"At Risk" Smart Event on my Kingston HyperX SSD

[CybrHwk]

Hi,

Got an At Risk S.M.A.R.T event from my Kingston HyperX SSD today, should I be worried?

~Hawk

 

[vanthus]

S.M.A.R.T warnings are seldom wrong,
I would do a backup if you havent already done so.

 

[CybrHwk]

Its the Windows 7 disk, so not really anything to backup. Its not been running very long, about 3 weeks or so

 

[vanthus]

Its the Windows 7 disk, so not really anything to backup. Its not been running very long, about 3 weeks or so

Fair enough,if the warnings persist best call PCS.

 

[CybrHwk]

Its only done it once..., its an SSD so can't be the usual head problem/spindle speed with HDD

 

[vanthus]

SSD's can fail as well,S.M.A.R.T should be even more useful for SSDs as it will be more accurate/consistent in warning you about a drive failure before it happens.

 

[CybrHwk]

I'd have thought an SSD would have lasted longer than 3 weeks!

 

[vanthus]

HDD's or SSD's can last for days weeks,months or years,
there's no telling.
I'm not saying your drive is going to die any time soon,
but S.M.A.R.T warnings shouldn't be ignored,keep an eye on it.

 

[CybrHwk]

I'll phone PCS in the morning and see what they say.. I'm hoping if it is the drive they'll just send me a replacement, rather than sending the whole machine down, as that adds to the risk of something getting damaged

It might be the Intel Raid software miss reporting. Until I updated it, both my optical drives were coming up as a basic CD Rom even though one is a DVD writer and the other is a Blu-Ray drive, so not entirely convinced it isn't a false positive since its working ok

 

[vanthus]

Yes,could be a false positive.If the drive is failing, you will get more warnings,