Ssd usage 100% no read/write

[FiftyCZ]

Hello i have kingston nv2 2tb ssd and lately my computer almost stops working and in manager i see disk isnon 100% usage but nothing is using it or it displays no or barely any write and read. This problems stops sometimes after few mins sometimes hours sometimes restart helps. Crystal disk and kingston ssd software show everything is allright. Any sugestions how to solve this please?

[Levent]

Cheap SSDs are like that unfortunately, QLC NAND combined with no DRAM cache and somewhat of a horrible controller results in problems like these.

[whispous]

That's a WILD latency. I think your SSD is dying. The first thing you should do is back up any important data.

[FiftyCZ]

3 minutes ago, whispous said:

That's a WILD latency. I think your SSD is dying. The first thing you should do is back up any important data.

its doing it intermitentli for more than a year but i asume thats just slow dying

[ItTakes2ToMango]

That's a dying SSD if I've ever seen one

 

backup your stuff immediately while it still works. Could die tomorrow, could die next year but you don't know 

[FiftyCZ]

4 minutes ago, Levent said:

Cheap SSDs are like that unfortunately, QLC NAND combined with no DRAM cache and somewhat of a horrible controller results in problems like these.

yep that might be it you seems like someone who knows a lot can you tell me some good 2TB ssd i shoud replace this one with?

 

[GuiltySpark_]

37 minutes ago, FiftyCZ said:

kingston nv2 2tb ssd

Yeah, whats been echoed above. This is a well know problematic drive. 

[ItTakes2ToMango]

23 minutes ago, FiftyCZ said:

yep that might be it you seems like someone who knows a lot can you tell me some good 2TB ssd i shoud replace this one with?

 

not that guy but

 

m.2 - https://pcpartpicker.com/product/hpqrxr/samsung-990-evo-plus-2-tb-m2-2280-pcie-50-x2-nvme-solid-state-drive-mz-v9s2t0bw

Sata - https://pcpartpicker.com/product/3CmmP6/samsung-870-evo-2-tb-25-solid-state-drive-mz-77e2t0bam

 

Great drives 

[FiftyCZ]

5 minutes ago, ItTakes2ToMango said:

not that guy but

 

m.2 - https://pcpartpicker.com/product/hpqrxr/samsung-990-evo-plus-2-tb-m2-2280-pcie-50-x2-nvme-solid-state-drive-mz-v9s2t0bw

Sata - https://pcpartpicker.com/product/3CmmP6/samsung-870-evo-2-tb-25-solid-state-drive-mz-77e2t0bam

 

Great drives 

thank you

[Sawa Takahashi]

I may be a little late to the party, but here's my take on the issue.

First, you should backup any important data. That advice is good for any drives anytime because you should always keep a backup.

Second, it may be a drive dying but it may also be Windows hallucinating. The indexing service is one thing that may cause this behavior, the Windows Defender anti-virus and anti-malware scan may cause this too. It may also be drivers or major windows files corruption.

What to do ? Try using your drive in a usb adapter or another computer to see if it behaves the same way.

Another test is to boot from a Linux live USB stick and see if the drive still runs at full utilization.

In rare cases, a BIOS upgrade and clearing the CMOS memory may help. But like I said, rarely.

Your best bet is probably wiping the drive and installing a fresh Windows on your computer.

Hope that helps !

[GuiltySpark_]

The internet is rife with this exact complaint and NV2's. They're widely known as being a garbage drive, especially if you get one of the QLC models and a buggy controller. This particular drive has been part swapped more than any drive i'm aware of you never know what you're going to get. 

 

Just look at how many variants there are. 

 

 

All NV2 users (plenty more where that comes from) 

 

 

 

The only "fix" for people is wiping it and starting over, but then it'll just happen again. Replace it completely for a boot drive.

[Mark Kaine]

Just Kingston things, please buy a proper hard drive with dram cache that should fix it.