I/O errors after secure erasing 540s M2 drive - any hope ?

[pwlees]

Experienced a number of freeze-up errors on my 540s M2 drive (SSDSCKKW240H6)

Took the following steps:

• applied latest firmware --> returned OK (currently LSF042C)
• attempted to copy data off, but encountered too many I/O errors
• secure erased drive on linux using hdutil (as per https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=16716)
• ran extended offline smartctl test --> log showed that the scan succeeded
• no apparent errors in SMART attributes

Everything seems OK - but when I try to create a partition table on the newly-erased drive, I get I/O errors, and can't write any data.

I tried a second secure erase... but still experiencing the I/O errors.

Any suggestions, or is this device simply FUBAR ?

command & log output here: http://bit.ly/2BRRI7h

[JosafathB_Intel]

Hi pwlees, Thank you for your reply and the information provided. You are going to receive an email shortly from our advance technical support department in order to further assist you. Thank you for your patience and understanding. Best regards, Josh B. Intel® Customer Support Technician Under Contract to Intel Corporation

[pwlees]

Thankyou Josh

I'm very impressed with the responsiveness on this forum - it has exceeded my expectations and sets a high standard that other organisations should aspire to.