Storage Solutions Ssd failure. advance rma possible ?

[girish925]

hello guys i just got a popping message - windows detected a hard disk problem.. even the crystaldisk info shows ssd health as bad .. had installed this ssd 5 months ago. should i go to the service centre and tell them abt the problem . do they have advance rma .. please help me guys

 

[girish925]

Nobody :/

 

[vivek.krishnan]

Woah. What SSD is that? And could you post some screenshots?

 

[girish925]

Kingston ssd toolbox - failure expected soon :/

 

[Chaos]

I think you can RMA this drive easily. Just mentioned drive is failing and claim RMA. Kingston RMA is relatively hassle free.

 

[toxicdrift]

+1 to what Chaos said. they will rma it for sure Girish, just take it for rma.

 

[girish925]

How many days do they take for replacement ?

 

[F3niX]

Generally RMA takes a week to 10 days. Once they receive the old drive, they will ship the new drive.
Depending on the courier and your location, it may even happen in 3 days!

 

[girish925]

just came from the service centre .. they told me 20-25 days for rma :/

 

[toxicdrift]

thats probably the maximum time taken.

 

[psyph3r]

No surprises there, this is the drive that was at the centre of the bait & switch controversy in 2014 after all.
You can read about it here - http://www.anandtech.com/show/7763/an-update-to-kingston-ssdnow-v300-a-switch-to-slower-micron-nand
My advice is stay the hell away from Kingston, they had a solid reputation but ruined it with that one move.

 

[girish925]

:/ neways i will have to buy a new ssd as i cant wait for 25 days for replacement suggestions which one would be best 120 gb or 240 gb i have heard samsung is good

 

[psyph3r]

Yea can't go wrong with Samsung, pick an 850 pro or evo depending on your budget.

 

[girish925]

Got suggestions from a te member for crucial bx 100 its for 5899 for 256 gb on onlyssd so samsung or crucial

 

[psyph3r]

I'm on a Crucial MX100 256 gig myself for the last 15 months and have zero complaints.
Crucial would've been a good alternative too, thing is they haven't really launched a great product since then and their newer models aren't even available in India anymore.
Samsung is definitely worth the extra 1800 plus you get 2 additional years of warranty.

 

[girish925]

will go for samsung there r 3 models available which is the best.

http://www.amazon.in/Samsung-2-5-In...2959358&sr=1-1&keywords=samsung+850+evo+120gb

http://www.amazon.in/Samsung-MZ-75E...2959358&sr=1-2&keywords=samsung+850+evo+120gb

http://www.amazon.in/Samsung-750-EV...2959358&sr=1-3&keywords=samsung+850+evo+120gb

 

[psyph3r]

Go for the first one.

 

[girish925]

Thank you psyph3r [DOUBLEPOST=1453028826][/DOUBLEPOST]hello guys samsung magician tells me to activate ahci mode ? tried doing it through registry but there is no option to enable ahci in the bios > intergrated peripherals > OnChip sata ? can anyone help me with this
motherboard - gigabyte G41M-ES21 @psyph3r can u help me ?

 

[psyph3r]

You can do it through BIOS, should be under storage configuration and set to IDE to default.