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On 09/01/2017 02:46 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> Hello list, |
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> For the last week or two my NVMe SSD isn't being detected on startup. I get |
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> this error on manual invocation: |
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> # smartctl -a /dev/nvme0n1 |
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> smartctl 6.4 2015-06-04 r4109 [x86_64-linux-4.12.5-gentoo] (local build) |
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> Copyright (C) 2002-15, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org |
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> /dev/nvme0n1: Unable to detect device type |
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> Please specify device type with the -d option. |
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> Most things still seem to be working, but do I need to rush out and buy |
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> another drive? This one's only 18 months old. I don't really want to box up |
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> the machine and send it to Watford under warranty. |
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> Two things that aren't working properly are KMail (surprise!), and BOINC, |
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> which insists that VirtualBox isn't installed, when of course it (more or |
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> less) always has been. |
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If your BIOS isn't detecting it, it's probably on its way out. Before |
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dismissing it to that though, I'd see if there's a firmware update for it. |
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I had a Crucial (regular SSD, non-NVME) that was doing this and after a |
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firmware update it's still going 3 years later. |
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Make sure you back up your data on it (if you can.) |
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Dan |
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