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I don't know, but maybe check that the 870 EVO is appropriately formatted so as to be accessible to the Windows system. You could check that in Windows Disk Management (diskmgmt) and format it there if necessary. Samsung Magician may require it for the scanning to function.

I did say "if that drive was mine I'd..." and do something along the lines of what I said without updating its firmware, but I cannot recommend that you do the same. For all that is known to-date, the updated firmware may actually cure the 870 EVO issues, as it may be software caused/related...

At a glance the 850 looks fine. The 'raw values' displayed will make more sense if you switch the "Function > Advanced Feature > Raw Values" to "10 [DEC]" I can't recommend a particular software for performing the test, but there are plenty to choose from out there. You'll be looking for a...

No-one knows whether the newer firmware helps or not. It might only work in Samsung's favour as they don't offer any information as to what's changed about it. If that drive was mine I'd perform a destructive write/read 'surface' test and check the results. If it revealed bad blocks then I'd...

I suspect they'll be fine now since I doubt Samsung would continue production with the knowledge so many are likely to come back. I imagine they just ran into some production problems a while back that took a while to be recognised. I did read a comment on another site that I found interesting...

Personally, I've never been convinced that the problem is/was firmware related. Updating of firmware may only be temporarily masking existing issues, e.g. reallocation of bad blocks during the upgrade process. My own failing drive was stamped as made in China so I do not believe the problem is...

It seems to affect all capacities equally, so yes, 500GB models are affected. I think you should be concerned to some degree. I would advise performing a full (read-only) scan of the drive to verify that the data can still be read OK. The bad block issues only appear to arise after the drive...

I just returned mine to the retail store I bought it from. They have all the details on record of when it was purchased. Presumably they'll fire it back to their suppliers, and ultimately Samsung or some official Samsung representative along the line will take responsibility.

Just an update to add more details. Of interest, prior to RMA'ing the drive I wiped it using Minitool's wipe facility (randomised 0/1 write). After the wipe completed I ran full scan and short/extended SMART tests using Samsung Magician once more with the result being that this time they...

Howdy, folks. I just found my own 870 EVO 1TB to have this problem. Many thanks to the OP for bringing it to light. I was just checking another failed SSD (an 850 EVO) here on my PC using Samsung Magician when I noted the red 'Critical' SMART warnings on the 870. A quick search on the...