My Intel 545s seems to begin breaking

[KKasa2]

I bought my Intel 545s SSD half a year ago, and attached to my laptop.

While I use my laptop with 545s, the number of "Program Fail Count" keeps increasing. It reached 000000000015 recently.

In addition, the number of "Power On Hours" seems not to be increasing. I think it must be at least 500 hours.

Is it safe to continue using this SSD?

545s is my first SSD and I 'm not so familiar with it. Please give me some advice.

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OS : Windows 10 [10.0 Build 16299] (x64)

Date : 2018/04/19 18:58:18

-- Controller Map ----------------------------------------------------------

+ Intel(R) 6th Generation Core Processor Family Platform I/O SATA AHCI Controller [ATA]

- INTEL SSDSC2KW512G8

- Microsoft 記憶域コントローラー [SCSI]

-- Disk List ---------------------------------------------------------------

(1) INTEL SSDSC2KW512G8 : 512.1 GB [0/0/0, pd1] - il

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(1) INTEL SSDSC2KW512G8

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Model : INTEL SSDSC2KW512G8

Firmware : LHF002C

Serial Number : [Hided]

Disk Size : 512.1 GB (8.4/137.4/512.1/512.1)

Buffer Size : Unknown

Queue Depth : 32

# of Sectors : 1000215216

Rotation Rate : ---- (SSD)

Interface : Serial ATA

Major Version : ACS-3

Minor Version : ----

Transfer Mode : SATA/600 | SATA/600

Power On Hours : 269 hours

Power On Count : 885 count

Host Reads : 3861 GB

Host Writes : 2139 GB

NAND Writes : 1833 GB

Temperature : 24 C (75 F)

Health Status : Good (98 %)

Features : S.M.A.R.T., APM, 48bit LBA, NCQ, TRIM, DevSleep

APM Level : 00FEh [ON]

AAM Level : ----

Drive Letter : C:

-- S.M.A.R.T. --------------------------------------------------------------

ID Cur Wor Thr RawValues(6) Attribute Name

05 100 100 __0 000000000015 Re-Allocated Sector Count

09 100 100 __0 00000000010D Power-On Hours Count

0C 100 100 __0 000000000375 Power Cycle Count

AA _98 _98 _10 000000000000 Available Reserved Space

AB _96 _96 __0 000000000015 Program Fail Count

AC 100 100 __0 000000000000 Erase Fail Count

AD 100 100 __5 000200120000 Vendor Specific

AE 100 100 __0 000000000006 Unexpected Power Loss

B7 100 100 __0 000000000000 SATA Downshift Count

B8 100 100 _90 000000000000 End to End Error Detection Count

BB 100 100 __0 000000000000 Uncorrectable Error Count

BE _24 _41 __0 000800290018 Temperature

C0 100 100 __0 000000000006 Unsafe Shutdown Count

C7 100 100 __0 000000000000 CRC Error Count

E1 100 100 __0 000000010B6B Host Writes

E2 100 100 __0 000000000000 Timed Workload Media Wear

E3 100 100 __0 000000000000 Timed Workload Host Read/Write Ratio

E4 100 100 __0 000000000000 Timed Workload Timer

E8 _98 _98 _10 000000000000 Available Reserved Space

E9 100 100 __0 000000000000 Media Wearout Indicator

EC 100 100 __0 000000000000 Vendor Specific

F1 100 100 __0 000000010B6B Total LBAs Written

F2 100 100 __0 00000001E2AB Total LBAs Read

F9 100 100 __0 000000000729 Total NAND Writes

FC 100 100 __0 000000000002 Vendor Specific

[KKasa2]

Thank you for replying. I have never noticed any other issues yet.

Sorry, I don't understand what you meant.

Which did you meant, "Even though Program Fail Count is high, it's safe because Media Wearout Indicator has not reduced" or "It's normal that Program Fail Count increases at this pace"?

[idata]

Hello Kasai,

The S.M.A.R.T. attribute (AB) Program Fail Count is an informational parameter, not a pre-fail value. However, if you notice that this and other attributes keep degrading at a fast pace, please https://www.intel.co.jp/content/www/jp/ja/support/contact-support.html?_ga=2.97677855.1671289199.152... contact your local support to confirm if the drive applies for a warranty replacement.Best regards,Eugenio F.