9/5/2023 0 Comments Ssd health check samsugn![]() Viewtopic.php?f=47&t=287309&hilit=gsmartcontrol (solved) I can not update GSmartControl - Linux Mint Forums Read these previous posts below and the links in them. ![]() If you bought a new SSD, I am surprised they sent you a refurbished SSD back. But, any manufacturer may have a problem(s) sometimes with a particular unit or batch of units. Samsung has a great reputation and their SSDrives are considered premium drives. Install "smartmontools" and related applications like "gsmartcontrol" from the "Synaptic Package Manager (SPM)" to monitor or view drives including SSDrives. I'm hoping someone else in this forum might have some experience along these lines. I was given the impression by Samsung that the amount of writes to the disk is somehow recorded in the drive's controller, but I haven't figured out a way to access that. Or perhaps there is some other approach that could be accomplished on a Linux machine. I'm wondering if I could use something like Crystal Disk Info on a borrowed Windows machine, with the SSD connected via USB. Samsung says they offer no support for Linux. Samsung tells me I could use there "Magician" software to do so, if I were running Windows, but I'm not about to throw THAT on there. I'd like to learn if there is a way to determine how much writing the refurb SSD had, prior to my receiving it. On the other hand, if it has seen heavy usage, I might want to throw it into one of my old laptops that gets light use. If it has had little writing, it should still have a long life expectancy, and I can use it to reinstall Mint on my main machine. Not knowing how much writing has already been done to this unit (prior to my receiving it), I don't know how I should utilize it. Samsung service was unable to repair the SSD, and therefore sent me an unformatted refurbished unit. Despite many helpful suggestions and various attempts at reviving the SSD, I had to RMA it to Samsung service. Although recognized by the BIOS, it would no longer mount. After a few weeks of great performance, the SSD died it would no longer boot. I installed Mint 19 xfce on it and configured my system to minimize unnecessary writing to the SSD. In an earlier post, I described my disappointing experience with a new Samsung 860 EVO 500GB SSD.
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