{"id":37947,"date":"2023-02-03T20:52:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T20:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2023\/02\/03\/puget-drops-samsung-990-pro-ssds-due-to-reliability-concerns\/"},"modified":"2023-02-03T20:54:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T20:54:41","slug":"puget-drops-samsung-990-pro-ssds-due-to-reliability-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2023\/02\/03\/puget-drops-samsung-990-pro-ssds-due-to-reliability-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Puget drops Samsung 990 Pro SSDs due to reliability concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What simply occurred?<\/strong> Puget Programs has stopped providing Samsung’s 990 Professional solid-state drives in new builds following quite a few experiences of well being degradation points. Issues arose final 12 months when the customized PC builder began seeing abnormally excessive failure charges within the subject on the Samsung 980 Professional 2TB mannequin. Puget labored with Samsung to assist monitor down the offender and only recently, the Korean tech big issued a firmware replace to treatment the matter. <\/p>\n

Samsung’s newer 990 Professional, in the meantime, began exhibiting issues of its own<\/a> shortly after launch. In our protection late final month, we highlighted accounts of customers on Reddit and elsewhere experiencing alarmingly low well being numbers on their 990 Execs. In a single occasion, SSD utilities confirmed a consumer’s drive was already all the way down to 93 % well being regardless of having solely written about 7TB. One other consumer reported their drive being 36 % worn out after writing lower than 2TB of knowledge.<\/p>\n

Puget said<\/a> Samsung is at the moment investigating 990 Professional experiences however within the meantime, the system builder has determined to modify to another product providing whereas the matter unfolds.<\/p>\n

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For 1TB and 2TB NVMe drives, Puget is now deploying SSDs from Sabrent. The corporate has been utilizing 4TB and 8TB Sabrent drives for some time now and hasn’t had any points with them. Their smallest choice, a 500GB mannequin, will stay the Samsung 980 Professional contemplating that measurement isn’t out there within the 990 Professional line and thus, not wrapped up within the newest affair.<\/p>\n

Puget’s William George stated they do not usually announce modifications to their product line like this however felt it was essential on this scenario contemplating they’ve been so outspoken about Samsung SSD reliability prior to now.<\/p>\n

Prospects operating a system outfitted with a Samsung 980 Pro 2TB<\/a> have already been contacted about the right way to replace their firmware, we’re instructed, and people with 990 Professional points are inspired to succeed in out so Puget could make issues proper.<\/p>\n

Have you ever skilled any points with both the 980 Professional or 990 Professional?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n