I totally agree with Tom Yan, this is really disappointing. The explanation from Intel is what was already predicted from the start. I have put a lot of time in this issue, so I was hoping for at least a firmware update to tackle this problem.
Attached are two exports from the SSD tool. The first started at 12h00 and the last at 18h02, so during a 6 hours timeframe. The computer was on all the time (no sleep mode), and it was idle most of the time (only some light browsing activity). You c...
Rule of thumb for 530 SSD with Windows 10: multiply the "Power-on Hours Count" by 10Gbytes, add it to the "Host Writes" and you roughly get an estimate on your "Total Nand Writes". This is even valid on an idle system with no work load and is NOT acc...
There is a major difference between the 520 and 530 series: When making a Norton ghost image from the 530 and putting it onto the 520 series the excessive NAND write growth just is not there anymore. Even better on the 520 it stays always well below...
Firmware Intel SSD Firmware Update Tool 2.0.14 (issdfut_2.0.14.iso). It is released only to special customers. You have to google on it, but this version of the Intel 530/535 SSD Series Firmware Update Tool is no longer available for download. Intel ...
