Hello all,

I puchased a T430 with a 128GB SSD drive. I'm trying to see how the health of the SSD drive is, so I download and install CrystalDiskMark.

The SSD is shown as "C400-MTFDDAK128MAM", but there is only one SMART attribute visible - 0C "Power Cycle Count," which is fixed at 100.

How can I check the health of the SSD that came with my T430?

Thanks.

Hi jonathanyc,

What OS are you running?

Have tried using check disk?

To assist you, here is a list of diagnostic tools from Lenovo that can help you monitor and maintain your system.

The one that should help you most is the Hard Drive Quick Test.

Hope this helps!

Your SSD is made by Micron/Crucial for Lenovo. I couldn't find any diagnostics for SSDs on Crucial's support site.

In any case I'm not so sure there's anything wrong with your SSD. Here's what my Crucial M4 shows using CrystalDiskInfo5_2_0. Note that all attributes show fixed values of 100. I suspect this is an issue with Crystal software rather than your drive.

@hausman
I notice you're using Ver 5.2

I downloaded it to check transfer not more that a week ago from their own website and I got 3.02c 64 bit. It works on my system but might be an issue with some SSD. Hmmm this version showed up on various source as well be I picked it up on the OEM's site. I'll have to look into that again.

EDIT

Sorry I got it. You ran CrystaldiskINFO not DiskMark. LOL  Eyeball scanning error.

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Sorry I got it. You ran CrystaldiskINFO not DiskMark. LOL  Eyeball scanning error.

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I couldn't find any SMART-related info in CrystalDiskMark so I downloaded and ran CrystalDiskInfo.

I don't think I ran the wrong version of the Crystal software - the same executable (I downloaded 5.2.0) works on my Desktop perfectly.

If this could mean a problem with the controller, does that mean that replacement is possible under Lenovo's warranty? At the same time, it seems strange that the laptop would ship with such a strangely faulty drive.

I am aware of Lenovo's diagnostic tools, but I'm not sure how they are supposed to work if the SMART reporting seems to be faulty. I am running the tools/CrystalDiskMark on the Windows 7 x64 that came with the laptop.

Thanks for all the help - will await reply anxiously.

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 I download and install CrystalDiskMark.

 

The SSD is shown as "C400-MTFDDAK128MAM", but there is only one SMART attribute visible - 0C "Power Cycle Count," which is fixed at 100.

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I don't think I ran the wrong version of the Crystal software - the same executable (I downloaded 5.2.0) works on my Desktop perfectly.

 

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 There are two software utilities, CrystalDiskMark (v3_0_2c) and CrystalDiskInfo (v5_2_0.) Mark is a benchmarking utility while Info is an information utility.

So can you confirm:

1. That you ran CrystalDiskInfo rather than CrystalDiskMark as indicated in your first post.

2. That it shows only a single line of Attributes at the bottom of the screen, unlike the many lines shown in my screen shot above.