new SSD Pro 1500 and smart pre-failures ?

[ppa1]

hello,

I have pulled new SSD from my computer and I ve checked SMART under Parted Magic

What is very impressive 3 parameters are "pre-failure". Disk is new, started maybe 10-20 times, so I dont understand whatsgoing on:

(in the attachment file is txt formatted output - http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=06821676496012197176 http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=06821676496012197176 )

Device Model: INTEL SSDSC2BF180A4H

[code]ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE

5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0

9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 10 (1 188 0)

12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 23

[b]170 Unknown_Attribute 0x0033 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always - 0[/b]

171 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0

172 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0

174 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 23

183 Runtime_Bad_Block 0x0032 100 100 010 Old_age Always - 8

[b]184 End-to-End_Error 0x0033 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0[/b]

187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0

190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0032 038 043 000 Old_age Always - 38 (Min/Max 24/43)

192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 23

199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0

225 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 3042

226 Load-in_Time 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 65535

227 Torq-amp_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 55

228 Power-off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 65535

[b]232 Available_Reservd_Space 0x0033 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always - 0[/b]

233 Media_Wearout_Indicator 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0

241 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 3042

242 Total_LBAs_Read 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 4817

249 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 101[/code]

Please help me to identify its is worth to trust it and make this a system drive.

Thank you for any help

[jbenavides]

Hello p1800,

If the drive is new, there should be no reason to believe it is failing. The main issue I noticed is the version of the tool you are using to get the SMART details.

The log indicates that you are using Smartmontools 5.43 that was released on 2012, the Intel® Solid-State Drive Pro 1500 Series was released in 2013. Using an older application normally causes "Unknown Attributes" and inaccurate reporting. The recommended tools to check the SMART details are https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/18455/Intel-Solid-State-Drive-Toolbox Intel® SSD Toolbox, orhttps://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/24007/Intel-SSD-Pro-Administrator-Tool Intel® SSD Pro Administrator Tool, which are available for Windows*. However, if you are using a Linux host, we would advise you to use the most recent version of http://www.smartmontools.org/ Smartmontools.

Checking the information, the RAW value for End to End Error detection count appears to be "0", and the Available Reserved Space also looks normal since the Normalized value decreases from 100 to 0 as the drive's reserved space is used; so it is weird for it to show Pre-failure

Considering this, it is recommended to use the most recent version of Smartmontools, or one of the Intel applications for Windows. Then compare the information to the SMART attributes described in pages 20-22 of the http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/product-specifications/ssd-pro-1500-seri... Intel® Solid-State Drive Pro 1500 Series Product Specifications.