds back to normal until they released a firmware update to sort it.

I had one that had issues and was repair then 6 months later same issue again and they replaced it.

Is the secure erase in Magician software?

Oh yeah, it is, i'll give that a go now.
 
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Is the secure erase in Magician software?

Oh yeah, it is, i'll give that a go now.
I have a Secure Erase option in the BIOS of my motherboard (ASUS Crosshair VII x470) - it's much easier to use than ether Samsung Magician or Parted Magic (which I used to use)

Did you manage to Secure Erase your SSD, and if so did it fix it?
 
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could always try a secure erase and start over again and see if that sorts the issue.

I remember the 840s had issues and needed a secure erase to get the read and write speeds back to normal until they released a firmware update to sort it.

I had one that had issues and was repair then 6 months later same issue again and they replaced it.

that was when they first inteoduced MLC and the controller didn’t work. It took them ages to sort it out.
 
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that was when they first inteoduced MLC and the controller didn’t work. It took them ages to sort it out.
There was a huge thread on here about it. I took one back to the shop I got it from once I found out about this as I could not be bothered to secure erase the drive every time the speeds dropped.

many years later and I now have a Samsung Evo 970 NVME 1tb and the drive is excellent.
 
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