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Samsung 850 EVO doesn't handle power states???

VirtualLarry

VirtualLarry

No Lifer
From a Newegg review:

Richard J.
5/12/2015 7:04:51 PM
Tech Level: High
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month


3 out of 5 eggseasily damage by Sleep or Hibernate

This review is from: SAMSUNG 850 EVO MZ-75E500B/AM 2.5" 500GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Pros: OK fast read/write, low energy consumption. Con: Too easily damaged when installed in power conversing laptops. Read on.

Cons: I went through (i.e. damaged) TWO EVO 850 SSDs by installing Windows 8.1 on my laptop and the laptop would go into standby and sleep mode or I would shut down suddenly the BIOS reports missing boot drive etc on power up. Checked the BIOS, and its not listed. I'm using a new Clevo W740SU laptop to install from scratch. I call tech support, they say to disable all HD sleep setting in the power options. You can use Samsung software to do this (It actually creates a power setting called Samsung Power Save and I think disables all HD sleeping while the laptop is on. (Well I went ahead and set all the HD power setting manually after my 3rd attempt to successfully install Windows 8.1. So far so good.
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This disturbs me, and reminds me of the 2nd-gen SandForce power bugs that would cause SSD corruption and hanging. Say it ain't so, that Samsung has the same sort of problems?

It's probably true, though, because I remember Samsung Magician would actively prevent your PC from entering a sleep state, probably to work around these bugs.

Should have picked up an Intel instead. I guess there's a reason why Intel SSDs carry a price premium. They work.
 
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Phynaz said:
Your first mistake is using a newegg review as some kind of authoritative source.
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Agreed.

I have an 840 EVO which has been to sleep and hibernated before and it has never failed so I highly doubt the 850 EVO has gone backwards here.

Also, Intel SSD's have had bugs you know.
 
840 EVO, 840 PRO and 850 PRO here in use, constantly using hibernate. No Problems in the past years. Oh and Samsung Magician is installed!
Don't own an 850 EVO but I would be surprised if this drives has the issue mentioned above.
 
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