4 ms·
You are correct; there are even tools to view this information. Perhaps these "refurbishers" know how to reset the health data stored in the SSD.
by Newtonip 5y ago
You are correct; there are even tools to view this information. Perhaps these "refurbishers" know how to reset the health data stored in the SSD.
- Ekaros 5y agoOne would wish there was some burnable fuses there that would note this or general wear level...
- rasz 5y agoOn mechanical HDD front at least Hitachi UltraStar 7K3000 drives let you reset everything but the hour meter, so cant totally hide the scam. Doesnt stop people from reselling 2012 3TB 30000 hour drives as "new old stock", auction sites are full of them.
- kasabali 5y agoAll Hitachis operate like that. Another cool thing is they don't require a custom tool for that, a standard ATA formst command is enough, and as a last bonus it'll also merge reallocated sector list into factory bad sector list. They made damn good drives, I wish they were still an independent manufacturer.
- pkaye 5y agoYes, to view the stats you can use the SMART commands which is fairly standardized. But the ability is reset is usually some vendor specific commands. Its possible the tools leaked from manufacturing sites.