I purchased a Samsung SM843T SSD, and there are a few things that seem a bit off with it. The SSD was sold as brand new, and came sealed in an antistatic bag. However, the SMART info shows almost 15,000 power_on_hours, and host reads / writes are completely omitted (every Samsung SSD I've ever used has included this info).
I tried to inspect the SSD with Samsung Magician DC V1 (the enterprise / Linux command line version of Samsung Magician which supports the SM843T), and it doesn't recognize the SSD.
A firmware version of DXM87W3Q is specified on the SSD label, however, hdparm reports a firmware version of NS00. Meanwhile, the Samsung Magician DC V1 documentation explicitly states that the SM843T firmware cannot be updated.
Does anybody know what the deal is here / what firmware NS00 is? The firmware installed on every OEM Enterprise Samsung SSD I've used has always been the firmware specified on the label. Could some sort of 3rd party / open-source firmware have been installed (and if so, could this void the warranty)?
Thanks
I tried to inspect the SSD with Samsung Magician DC V1 (the enterprise / Linux command line version of Samsung Magician which supports the SM843T), and it doesn't recognize the SSD.
A firmware version of DXM87W3Q is specified on the SSD label, however, hdparm reports a firmware version of NS00. Meanwhile, the Samsung Magician DC V1 documentation explicitly states that the SM843T firmware cannot be updated.
Does anybody know what the deal is here / what firmware NS00 is? The firmware installed on every OEM Enterprise Samsung SSD I've used has always been the firmware specified on the label. Could some sort of 3rd party / open-source firmware have been installed (and if so, could this void the warranty)?
Thanks