DC S3500 started reporting 4k sector sizes after firmware 0370. How to make it go back to 512 byte sectors?

[JDiMa1]

We've ordered various DC S3500 SSDs and the ones with firmware before 0370 report a 512 byte sector size, but the ones with 0370 report a 4k sector size. This is causing a lot of issues for us. Is there any way to set a DC S3500 with firmware 0370 (or later) to go back to a 512 byte sector size? The release notes for 0370 suggest there might be (there's a line in there about supporting both sector sizes).

[Kevin_M_Intel]

Hi jddimarco,

I am sorry you are having this issue.

Let me research more on this and I will information soon.

Kevin M

[Kevin_M_Intel]

Hi jddimarco,

Sorry for the delay.

I have checked and the latest firmware the DC S3500 and S3700 both default to a 4KB 'physical sector size'. This is also known as 'advanced format' sector size.

Please check your Private Messages.

Kevin M