topic Intel 535 240GB slows down by a lot in Solid State Drives (NAND) https://community.solidigm.com/t5/solid-state-drives-nand/intel-535-240gb-slows-down-by-a-lot/m-p/12804#M3658 <P>I have an intel 535 SSD 240GB, it's 3 and half years old. OS is win 10 with latest update. A week ago while downloading a game with steam I got an error that it can't write to disk. </P><P>Download worked fine on another drive. While copying stuff to SSD it starts fast but then slows down to like 3MB/s after about 2GB of stuff copied.</P><P>Crystal Disk Info says that it's 97% healthy and Intel Drive Tool box app full diagnostic scan gave me no errors. </P><P>Should I try Secure erase with Intel tool box?</P><P>Something else?</P><P>Thanks for any help.</P> Fri, 05 Jul 2019 23:20:56 GMT Zweer 2019-07-05T23:20:56Z Intel 535 240GB slows down by a lot https://community.solidigm.com/t5/solid-state-drives-nand/intel-535-240gb-slows-down-by-a-lot/m-p/12804#M3658 <P>I have an intel 535 SSD 240GB, it's 3 and half years old. OS is win 10 with latest update. A week ago while downloading a game with steam I got an error that it can't write to disk. </P><P>Download worked fine on another drive. While copying stuff to SSD it starts fast but then slows down to like 3MB/s after about 2GB of stuff copied.</P><P>Crystal Disk Info says that it's 97% healthy and Intel Drive Tool box app full diagnostic scan gave me no errors. </P><P>Should I try Secure erase with Intel tool box?</P><P>Something else?</P><P>Thanks for any help.</P> Fri, 05 Jul 2019 23:20:56 GMT https://community.solidigm.com/t5/solid-state-drives-nand/intel-535-240gb-slows-down-by-a-lot/m-p/12804#M3658 Zweer 2019-07-05T23:20:56Z Re: Intel 535 240GB slows down by a lot https://community.solidigm.com/t5/solid-state-drives-nand/intel-535-240gb-slows-down-by-a-lot/m-p/12805#M3659 <P>Download the latest Intel SSD Toolbox <A href="https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28808/Intel-Solid-State-Drive-Toolbox?product=80096" target="_self" alt="https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28808/Intel-Solid-State-Drive-Toolbox?product=80096" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></A><A href="https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28808/Intel-Solid-State-Drive-Toolbox?product=80096" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28808/Intel-Solid-State-Drive-Toolbox?product=80096</A> and check if you can update the SSD firmware. </P><P>Leon</P> Sat, 06 Jul 2019 15:32:07 GMT https://community.solidigm.com/t5/solid-state-drives-nand/intel-535-240gb-slows-down-by-a-lot/m-p/12805#M3659 LeonWaksman 2019-07-06T15:32:07Z