Adata SSD Toolbox software update causes TOTAL freeze up???

[taisingera]

In the last 2 weeks, I have been using my desktop and it totally freezes. The first time, I didn't see it happen, but this last time I saw what happened. Using Firefox and VLC (playing videos from separate HDD), the screen froze first except the mouse, but audio still played. Then I tried clicking on start menu and then audio went out, I heard some strange buzzing when clicking mouse. Then screen went black, and I got a BSOD saying "Critical Process Error", and it rebooted. I reboots to BIOS and the SSD is missing, so I reboot again from BIOS and still no SSD. Unplug/replug and finally the SSD is found, but BIOS says "Overclocking failed" enter BIOS.

I don't OC, except a small increase on the GPU voltage, manually Offset setting it to 0.900V. Been like this for 4 years, because I was having video driver stability issues in W7 back in 2013. I have set it back to Auto for now, maybe there won't be anymore stability issues in W10.

I open SSDToolbox, and it says there is a new version, so I go to Adata to download it. Version 3.00 currently to 3.01.

So, anytime there is an update to SSDToolbox, my system will hard freeze needing to be unplugged for a silly software update? And I thought Win10 updates were bad.

 

[Elixer]

Hmm, never tried their utility, but, if it is trying to update the firmware, and it hardlocks, that could fubar the SSD.

 

[XavierMace]

Does their toolbox have a RAM caching option like Samsung and Crucial's do? If so, turn that off.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Does their toolbox have a RAM caching option like Samsung and Crucial's do? If so, turn that off.

No. It has a Secure Erase and Optimization feature, which the user can avoid.

All the proprietary software like Crucial Executive, Magician, SSD Toolbox -- provide a means to track TBW. They may have a benchmarking component. They all have an optimization feature, or most of them do. I will leave them installed for benching and TBW tracking. But I'd rather do the optimization manually, or even let Windows 10 do its share.

Might be a deterrence for using too many SSDs of varied manufacture -- I couldn't say. For my 960 Pro I have Magician and that's it. If I buy the Crucial MX300 2TB, I might likely install Executive. The way the existing configuration is working, I can take a long time to pull that string -- and then, who knows what?

There is a "generic" tool, with a crippled trial version and a chump-change license. I just can't remember the name of it. . . .

 

[XavierMace]

Umm, I'm not sure if you're trying to claim that Samsung and Crucial's toolboxes don't have a caching feature because if you are, you're wrong.

 

[taisingera]

I don't set OS optimization with Toolbox, and just alter a couple of things in Windows, like no hibernate, no fast boot, and no windows backup. Adata Toolbox does have a service in Windows, but after booting, I see that it is on Manual and not running.

As for the graphics voltage issue, I do need to set it at a number 0.875V instead of Auto or else there is a graphics glitch. I have seen this mentioned online with other motherboard manufacturers and Intel chips.