I have around 30 SSD's from Samsung, all in use, no issues until now, 840-850-860-870 and 980. fun fact: My LiteOn SSD, 256 Gb is still working after 13 years of use and around 150TB written.

I've watched sadly as so many technologies have been dumbed down until they barely work. Let's face it: Solid state flash memory, and any device with it soldered in, is disposable. It's outrageous that you must buy a drive larger than you need just to cover the manufacturer's a** as the thing fails. If a manufacturer of a spinning disk recommended that, he wouldn't sell a single unit. What other insulting technologies have we had to accept? Computers and phones without replaceable batteries is the most obscene. Every version of Windows is more hostile than the last. Subscription software is pretty vile as well. I'm a retired programmer, and I have 14 Windows computers. The one I'm using now has Windows 7 and 3 spinning disks (because my data is important).

@deathtoraiden2080

5 ай бұрын

Oh my favorite one has to be the audio market. Decent amps and DACs that used to be standard for all mid range appliances (TVs, computers) and even some low end audio systems like PC speakers, started being sold on the side for hundreds of dollars/euros. If i want to buy a cheap headphone amp today i will be referred to a 100 dollar gizmo by the """"""audiophiles""""" that will have the same "acceptable for the price" performance as my 15 euro bargain bin PC speakers i bought 20 years ago. They even unironically tried to phase 3.5mm headphone jacks out as a standard feature.

@Random-Man1384

3 ай бұрын

My favorite part is the fucking laptop manufacturers seriously rtx 3050 with 4gb vram and single channel 16gb ddr4? Wtf is wrong with these manufacturers? Don't they have some understanding of 10years use? Sadly i had to buy another 16gb to make my laptop run in dual channel but also i have sata port for another drive and i wanted to get this 870 evo but after watching this video idk what to do maybe go with seagate barracuda hdd 1tb 7200rpm 2.5" 128mb\s anyways it pisses me off because in turkey the prices are off the roof and they want to give us something thats shitty and broken the f samsung? I'm sorry but that sata port i got on my laptop is good since i can have a sata drive for my photos movies and that type of buisness maybe install another operating system on it? But anyways this still pisses me of you want a storage drive you have to deal with 1 month lifespan

@oldschooldude8370

Ай бұрын

Facts. Using 7 myself with a platter as back up.

I got a 870 EVO back in October made in August of 2023, it already had the latest firmware installed on it as of writing this comment. I plugged it in pretty much immediately and now 2 months later (although only about 250GB written), it's at the completely healthy status.

Appreciate the information here. I've heard about 870 reliability issues, but was never quite sure where that stemmed from. I took a risk and purchased a 500 GB 870 EVO, and mine has a manufacture date of 2022.11. I've been using it a few weeks, keeping an eye on the SMART data. Seems to check out here. I'm surprised by just how much Samsung has fallen with the quality of their NAND, though. These should have been pulled until a fixed revision were available. Prior to this, I've only owned 840 and 860 Pros.

@IntriguingTech

7 ай бұрын

Agree 2021 drives should have been recalled. You should be ok with a 2022 drive but who knows for definite, you take your chances.

@nenume00

7 ай бұрын

what made you move on from the 960 pro? seems like one of the last MLC drives and the price is absurdely high now

@IntriguingTech

7 ай бұрын

@@nenume00 I thought newer tech might have been more reliable. But thats not the case on SSDs. Also money, as newer drives were cheap. Now we know why.

@ryanc.8074

7 ай бұрын

*860 Pro. It was a great drive, I just moved on to a larger capacity drive because I dualboot. 256 GB was a bit constraining for me with that particular use case. I still have several other 840, 850, and 860 Pros. I use large capacity mechanical drives from HGST (now WD) and Toshiba for bulk storage. @@nenume00

@lahattec

6 ай бұрын

@@IntriguingTech UPDATE: Turns out this was a fake drive.... My 870 EVO 4TB manufactured 09-2022 has failed after not a lot of use. It first was just disappearing from the system during use. Now I cannot access it. Might you be able to point me to where to do the RMA process? Thanks.

I bought a 4TB 870 EVO and mine just disconnects randomly, tried switching cables, SATA ports, nothing really helps. Thank you so much for the video, it was really interesting, despite my SSD failing.

@IntriguingTech

6 ай бұрын

If its made in 2021 I would RMA it.

@noatblok

5 ай бұрын

​@@IntriguingTechInteristing, how would I do that? I bought it from Micro Center, so not from Samsung's website.

@IntriguingTech

5 ай бұрын

@@noatblok Depending on your country, Samsung will have a warranty center. You can send it into them and bypass the retailer.

Managed to find a used early 2018 batch 860 EVO 4TB for a good deal on ebay couple months ago. Only had about 30TBW on it. Have way more faith in it than these 870s. I have had quite a few 860s as boot drives for some years and none have had errors. I feel like the 870s suffered quality control during the height of pandemic and during silicon/chip shortage which would explain alot of these failures.

@IntriguingTech

9 ай бұрын

Yes, I agree. My older drives are rock solid.

@_MaZTeR_

9 ай бұрын

I was thinking about buying this drive, but after seeing multiple videos and threads about the issues with this thing, I'm probably not going to bother. My Kingston SSD has lasted 4+ years now, but I really need a new drive as it's pretty clearly starting to slow down. My current PC doesn't support NVMe by default and getting an adapter is just waste of money and time-

@patrickjoshuamanzo5420

9 ай бұрын

i found out that if your firmware starts with the number 3 it will be affected by this problem. so update your firmware first using samsung magician.

@_MaZTeR_

9 ай бұрын

@@patrickjoshuamanzo5420 What's the latest version?

@patrickjoshuamanzo5420

9 ай бұрын

@@_MaZTeR_ i just bought my ssd. It's firmware is the latest. Starts with letter S.

Hopefully mine be okay, as that 4TB 870 Evo was pretty cheap in comparison to prices few years ago and I didn't go nvme because most of 4TB nvme drives in that price have no cache on them plus didn't want to overload the chipset as it already has 4 drives and soundcard connected to it, it came with newest firmware out of the box and Samsung magician says it's a genuine drive with manufacturing date of July 2023

@IntriguingTech

8 ай бұрын

Yes good. Thats not one of the bad batch ! Fingers crossed.

Thanks for making this video. I'm an IT guy and upgraded a few office PC's to the EVO870. Had 3 of them fail, 2 developed bad blocks a bare 3 months into service (90 day power on time) and this is standard / light office use, no gaming or intense read / write sequences. The 3rd one has run for 836 days (DOM is 11.2021)and in the past week developed 1083 uncorrectable errors. Fortunately I use a *free* app called Acronis Drive Monitor which monitors the SMART and sends warning emails if it detects critical errors, so I was able to intervene before it died. Only bummer though is I replaced the dodgy 870 with another 870 and then found this video! Clearly Samsung dropped the ball on this, reminds of the Fujitsu disk debacle (yes I'm that old).

@IntriguingTech

11 күн бұрын

No worries, glad you didnt lose any data ! Thanks for commenting.

My old Evo 840 is still running without problems, but my nearly two year old 870 died today without warning, taking all it's data with it :/ My stone old WD HDD is still working too ;) Didn't expect that at all.

@IntriguingTech

9 ай бұрын

Yeah maybe they did some cost cutting exercise on the newer drives and in doing so they made them more prone to failure.

@AntiGrieferGames

7 ай бұрын

My 2 year old 870 evo still works today...

@kageshimunamae

7 ай бұрын

I finally got a replacement from my retailer. It was made three months ago in China.

@IntriguingTech

7 ай бұрын

@@kageshimunamaeThats good. Hopefully they fixed the manufacturing process.

@mredizon00

3 ай бұрын

My 10 year old 500GB 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda is still up & running

I woke up this morning to my server being dead. Tried rebooting it, but it couldn't find my Windows OS which I had located on my Samsung 870 EVO 2TB. Took the SSD out of the server, and plugged it into my Windows laptop via a SATA to USB 3.0 adapter. Nothing. File Explorer doesn't pop up with the contents of the drive, Disk Manager doesn't see it, Samsung Magician doesn't see it, and then after a few minutes, Windows pops up a notification that it doesn't recognize the USB device plugged in. Tried it on a known working SSD, and it works. Looks like my Samsung EVO 2TB drive is DEAD. I had your video playing in the background while trying to troubleshoot this drive and when you said anything manufactured November of 2021 or later seems to be safe, I looked down at my drive and saw the dreaded date stamp.... 2021.04. Guess I'll be reaching out to Samsung. Thank you so much for this video.

@IntriguingTech

11 ай бұрын

Yes sounds like you have one of the ones from the dreaded faulty production run. R.I.P.

@napster7033

10 ай бұрын

Very similar to my situation. Literally 7 days ago my server crashed with a 870 EVO 4TB, manufactured February 2021 in Korea. Connected it to another computer and I have the same issue, shows up but you can't open or do anything with it. Hard Disk Sentinel and Crystal Disk Info freeze, and Samsung Magician doesn't get past "Scanning for drive information". Really frustrating as it was both the servers boot drive but I still had so much configuration on it that wasn't backed up.

@_MaZTeR_

9 ай бұрын

Samsung should just put a statement that they'll hand out free replacements for drives made before November 2021

@IntriguingTech

9 ай бұрын

@@_MaZTeR_That would be the sensible thing.

870 EVO 1TB - 2021 01 31 production batch used as a backup SSD, and clearly not well. 50 files are corrupted, but lessons learned from the past taught me to make 2 backups, and the other (128GB USB Flash Drive) remains just fine. Thank you for sharing the vid.

@IntriguingTech

5 ай бұрын

Glad you made backups. Get the drive RMAed and you get a replacement drive made in 2023.

Recently 870 EVO 500GB started developing bad sectors. Samsung diagnostic app cannot repair it. Recently WD Blue 3D started working super slow, like 2MB/s. And WD Black SN770 started failing with some weird error message in the diag app. For some reason this year I had the most SSDs fail. But it's a lot less than HDDs.

@IntriguingTech

9 ай бұрын

Maybe they all bought faulty nand chips from Samsung ?

@1sonyzz

8 ай бұрын

I had my last year purchased 990 Pro 1TB lose it's 6% lifespan in first 5 weeks before firmware patch came out, after that it's been fine

@DarthMan2008

2 ай бұрын

That's a reason to pick up a HDD. Despite being very slow compared to SSD's, they are much more reliable and if you're lucky they can last long. Toshiba is best for low failure rates, whereas Seagate drives have the best lifespans, but the failure rates are high. If you want a drive that lasts longer but the chances of failing should be low, then I'd recommend WD instead, as they usually last longer than a Toshiba but less than a Seagate. But it all depends on luck. You can have a Toshiba drive last many years. It also depends on what you use the drives for.

I'm looking to buy one 870 EVO much later, and I know about those pre Nov 2022 bad ones. So far I haven't seen any reports with bad sectors and crc errors on a 2023 or newer drive, but errors like these doesn't show up immediatly. That's why I'm waiting abit longer, maybe I'll get one later this year or next year. Sadly Samsung is the most popular brand and many resellers here in Sweden doesn't offer alot of variation on sata ssd.

@IntriguingTech

3 ай бұрын

Yes I understand the concerns. No data storage is guaranteed to be failure proof so back ups are the answer. Hopefully the newer models are solid, fingers crossed !

@AB-gm4yi

3 ай бұрын

@@IntriguingTechAnother thing, you mentioned in your video Nov 2021, but that's wrong it's Nov 2022 that's the critical date.

@IntriguingTech

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info, where did you discover this date ?

@AB-gm4yi

3 ай бұрын

@@IntriguingTechI cannot write a link here as youtube will belive it's spam. Google "samsung tool and software download", go to their site and into their firmware list. Browse down to the 870 EVO, you'll see a note there. Those made after Nov 2022 are possible made with different hardware as they also come with a new firmware (svt03 something) that cannot be applied to the pre Nov 2022 ones. Some tech forums, like Linus Tech Tips there are threads about the 870 EVO aswell.

@Random-Man1384

3 ай бұрын

At this point i'm better off buying a brand new hdd 7200rpm 2.5 inch for my laptop since all i want to do with it is to install windows 7 on it as my secondary boot os and keep some movies and photos on them along with some older games that don't need ssd since hdd will do the jobb anyways since those games are from a time when hdd was standart

Both of my 870 EVO failed, mnfd early 2021. Although secure erase and firmware update brought drive to life I'd RMA'd those anyway.

@IntriguingTech

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I wouldnt trust them after a secure erase. Especially if Samsung haven't confirmed if the problem is a manufacturing fault.

Amazon FR sold 4TB drives for 199 EUR on Prime Days this year. Now Amazon DE has cut that price by a couple more euros. I couldn't resist the itching and grabbed one.

@IntriguingTech

9 ай бұрын

Yes I saw good. deal. I also saw Amazon had 4TB crucial P3 plus early in the year for £112 ! But they sold out pretty quick.

@investjournal

9 ай бұрын

@@IntriguingTech Received mine. Manufactured in China in July this year. Firmware SVT03B6Q.

@AntiGrieferGames

7 ай бұрын

​@@IntriguingTech 112 Pound???

I bought a 500g recently because I recall the 1tb+ drives having issues. My storage needs are meager so I can get by with a 300g platter as a slave. '24 manufacture on my evo so I think I'm good either way.

@IntriguingTech

Ай бұрын

Yeah you should be good !

Even more of a reason to choose the 5-10% less expensive Crucial MX500...

@azwb

8 ай бұрын

Just picked up 3 from amazon on an amazing discount 4tb for $159! MX500 - TBW is 1,000 Samsung TBW 2,500 I have crucial for my laptops and use everyday for the past 4 years still stong. Im using this as RAID 5 for NAS. I like the speed of 600MB/s+ for RAID for video. Once I run out of space 16TB (-system resources) I'll get another setup or extension.

One of my VMs on one of these drives was refusing to update it said it had some errors, so I ran a smart check on the drive and it had 15,000+ uncorrectable errors so I immediately tried to back the drive up and when I did it crashed and I got nothing off of it.

@IntriguingTech

9 ай бұрын

Yeah once that happens its difficult to recover anything. Get it RMAed.

This was a year ago. Have their reliability issues improved? Have they cared enough to address it? I was about to purchase a 4TB version thinking "Oh Samsung has a great reputation for NAND memory" well good thing I decided to google some reviews before hitting buy now. Sorry Samsung, you make junk you lose. That sucks, we are not accepting bad hardware from names like Samsung I don't know what idiocracy they think we are headed for

@IntriguingTech

5 сағат бұрын

Well people havent reported any problem occurring with the newer manufactured units, but you never know because Samsung never acknowledged the problem.

I just bought one today, production date Oct. 2023. Wish me luck 😂

@IntriguingTech

3 ай бұрын

lol You should be ok with a 2023 one !

We already have 6 defective 870 EVO SATA drives, manufactured in 2021, various capacities, which we have sold in the past and more are coming...

@IntriguingTech

10 ай бұрын

Yeah Samsung dropped the ball on this one. Not great that they haven't acknowledged the problem.

@AntiGrieferGames

7 ай бұрын

And mine still works

Update...My 870 Evo turned out to be a US drive not an EU drive purchased via Amazon UK but via an individual seller on there (no longer!!) Amazon give 2 year warranty which passed, Samsung EU dept were super efficient in responses but they can't deal with it, US dept were helpful too but I would have to cover shipping both ways!🤷‍♂🤷‍♂ Sent an unimpressed complaint email to three different Amazon addresses and one got through which has resulted in a return to Amazon yesterday for a refund....hopefully that will be relatively soon.....

@IntriguingTech

8 ай бұрын

Amazon marketplace can create hurdles for returning stuff. Glad your getting it sorted !

I bought 870 evo 500gb (2023). I want to clone windows to that ssd. Should I do it or just use it for games ?

@IntriguingTech

9 ай бұрын

Since its a 2023 version you should be ok.

My 870 EVO 1TB just failed after only two years of casual use. When it began to fail it failed very very quickly. Even files that haven't been read for two years are destroyed. There are already over 100,000 bad blocks. The warranty says you can write 600TB to it I couldn't have written more than 5TB to it in that period. I had just replaced a conventional 2TB drive that had 50TB written to it over a period of nine years before it failed. I know this failure is an exception but... it really makes me consider going back to a conventional drive. This was a failure spread throughout the drive in a short period. In my experience magnetic drives fail more slowly and usually when writing new data.

@IntriguingTech

7 ай бұрын

Exactly what happened to my drive! Luckily it wasn't important data I had on the drive.

@scottlarson1548

7 ай бұрын

@@IntriguingTech For comparison I also have a 500GB Samsung 840 EVO drive that I have been using continuously for nine years. It has had 38.65 TB written to it and has exactly *zero* reallocated sectors right now.

@IntriguingTech

7 ай бұрын

@@scottlarson1548 The old ones are good as gold !

@brahmoone

6 ай бұрын

its still under warranty correct?

@scottlarson1548

6 ай бұрын

@@brahmoone Yeah good luck with Samsung RMA procedure.

Which one is better Samsung evo870 or wd blue, as my system has sata 3 port and I'm using for games and video editing software also

@IntriguingTech

2 ай бұрын

Yes WD Blue is a good drive. But EVO 870 maybe has fixed its problems now.

If Samsung 870 evo failing. What brand do you guys recommend. I just bought 2 870 evo 4tb. Should I return it? Thanks

@IntriguingTech

9 ай бұрын

If they are manufactured in 2023 you should be ok. Otherwise try Western Digital.

My 870 EVO from 2021 just died today, although I don't know if mine had this exact issue as it was just flat out banished from existence. It wouldn't show up at all in BIOS and having the thing plugged in wouldn't let Windows boot from my actual boot drive, which was a completely separate NVMe.

@IntriguingTech

27 күн бұрын

Yeah sounds like it had the issue alright. Mine suddenly failed like that.

@JP_KI

27 күн бұрын

@@IntriguingTech Damn. I'm glad for the 5 year warranty Samsung has since I can get a new one, but I am not sure if I even want another one of these inside my PC just to have it fail on me just as suddenly...

@IntriguingTech

27 күн бұрын

@@JP_KI Understandable. Maybe get it RMAed and sell it. Although there haven't been much issues with the newer manufactured drives.

Can you please inform us about the process of returning the ssd? Im very new to this and dont understand how the warranty and return process works. Should i contact Samsung via an email and inform them or should i contact the tech store that i bought the ssd from? This thing died on me 2 days ago suddenly and i have 2tb of important data for my job that i didnt backup (yep that mistake we all do), i bought it on feb 2021 and my serial number seems to be on the list of the products that were affected. Thank you for this video

@IntriguingTech

5 ай бұрын

Yes its done via email. Im not sure what country your in as its different depending on your region. Over here I emailed them and then they sent me further instructions.

I purchased my 870 EVO 1 tb , about 2years ago, for one off my computers, and in that time, its hardly been used, the other day right out off the blue my PC crashed leaving my 870 completely bricked , will i be able to return it to Samsung , i purchased it from Amazon.

@IntriguingTech

5 ай бұрын

Yes. They have 5 years warranty (but variable TBWs). semiconductor.samsung.com/consumer-storage/support/warranty/

I just bought an 870 Evo 512 GB drive in July 2023 from my local retailer here in Busan, South Korea. Hope I don't have any issues also. The drive was manufactured June 13, 2023

@IntriguingTech

11 ай бұрын

With a 2023 date you should be ok.

@bernercalito8422

10 ай бұрын

So the newer versions of this ssd are good then the old ones ? @@IntriguingTech

@IntriguingTech

10 ай бұрын

@@bernercalito8422Yes they may have fixed it in the new versions.

@ryeborn015

10 ай бұрын

mine is april 2023 so I don't need to worry right? @@IntriguingTech

@IntriguingTech

10 ай бұрын

@@ryeborn015 Correct. No reports of 2023 models dieing.

Bro should i buy samsung 870 50gb evo ssd in 2024? I neeed a ssd now i am confused that should i purchase samsung or trancent 230s 500gb ssd . Please reply

@IntriguingTech

5 ай бұрын

You should be ok with a 870 if its made 2022-2024. But no one knows for sure.

Mine is a 2TB from 2021/04 and is now unusable. Magician detects it, but won't show any data. I'm pondering the return procedure and/or whether to get another brand altogether. Given Samsung have made changes, does that mean that new EVOs are reliable? The drive gets a very high rating on Amazon, but also a slew of 1-star reviews citing this exact issue.

@IntriguingTech

10 ай бұрын

I dont know how reliable the new batch of EVOs are but so far so good. I would RMA it.

@pcread

10 ай бұрын

@@IntriguingTech Yeah, I filled in the support form this morning, with screen-shots of CrystalDiskInfo and Magician. We'll see what happens.

@IntriguingTech

10 ай бұрын

@@pcreadYeah good luck. Still a pain having to photograph it and send it off.

@kadx_prime

10 ай бұрын

Any updates?

@pcread

10 ай бұрын

@@kadx_prime No. I sent a support request to Samsung via the website. Last week. I just checked my Spam folder and there was the reply. Asking me to fill out more info. Copy of proof of purchase (Amazon) Country of residence Am I the end user? Photo of front and back Close up photo of just the connector.

I have the exact same drive. and it is failing on me as well after 60Tb of writes. I updated the firmware. it didn't brick the drive. but it didn't fix the read error issue I have seen in zfs. what's interesting is that I was only getting one read error couple months back. now I am getting 50. so it is definitely haeding the wrong direction. before this. I also had a 850 pro 256Gb died on me as well (very light use). at this point, I am not even sure its just bad luck. or samsung drives tend to fail more often compared to wd or others

@IntriguingTech

10 ай бұрын

You've been doubly unlucky to have a 850 Pro fail on you as well !

Yeah, my 500GB has a build date of MAY, 2021. All I did was clone my win7 C-drive to make a bootable SSD, and then put it back in the box. I never did try to boot with it. Well, 18 months later I try to format it to use as just extra storage, but, WHEN win10 does recognize the drive it shows NO free space as well as NO data and keeps asking for a reformat to make the drive usable. Ouch!!! My brother used data recovery software and pulled 186Gb off the drive and is TRYING to format it. So, this is likely to be in vain...(?)

@IntriguingTech

9 ай бұрын

Yeah I think its a waste of time unfortunately.

@errm1913

8 ай бұрын

Got a RMA from Samsung and a prepaid shipping label. Wonder how how the replacement will work out? Kinda scared of the 870 now.... no issues with my older 860...

@IntriguingTech

8 ай бұрын

@@errm1913Yeah same. The older ones are good, Ill use my 870 for testing on linux SBCs.😎

Same issue here ; samsung 870 EVO 1 TB , just died . Bought in October 2021 , fabricated in August 2021. Last week I did a complete disk back up of this disk to an older hdd en I encountered som issues . I had an amount of corrupted jpg. files and some other compressed files .So today , my whole system froze , and after reset no program that has any relations withe this ssd , starts up . Cannot check my disks or run chkdsk , no HWMonitor, no Windows File Explorer . So in order to close down and restart, I had to hot-plug this apparently dead body .Now everything works fine and I am left with a corpse . I doubt the samsung guaranty , moreover , there is critical company info on it , so I will not give it in strangers hands anyway . I shall look for replacement , it will be definitively no Samsung , altough other brands will probably have their screwups too . But I had my fair share of to early break downs of Samsung products . If they work , they are great , but they have to have a descent life expectancy .)

Just bought a used 2tb 870 for $50 and put it in a PS4 Pro. Brand new as it had next to no GB on it, manufacture date of 8/22. Has the latest firmware already on it. Hopefully it wont' fail as my PS4 Pro internal drive. Maybe I should have left my Samsung 850 250gb as the internal drive and used this 2TB as the external. O well , not redoing it all over again. I will just buy another 2tb SSD if this ever bites the dust.

@IntriguingTech

9 ай бұрын

Good luck.

@45eno

9 ай бұрын

@@IntriguingTech Looks like I might be ok as it already has the newer SVT02B6Q firmware and made 08/22 Made in Vietnam. I have about 700gb of games downloaded to it on the PS4 Pro and Crystal Disk shows 870gb written to it. Well if it lasts $50 was a good deal. CrystalDisk shows 0 on all those areas of concern so nothing of concern. 972hrs on, 157 power on count.

@IntriguingTech

9 ай бұрын

@@45enoYes its sounds like its from a good batch! Finger crossed.

Just found this, seems a large batch of duff drives! Yesterday my 870 evo 1tb died! 😞😞any suggestions on recovery, would/can Samsung recover the data via RMA? bought in May 21 manufactured 02 2021. Has some recent things that I could do with ,🙄 older stuff was backed up! cheers for the post.

@IntriguingTech

8 ай бұрын

Unfortunately Samsung dont recover stuff, they normally give you a new SSD drive.

@RWHITT

8 ай бұрын

@@IntriguingTech damn, I will see what joy I get.... Seagate a few years back recovered an external out of warranty drive and replaced it with new... well impressed.... if Samsung don't do the same I think my hard earned may well go elsewhere 🤔 🤞cheers

@IntriguingTech

8 ай бұрын

@@RWHITTThats impressive service from Seagate !

@RWHITT

8 ай бұрын

@@IntriguingTech yes indeed... must have got them on a good day 🤔😁👍

My 870 Evo Purchased April 2021 has just failed =( The dilemma is of course weather to return it, as the data inside is still possibly readable =(

@IntriguingTech

5 ай бұрын

Depends how much you value the privacy of the data ;) and whether its worth letting Samsung take a look at the drive for a new drive.

Hello, greetings from the Philippines. I am planning to upgrade SSD and my first choice is Samsung and second choice is Crucial. By the way, can I also check the manufacturing date on the box without opening the item in case I bought Samsung SSD? I already bought my Samsung 970 NVME and I don't know if this also connects to your video too.

@IntriguingTech

8 ай бұрын

I dont think the date is on the box. Maybe you can buy in store instead and ask to look at the date? (Update: Yes the date is on the side of the box)

@TheRoamingHistoryador

8 ай бұрын

@@IntriguingTech I already messaged the store since I'm planning to buy online via Lazada. Good thing I checked Samsung EVO NVME M.2 and it was manufactured this year.

@TheRoamingHistoryador

8 ай бұрын

@@IntriguingTech you can check it at the sticker of the box without opening it.

@IntriguingTech

8 ай бұрын

@@TheRoamingHistoryadorYes your right the date is on the side of the box.

@IntriguingTech

8 ай бұрын

@@TheRoamingHistoryadorI dont think M.2 EVO drives have the same fault. This fault is mostly on SATA drives. Although the M.2s have their own problems.

Its really crazy in my case because I just encountered this problem with my 2 year old 870 evo and I couldn't believe it because it's not even my main drive. I have an older 860 as a OS drive and that one has WAY more miles on it by now but somehow that one is listed as healthy on the Samsung Magician app while the 870 SSD says fair.

@IntriguingTech

Жыл бұрын

Yeah they are ticking time bombs. My 860s are doing fine too.

@pulkitchanana

10 ай бұрын

Unfortunately I can't find 860 anywhere. not even the insanely expensive pro ones with mlc.

Have an 860 2tb evo it crapped itself in less than a year. Last Samsung product i'm gonna buy that's for sure. Buttoning up instead of recalling and admitting to shoddy production and issues is just disgusting practice as the entire series is plagued with issues.

@IntriguingTech

3 ай бұрын

Thats unlucky, normally the 860 evos are soild.

sir pls reply i have ssd 870 batch 2021 /01 / and got uncorrect table error count what should i say reason for RMA? help me. ??

@IntriguingTech

2 ай бұрын

Tell them Samsung Magician reports errors and the drive is acting strange.

Which brand you are currently using?? What about Crucial?

@IntriguingTech

Жыл бұрын

Crucial but not SATA nvme. P5 Plus.

@mdd1963

9 ай бұрын

MX500 FTW!

I have an 870 Evo in my PS3 which has Sata 2 speeds. Do you think it will be okay? I would check the health but I can’t since it’s encrypted. If I try to use the drive on my computer I’m afraid it will delete all my data. As ps3 install speeds are insanely slow and it took me like a week to set up. What should I do? It was made early 2021

@IntriguingTech

11 ай бұрын

I wouldnt trust it as its made in 2021. Any chance you can back up the data ? Is your PS3 jail broken ? Try and clone the data on PC if its possible.

@w0lf4llo84

11 ай бұрын

@@IntriguingTech it’s jailbroken, but it has an encryption key on the SSD so I’d have to completely reformat it to read the data on it. It’s the 500gb one and I saw on Reddit most people are saying it’s only the 1tb, 2tb, and 4tb ones failing so I’m unsure. If I have to I can backup all my saved data on my ps3 to my computer.

@IntriguingTech

11 ай бұрын

@@w0lf4llo84 Be careful writing to it, if it is failing it can brick it. Read the data off first before you try anything like formatting or firmware updates (it can't be repaired via firmware btw). Good luck.

@w0lf4llo84

11 ай бұрын

@@IntriguingTech ah, alright. I can try backing up the SSD to another device via FTP. Do you think Samsung support would send me a replacement since it’s still in warranty? Or do you know if they’d only take it in if it’s having major issues.

@IntriguingTech

11 ай бұрын

@@w0lf4llo84 Yes FTP the data off the PS3. You will get a new drive off Samsung probably one made in 2023. Once youve got the data off you can then run tests without fear of bricking it.

Checked my 870 EVO it’s produced on 2023.05.28, should be good but still a bit cautious…

@IntriguingTech

5 ай бұрын

Yes should be good. But no one knows as its early days.

What about the Crucial MX500. I have used more of those than any other drive and don't have one that hasn't failed or became useless from constant BSODs. 870s can't compete with that.

@deathtoraiden2080

5 ай бұрын

Jesus Christ, no matter where i look i hear horror stories. Is everyone just pretending this technology works or what? Did people convince themselves that storage drives are meant to be high attrition rate disposable things?

Had a 2tb 870 EVO fail manufactured 2021.05

@IntriguingTech

3 ай бұрын

Thats one from the bad batch. Get it RMAed.

What SSD would you all suggest then? I just got the 870 and sending it back.

@IntriguingTech

11 ай бұрын

Whats the manufacturer date ? If its 2023 it may be ok. Otherwise Western Digital, or Sandisk SSD Plus or Cruical are options. Not Sandisk Extremes, news is that they have problems.

@pulkitchanana

10 ай бұрын

Isn't crucial failing as well?

@IntriguingTech

10 ай бұрын

@@pulkitchanana A little but not as huge a problem as the older Samsung 870s.

My 2TB 870 EVO failed. Manufactured on 2021.11 in Korea. Purchased from Amazon on 2022.01. Failed on 2023.06. Used as a home desktop PC boot drive. Died after doing a full system scan with Bitdefender.

@IntriguingTech

Жыл бұрын

Thats unlucky. Many people are saying they fixed the problem in November. Maybe not so.🤔

@Darkk6969

Жыл бұрын

@@IntriguingTech Seems my 2TB Samsung EVO is also failing after two years of use. It was flashed with the latest firmware but still showing large number of errors. Lovely. I've ordered a different brand replacement drive as I lost faith in Samsung.

@IntriguingTech

Жыл бұрын

@@Darkk6969 Yeah its unfortunate. I dont think the firmware can solve it since its suspected to be a manufacturing defect.

@Darkk6969

Жыл бұрын

Also, I just replaced the drive with a different brand. Seems my 2TB Samsung EVO have the exact same 2021.11 date and made in Korea. Thanks to Windows updates it made the drive practically unusable now.

@IntriguingTech

Жыл бұрын

@@Darkk6969 Yeah, Samsung should issue a statement and warn people so they can back them up.

What about MX500? do u think its good?

@IntriguingTech

2 ай бұрын

Its ok, but the TBW rating is not as good as some other drives.

Yep just had one fail, manufactured 2021/04. Luckily just a game drive and had nothing important on it.

@IntriguingTech

9 ай бұрын

Unlucky. Get it RMAed and a new replacement.

my 2TB Samsung EVO have the exact same 2021.11 date and made in Korea. FAILED LAST NIGHT! BIOS doesn't recognize it and of course Windows doesn't either now. Windows is unusable at this point. Is there anything I can do? I don't think I can run the programs in the video because the BIOS no longer sees the drive.

@IntriguingTech

11 ай бұрын

Unfortunately its looks like its dead. You got one of the last batch of defunct drives. One last suggestion is putting it into a USB enclosure and see if it can read any data as a USB drive.

Mine built in 08/2021 just failed yesterday. Rip to my games drive. Warranty here i come. Now i will have to go to crucial probably

@IntriguingTech

7 ай бұрын

r.i.p. Good luck bud.

@yoshy2628

7 ай бұрын

If you get another Samsung back, made in 2023 then it's all good. For sure they will give you a refurbished drive as replacement.

My 870 worked fine for a couple of years. All of a sudden, files on it failed to show up. I'd run disk repair and it would say the drive was fine. I'd remount it and everything showed up. But if I opened the window with he drive contents, I'd watch each folder gradually read 0 bytes. If I backed out of the contents folder and reopened it, some, if not ALL of the items in the content list would be gone. Unmount, remount, there they are. All of the information is still on the drive, but it won't remain readable long enough to get the information transferred. I'm going mad.

@IntriguingTech

6 ай бұрын

Sounds like a bad drive. RMA it.

is it batch problem or inherent to the drive

@IntriguingTech

11 ай бұрын

No concrete answer but its likely inherent to the drive for all manufactured in 2021 and possibly earlier.

I just bough 870 Evo 500 Gb for 39$ / 38 € ... I want to install OS on it and use another hdd in caddy for other stuff. I don't play games or use high demanding software, hope it stays good hehe 👀 Will see how it goes.

@IntriguingTech

9 ай бұрын

Should be ok if its a new one as they changed the nand manufacturing process.

because there's no competition from sandisk they are sold to WD

@IntriguingTech

Жыл бұрын

More competition is always good for the consumer. Thanks for commenting.

I just installed my samsung evo 870 4tb right now its just keep on crushimg or stopping after i installed. How to fix this problem

@IntriguingTech

2 ай бұрын

What is your Uncorrectable Error Count ? What's the manufacture date of your drive ?

I'm experiencing the same problems, but my 870 EVO 4TB was manufactured in 2023.

@IntriguingTech

8 ай бұрын

Wow Ive not heard problems with 2023 models, I hope its not a sign of things to come.

@k_1_1_2_3_5

5 сағат бұрын

How is the current status of your 870 EVO? I am planning to buy one.. but concerned.

@DoubleBob

4 сағат бұрын

@@k_1_1_2_3_5 I had some issues with it in the beginning but it might have resolved itself when I updated my bios or fixed some things with Windows. Not sure what did the trick, but now it's running fine.

Man im seeing a tom of them for 10-20 in my local marketplace, nowonder this was the case

@IntriguingTech

Ай бұрын

If they are newly manufactured they might be ok. But there's no guarantee. Cheers.

So what you suggest can I go with crucial mx500 or samsung 870 evo ?

@AntiGrieferGames

7 ай бұрын

Crucial mx500 is kind decent, samsung 870 evo might be better. If you wanna buy the samsung one, Make sure to check the firmware from this ssd, and type that on search engine if that firmware got issues. Mine samsung 870 evo 1tb still works even today. Its your own choice.

@IntriguingTech

7 ай бұрын

Crucials fine. If you got confidence that Samsung fixed the problem then get Samsung.

@manishpanchal5479

6 ай бұрын

Thanks@@IntriguingTech

@manishpanchal5479

6 ай бұрын

Thanks @@AntiGrieferGames 🙂

Thanks for the heads up! Was panicking last night after purchasing another 2TB. My 500GB was manufactured 2022/07/02 both 2TB are dated 2023/04/11. Does anyone have any suggestions for a suitable alternative? Sandisk Ultra 3D?

@IntriguingTech

11 ай бұрын

Yes try Sandisk as an alternative. Or Crucial but endurance isn't as good. UPDATE: News is that Sandisk Extremes have bugs also, so beware.

@blackterminal

10 ай бұрын

​@@IntriguingTechlol is anything good?

@IntriguingTech

10 ай бұрын

@@blackterminalA few brands have their dud models. Its a minefield out there!

@invisiblian

10 ай бұрын

or wd blue 1tb. and they are cheaper than samsung 870

@IntriguingTech

10 ай бұрын

@@invisiblianYes thats one suggestion.

I have a 256 GB model of the Samsung 870 EVO I have 7,83 TB written at this moment and used it as my main drive for more than 2 years and didn't fail on me

@IntriguingTech

8 ай бұрын

What is the manufacturer date ?

@GTAMan21

8 ай бұрын

@@IntriguingTech I don't have its box anymore so I don't know the exact date but I bought it in Aug 2021

@GTAMan21

8 ай бұрын

@@IntriguingTech I can provide you the serial number though which is S6PENJ0R539927M

@IntriguingTech

7 ай бұрын

@@GTAMan21 No worries. They normally have the date on the drives sticker as well.

@GTAMan21

7 ай бұрын

@@IntriguingTech I bought a bigger SSD and cloned it so I didn't have to reinstall completely. My 870 EVO is manufactured in May 2021

This is ridiculous. I just had mine fail after not even 2 years of using it, only 2 TBW. 30 files on there (all in different folders) are broken and no longer readable. Mine was also made in Sep 2021. I’ve been in contact with Samsung support and it’s been a nightmare. Thinking about buying a different drive now…

@IntriguingTech

6 ай бұрын

Yes, similar situation to what happened to mine. Its RMA time.

@SorooshMhs

6 ай бұрын

@@IntriguingTech right. Are you going to replace it with a newer 870 EVO or a different drive? I’ve been doing some research and some other brands seem to have similar issues so i’m really not sure what to do

@IntriguingTech

6 ай бұрын

@@SorooshMhsI had a replacement 870 EVO made in 2023 but I bought another nvme m.2 drive and used that instead.

@SorooshMhs

6 ай бұрын

@@IntriguingTechi see i see. Were you able to refund it at least?

@IntriguingTech

6 ай бұрын

@@SorooshMhs No I intend to use the replacement drive too

My 870 Evo 2TB i 2023.09 is safe?

@IntriguingTech

4 ай бұрын

So far there haven't been any reports of 2023 models being affected. But no guarantees.

Thanks. gonna brick mine first thing tomorrow morning.

@IntriguingTech

9 ай бұрын

No problem thanks for commenting.

I just had TWO of these fail, one in each computer. One was very important files. NOt sure I will be buying these anymore.

@IntriguingTech

4 ай бұрын

Unlucky. Samsung should have recalled them !

@NewYears1978

4 ай бұрын

@@IntriguingTech Yeah. I tried to recover files but it's completely dead. Like not shown in Windows at all or in and recovery program :\

@IntriguingTech

4 ай бұрын

Similar thing happened to mine. I was not able to recover anything. Put it in a USB enclosure the drive does appear but you wont get any files out of it :(

mine has 2021.02 written on the back, Its a 4TB :(

@IntriguingTech

7 ай бұрын

Thats not good. Back up everything!

Lol, i dont know if i have lucky, but mine 870 evo 1tb still works since 2021. Didnt even firmware update that! Should be that some Firmware got issues? Mine 980 nvme 1tb still works. My 980 Pro heatsink 2tb still works. no issue of my 4 old 120gb 840 that i got for free , the 240gb sandisk ssd still works today. even the 2016 intenso ssd 120gb, that are the boot drive from windows 10 since 2016 still works. Does i feel got lucky? I never ever updated the firmware from all SSDs.

@IntriguingTech

7 ай бұрын

Is your 870 evo made in 2021 ?

@AntiGrieferGames

7 ай бұрын

@@IntriguingTech yes, oct 2021

@IntriguingTech

7 ай бұрын

@@AntiGrieferGamesThat is around the date they started to fix the manufacturing process maybe your lucky but I would still make backups.

bought on 2021 67% health on sentinel, 46 bad sectors and over 6k uncorrectable errors first expensive drive i bought for reliability, my cheap low tier crucial ssd is now more reliable than this abomination, would be sticking to kingston and crucial at this point havent got any bad drives from their cheapest one yet

@IntriguingTech

8 ай бұрын

Yeah thats a dead drive you have on your hands no doubt about it.

@AntiGrieferGames

7 ай бұрын

I have 0 Errors on mine.

My samsung 870 evo 1tb keep desappear without a reason whe installing download games :(( I need to shut down my entite pc to see my ssd but it s not always on :(( What should I do?

@IntriguingTech

11 ай бұрын

Back it up. Check the smart data with Samsung magician. Do not update the firmware until you've backed it up. Firmware flashing might brick it. Good luck.

@voracious3835

11 ай бұрын

@@IntriguingTech I have the latest firmware from the beginning so I didn't updated it. Smart is good nothing to worry about, not bad blocks literally nothing. I swap my first ssd into another location in pc and put my samsung in another place, maybe it was my mistake with the cables idk now. I hope everything will be fine from now !

@IntriguingTech

11 ай бұрын

@@voracious3835 OK thats good. I think maybe the cable or something else in the system is the problem.

@voracious3835

11 ай бұрын

​​​@@IntriguingTechbtw, it was made in China 02/2023, it is alright ?

@IntriguingTech

11 ай бұрын

@@voracious3835 2023 is not unknown to be from a bad match. So you should be ok.

Should i buy one?I am planning to buy the 512 GB Evo 870 Manufactured in Vietnam 12/2022

@IntriguingTech

Жыл бұрын

Only if you trust Samsung fixed the problems. No one knows for sure.

@racistpixel1017

Жыл бұрын

​@@IntriguingTechdid they? Do someone know if samsung fixed this issue?

@IntriguingTech

Жыл бұрын

@@racistpixel1017 They might have done. Its not confirmed but theres not been many drives reported to have failed if they were made after Nov. 2021.

@racistpixel1017

Жыл бұрын

@@IntriguingTech i ordered one, i do hope so its not gonna fail on me. Anyway, would be nice to know somehow what model or manufactory date it has before ordering

@IntriguingTech

Жыл бұрын

@@racistpixel1017 Good luck. They were offering £75 cashback on the 4TB. If you got that one then it might be a good deal as long as it doesnt fail.

bought 2 pcs 2TB recently. Both of them died when used... I will refund.

@nenume00

7 ай бұрын

sorry for your loss... care to share how recently did you buy them? or what production date?

@alethbuison622

7 ай бұрын

@@nenume00 bought them from online. lazada. i am glad that i was refunded yesterday. was bought like 2-3 weeks ago.

My 1TB 870EVO just died today without warning. It was manufactured in 2021.01

@IntriguingTech

2 ай бұрын

Unlucky, Get it RMAed !

October here. Failed after 18 months.

@IntriguingTech

8 ай бұрын

You cant trust Samsung drives made in 2021.

@AntiGrieferGames

7 ай бұрын

@@IntriguingTech Depends on the luck. I never firmware update it, still works fine.

Hopefully, i ordered today. i decided to cancel

The thing is... Have they fixed this issue or...?

@IntriguingTech

7 ай бұрын

They never acknowledged the problem. Rumours are they fixed it. Time will tell.

@nenume00

7 ай бұрын

​@@IntriguingTech i don t know why barely nobody talked about this, even with the whole 980, 990 and 970 evo bullshit in the past year. i really wanted to buy a samsung but they seem like the most unreliable brand lately

@IntriguingTech

7 ай бұрын

@@nenume00Yeah its annoying the tech press didn't pick up the story.

@deathtoraiden2080

5 ай бұрын

@@IntriguingTech Tech press? You mean professional shills?

@deathtoraiden2080

5 ай бұрын

@@nenume00 I have no experience with SSDs of any kind but my last experience with Samsung was RMA'ing 20 TVs in a row until i asked for a money refund and bought a Sony TV a year later.

My 870 EVO 1TB has 4Tb written and Uncorrectable Error count is 99 ECC Error rate 199

@IntriguingTech

6 ай бұрын

Thats a dead drive. I dont think there's anyway back.

@Patsan4ik1

5 ай бұрын

@@IntriguingTech but mine is working, and status is "good"

I got one 11/10/2023 afraid to open it 1TB

@IntriguingTech

6 ай бұрын

2023 should be ok.

@coastdweller69

5 ай бұрын

issue is there is a shortage - we are in it - I don't trust any manufacture right now. Hynix I'm adapting NVME to 2.5 for servers but there is a major issue across the whole spectrum.@@IntriguingTech

What about 870 evo 500gb Manufactured 2022.11? Any news?

@IntriguingTech

10 ай бұрын

2022 should be ok.

Very cool. The first time ever i need to buy a SSD is when apparently all the brands and models previously regarded as reliable are now considered the most unreliable drives ever. Oh and what's this? Looks like i am just in time to experience all manufacturers colluding in dialing down production to artificially inflate the prices! Because of course this would be legal, why would consumers have any protection and why would brands not try to fuck them at every opportunity? Started making garbage under the same brand now that your market is established? Time to pump those prices up! Yeah buddy! Drives that costed 50 euros yesterday now cost 90. Yesterday i placed an order for 860 for 80 euros to avoid this, today that order is canceled cause "sorry, no stock XD" and the drive is being sold for 200 euros everywhere. So cool. It's great. Life is great. I feel like Al Pacino at the end of scent of a woman: i want to take a fucking flame thrower to this place. Sorry if this has only a slim relation to your video.

@IntriguingTech

5 ай бұрын

I understand the frustration.. I hate it when cartels collude to drive the prices higher!!

@deathtoraiden2080

5 ай бұрын

@@IntriguingTech I don't know what to do. I will likely have to play into their game and buy this stupid drive that will likely break for 95 euros because i already see it being listed for 150 euros in other stores around me. I can't put into words how much i am fuming over this right now.

I have same problem my samsung drive stop working 😢 one month Later

@IntriguingTech

5 күн бұрын

Unlucky, best thing is to RMA if you can.

@k_1_1_2_3_5

5 сағат бұрын

What is the manufacturing date?

My nephew's 870 EVO 1TB failed this week. I cannot read any data on the drive nor get SMART info. Samsung Magician and other SSD utilities won't open. Manufacture date 2021-1

@IntriguingTech

5 ай бұрын

Yes the classic 870 EVO death. Not much you can do now except RMA it.

I just got one from office max 15m ago I just got home and seen this damn video 😅😢

@IntriguingTech

2 ай бұрын

If it has a 2023 or newer production date it might be alright.

2:10 my uncorrectable error count 53949. 71Tb written, production date 2021.07

@IntriguingTech

6 ай бұрын

Thats dead. Back it up and send it back. ASAP.

@frantzs1077

6 ай бұрын

@@IntriguingTech Nahhh, should be fine... :) I don't have any receipt or package. Drive was used as one of two in raid 0 for about two years. noticed some errors reported last few months and occasionally significant slow down while reading some files. I think hardware raid controller was working around it and maybe even caused all this error in s.m.a.r.t. logs. Also two lines lower in s.m.a.r.t. report is ECC error rate and is exactly the same number. Both drives were reformatted few times and now all looks good in full scan in Samsung Magician. Also moved them to computer with EEC memory and will see how it goes. At the moment works like new.

@frantzs1077

3 ай бұрын

update. After 84 days of heavy usage, uncorrectable error count is still 53949.

@IntriguingTech

3 ай бұрын

@@frantzs1077 lol I wouldnt trust it, it might work but surely the speeds impacted for it having to verify data and error corrections kicking in.

My wd green 240gb ssd failed with a lot of important data on it so never buying wd again

@IntriguingTech

Ай бұрын

Unlucky, WD are normally reliable.

4TB 870 EVO failing with Hundreds of may daughters baby photos and videos. REALLY not impressed!

@IntriguingTech

7 ай бұрын

Not good. It's very difficult to recover anything from them when they fail.

Mine bricked recently.

@IntriguingTech

5 ай бұрын

Unlucky. Some of them are ticking time bombs waiting to be bricked.

Korean version is better.