Stock/Shipped Firmware Version : SVT01B6Q So I was looking for changelog for firmware version "SVT02B6Q" and it lead me to the reddit post/this thread. Near the bottom, a new SMART attribute gets added on the new firmware, says vendor specific. What I also found interesting is the reports some people got refunds without even been offered a replacement, is that samsung having no faith in a replacement 870 EVO working for their workload or perhaps just lack of stock? I have never heard of a company offering refunds like that before on manufacturer RMA's. I wanted to see first how long a erase cycle takes on the shipped firmware, then flash and see if its accelerated, of course one can not downgrade flash, so flashing is a full on commitment in that new firmware version. If the new firmware prevents it from kicking off (I also have same suspicion) I wonder if it does it the horrible way of forcing data refresh which of course accelerates erase cycles, a hacky way of fixing dud hardware.
Going to do a badblocks scan on it and see what happens. I got mine from Amazon but obviously well past their no frills return policy now.
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