samsung 830 loud squeal on write

[tynopik]

anytime I write to my samsung 830 (256gb) it emits a rather loud squeal/coil whine

any thoughts on what to do besides rma?

 

[JellyRoll]

I had this issue happen with an SSD as well. It progressively became worse and the SSD failed. Had to RMA it.
Put it under 4k random write at high QD and you should be able to really hear it sing!
Try for RMA.

 

[whitequark]

Unless you go for RMA or some expensive or weird silencing techniques, there isn't much you can do; and I would really prefer the RMA over anything else, because that SSD isn't free and you don't want its breakage to cost you money...