I should perhaps have added that while the SMART for a Corsair disk came up ok, the Clear Disk Info was a warning that imminent failure was likely as the Soft Read Error Rate was unacceptably high. I took my own advice and purchased a replacement today!
############ Clear Disk Info ############
->Device insight:
Disk index: 3
Corsair Force GS
240GB SSD | 39°C | 100% left
Status: FAILING | 47666 hours ON
->Disk information:
– Disk Make and Model : Corsair Force GS
– Device Type : SATA SSD (Solid State Disk)
– Firmware : 5.24
– Serial Number : 13027908000097040218
– Features and capabilities : S.M.A.R.T. | TRIM | UDMA | APM | NCQ
– Capacity and Volumes : 240GB | 2 partitions (E:)
– Partition scheme : GPT (GUID Partition Table)
231Percent Lifetime Remaining : 100% (Ideal value : Highest (100%))
9 – Power-On Hours Count : 47666 h (Ideal value : Less than 87532 h)
12 – Power Cycle Count : 2892 (Ideal value : Less than 97364)
194Temperature : 39°C | 102°F (Ideal value : 5° – 55°C | 41 – 161°F)
– Failure predicted : NO (Ideal value : NO)
->Critical attributes:
5 – Reallocated Sectors Count : 0 (Ideal value : Lowest (0))
187Reported Uncorrectable Errors : 0 (Ideal value : Lowest (0))
196Reallocation Event Count : 0 (Ideal value : Lowest (0))
201Soft Read Error Rate : 213471793 (Ideal value : Lowest (0))
->Other attributes:
1 – Raw Read Error Rate : 213471793 (Ideal value : Lowest (0))
171Program Fail Count : 0 (Ideal value : Lowest)
172Erase Fail Count : 0 (Ideal value : Lowest)
174Unexpected Power Loss Count : 232 (Ideal value : Lowest (0))
177Wear Range Delta : 3 (Ideal value : Lowest (0))
181Program Fail Count : 0 (Ideal value : Lowest (0))
230Life Curve Status : 100 (Ideal value : Highest (100))
233NAND GB Written : 14499 (Ideal value : Lower)
234Average/Max Erase Count : 10709/0 (Ideal value : Lower/Higher)
241Total GB Written : 10709 (Ideal value : Lower)
242Total GB Read : 82898 (Ideal value : Lower)
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