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Intel Engineering Sample SSD Help!

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Hi folks. Long time viewer, short time forum-visitor. If this is anything like Reddit, and I've majorly messed up the way I'm intended to post, please excuse my lack of awareness as to how the forum works here.

 

From watching the WAN show and a few other videos (like the iMac Pro repair), I know this forum is magical at making anything happen. Well, here's a longshot for you:

 

I've recently stumbled upon two Intel DC P4500 Engineering Samples. They are PCiE, 4TB SSDs that I've received from an Intel connection (friend of a friend of a friend of a ...). I've picked up the first one and, in a couple of days, am picking up the other one from a different friend. They all link back to the same guy though. I'm stoked about getting them working on my system, but the reason for this post is: the drive doesn't do anything right now.

 

Upon installing the drive into my one free PCIEX4 slot (X370 board), the drive showed no sign of life on the BIOS or in either OS (Windows 10 Home on Disk Management, and Manjaro in GParted). I made a post to r/buildapc, where I was informed that (obviously) the drive has firmware and Intel offers an SSD Toolbox software for checking on the drive. After a short install, the drive comes up with a series of problems:

  1. The drive is listed at very low health.
  2. The drive is listed at 100% life expectancy. This is a problem when you read points 1 and 2 together.
  3. The drive is listed with 0mb of storage.

Does anyone have any information regarding the repair/maintenance of Intel SSDs? Or maybe any information regarding engineering samples? I'm okay if the drive is entirely boned, but I'm hoping I can get it working. I am willing to do whatever it takes, without dishing out $2,500 for a new drive, to get this one working.

 

Please see attached images to view pictures of the drive itself, along with the SSD Toolbox to see the message I'm seeing.

 

I'm open to any feedback or ideas, can answer any questions, etc.

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I'm not sure if it's nitpicking on your OS or even platform, but that's usually what a half dead controller for the SSD does.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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4 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

I'm not sure if it's nitpicking on your OS or even platform, but that's usually what a half dead controller for the SSD does.

I'm not very well versed on the repair/maintenance of SSDs. If the controller is boned, I may as well turn it into a piece of art, correct?

 

Edit: I was getting the feeling that Intel could have disabled lots of parts of their engineering samples when giving them away, but it's not unlikely for the drive to just be nonop.

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2 minutes ago, macmo920 said:

If the controller is boned, I may as well turn it into a piece of art, correct?

yes. I would still try Intel CPU though

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

yes. I would still try Intel CPU though

This SSD has been launched, right?

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2 minutes ago, mxk. said:

This SSD has been launched, right?

this one isn't. Being an engineering sample it could be a compatibility mess.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

this one isn't. Being an engineering sample it could be a compatibility mess.

I was thinking on the same page then, with the fact that it's an engineering sample causing this. You said it could be a half dead controller though.

8086k

aorus pro z390

noctua nh-d15s chromax w black cover

evga 3070 ultra

samsung 128gb, adata swordfish 1tb, wd blue 1tb

seasonic 620w dogballs psu

 

 

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1 minute ago, mxk. said:

I was thinking on the same page then, with the fact that it's an engineering sample causing this. You said it could be a half dead controller though.

 

3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

this one isn't. Being an engineering sample it could be a compatibility mess.

Is there a way of checking if the controller is working? 

 

Sure thing on the Intel board. Buddy has an X99 that I could probably try this on.

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3 minutes ago, macmo920 said:

 

Is there a way of checking if the controller is working? 

 

Sure thing on the Intel board. Buddy has an X99 that I could probably try this on.

Try it on the X99 board, then.

8086k

aorus pro z390

noctua nh-d15s chromax w black cover

evga 3070 ultra

samsung 128gb, adata swordfish 1tb, wd blue 1tb

seasonic 620w dogballs psu

 

 

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Just now, macmo920 said:

I can do that tomorrow. I was mostly asking if there was anything else I can do in the meantime to check on the controller. 

Ehhh I'm not super knowledgable on SSDs, but if I'm right, a half dead controller would impact reads and writes, though since I'm not an expert with SSDs, look into it.

8086k

aorus pro z390

noctua nh-d15s chromax w black cover

evga 3070 ultra

samsung 128gb, adata swordfish 1tb, wd blue 1tb

seasonic 620w dogballs psu

 

 

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try a bootable firmware update:

 

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28174/Intel-SSD-Firmware-Update-Tool?product=96935

Insert ram related question here: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1197132-setting-ram-speed-xmp-docp-for-dummies/

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6 minutes ago, TrigrH said:

try a bootable firmware update:

 

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28174/Intel-SSD-Firmware-Update-Tool?product=96935

Interesting, I must have missed that one. I'll give it a shot and give an update.

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