Hi,
I have bought a WD/HGST Ultrastar SN200. The SSD was supposed to be unused and have a capacity of 3.84TB. When I unpacked it, I've noticed that on the sides there are very light traces of the disk being mounted. They're barely visible and impossible to show on a photo so maybe it's just from some testing. Also on the label someone has written a very faint "3200" with a pencil.
When I run CrystalDiskInfo on the SSD it shows that the disk only has 3.2TB. It has no reads or writes, 0h of work and was powered on only 5 times. The model number on the label and in CrystalDiskInfo is HUSMR7638BDP3Y1 and that is supposed to be the 3.84TB version. The 3.2TB version is HUSMR7632BDP301.
I see a few possibilities for the situation:
1. The disk is broken from the factory, with some of its NAND not working and it was never meant to be sold or used.
2. The disk in is fact a used one but someone has hacked firmware to clear the SMART data and the capacity got broken in the process.
3. Some other mishap with the markings and/or firmware.
4. This is some sort of an over-provisioning configuration.
With Micron 5100 you could use some capacity to increase longevity. If that's a thing for WD SSDs as well, I couldn't find any information or tools for it.
I don't know if there's anything I can do about the disk (the seller stopped responding to my messages), if I can somehow investigate or fix it. WD website has no real support for SN200, with some of the links already dead.
Because of the disks longevity, I was planning to use it as a part of my backup system but with how the things are, I don't think it can be used to store anything valuable.
Best regards,
Crocodil
I have bought a WD/HGST Ultrastar SN200. The SSD was supposed to be unused and have a capacity of 3.84TB. When I unpacked it, I've noticed that on the sides there are very light traces of the disk being mounted. They're barely visible and impossible to show on a photo so maybe it's just from some testing. Also on the label someone has written a very faint "3200" with a pencil.
When I run CrystalDiskInfo on the SSD it shows that the disk only has 3.2TB. It has no reads or writes, 0h of work and was powered on only 5 times. The model number on the label and in CrystalDiskInfo is HUSMR7638BDP3Y1 and that is supposed to be the 3.84TB version. The 3.2TB version is HUSMR7632BDP301.
I see a few possibilities for the situation:
1. The disk is broken from the factory, with some of its NAND not working and it was never meant to be sold or used.
2. The disk in is fact a used one but someone has hacked firmware to clear the SMART data and the capacity got broken in the process.
3. Some other mishap with the markings and/or firmware.
4. This is some sort of an over-provisioning configuration.
With Micron 5100 you could use some capacity to increase longevity. If that's a thing for WD SSDs as well, I couldn't find any information or tools for it.
I don't know if there's anything I can do about the disk (the seller stopped responding to my messages), if I can somehow investigate or fix it. WD website has no real support for SN200, with some of the links already dead.
Because of the disks longevity, I was planning to use it as a part of my backup system but with how the things are, I don't think it can be used to store anything valuable.
Best regards,
Crocodil