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qasdfdsaq · 02-07-2011, 18:19

Most RAW SMART values are manufacturer proprietary and can be safely ignored, unless you have access to proprietary manufacturer information and can deduce what they actually mean. The only one that is of concern is unexpected power loss count of 18, which would certainly cause bluescreens or crashes if the drive goes into emergency shutdown mode.

The SMART readings say nothing about the temperature of the drive being 138'C. SMART works on a normalized value and a threshold, that's all. A value of 100 is "normal" for all readings. It doesn't mean 100'c or 100% errors.

Not seen any bugs or faults with the Agility 3 mentioned around my parts so it doesn't seem a widespread issue, though I haven't been keeping up with SSDs much lately. Do you ever write down the bluescreen error codes? What version of the Intel drivers are you running?

02-07-2011, 18:19	#4
qasdfdsaq cf.mega poster Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,207	Re: OCZ Agility 3 Sandforce 60gb - Possible problems? Most RAW SMART values are manufacturer proprietary and can be safely ignored, unless you have access to proprietary manufacturer information and can deduce what they actually mean. The only one that is of concern is unexpected power loss count of 18, which would certainly cause bluescreens or crashes if the drive goes into emergency shutdown mode. The SMART readings say nothing about the temperature of the drive being 138'C. SMART works on a normalized value and a threshold, that's all. A value of 100 is "normal" for all readings. It doesn't mean 100'c or 100% errors. Not seen any bugs or faults with the Agility 3 mentioned around my parts so it doesn't seem a widespread issue, though I haven't been keeping up with SSDs much lately. Do you ever write down the bluescreen error codes? What version of the Intel drivers are you running?