I’m having an issue with my Samsung 990 PRO drive. Gonna try upgrading the firmware. Actually got myself a new computer just for the purpose. Figured I should start with knowing what the firmware version is presently. ChatGPT strikes again. Firmware version is 1B2QJXD7.
------------------- Wed May 31 11:14:03 [bash:5.2.15 jobs:0 error:0 time:0] jj5@charm:/home/jj5 $ ll /dev/disk/by-id/ total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1.3K May 31 03:04 . drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 180 May 30 08:45 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 30 08:45 ata-DRW-24D5MT_KLCL6MF4200 -> ../../sr0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 31 03:04 ata-WDC_WD30EFRX-68EUZN0_WD-WMC4N0D5506W -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 31 03:04 ata-WDC_WD30EFRX-68EUZN0_WD-WMC4N0D5506W-part1 -> ../../sdb1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 31 03:04 ata-WDC_WD30EFRX-68EUZN0_WD-WMC4N0D5506W-part9 -> ../../sdb9 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 31 03:04 ata-WDC_WD30EFRX-68EUZN0_WD-WMC4N0D8E3C9 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 31 03:04 ata-WDC_WD30EFRX-68EUZN0_WD-WMC4N0D8E3C9-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 31 03:04 ata-WDC_WD30EFRX-68EUZN0_WD-WMC4N0D8E3C9-part9 -> ../../sda9 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 30 08:45 md-name-charm:0 -> ../../md0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 30 08:45 md-name-charm:1 -> ../../md1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 30 08:45 md-uuid-9ef6fffa:0d37be5a:7842f20e:1319d620 -> ../../md1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 30 08:45 md-uuid-f52df5c3:9aa1e0f1:8eab0df8:9808eaeb -> ../../md0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 May 30 08:45 nvme-eui.00000000000000000026b768642eff55 -> ../../nvme1n1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-eui.00000000000000000026b768642eff55-part1 -> ../../nvme1n1p1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-eui.00000000000000000026b768642eff55-part9 -> ../../nvme1n1p9 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 May 30 09:57 nvme-eui.00000000000000000026b768642eff65 -> ../../nvme3n1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 09:57 nvme-eui.00000000000000000026b768642eff65-part1 -> ../../nvme3n1p1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 09:57 nvme-eui.00000000000000000026b768642eff65-part9 -> ../../nvme3n1p9 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 May 30 08:45 nvme-eui.00253842314123dd -> ../../nvme4n1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-eui.00253842314123dd-part1 -> ../../nvme4n1p1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-eui.00253842314123dd-part9 -> ../../nvme4n1p9 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 May 30 08:45 nvme-eui.6479a74fb0c004b7 -> ../../nvme2n1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-eui.6479a74fb0c004b7-part1 -> ../../nvme2n1p1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-eui.6479a74fb0c004b7-part2 -> ../../nvme2n1p2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-eui.6479a74fb0c004b7-part3 -> ../../nvme2n1p3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-eui.6479a74fb0c004b7-part4 -> ../../nvme2n1p4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-eui.6479a74fb0c004b7-part5 -> ../../nvme2n1p5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 May 30 08:45 nvme-eui.6479a74fb0c00509 -> ../../nvme0n1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-eui.6479a74fb0c00509-part1 -> ../../nvme0n1p1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-eui.6479a74fb0c00509-part2 -> ../../nvme0n1p2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-eui.6479a74fb0c00509-part3 -> ../../nvme0n1p3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-eui.6479a74fb0c00509-part4 -> ../../nvme0n1p4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-eui.6479a74fb0c00509-part5 -> ../../nvme0n1p5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 May 30 08:45 nvme-KINGSTON_SNV2S2000G_50026B768642EFF5 -> ../../nvme1n1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-KINGSTON_SNV2S2000G_50026B768642EFF5-part1 -> ../../nvme1n1p1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-KINGSTON_SNV2S2000G_50026B768642EFF5-part9 -> ../../nvme1n1p9 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 May 30 09:57 nvme-KINGSTON_SNV2S2000G_50026B768642EFF6 -> ../../nvme3n1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 09:57 nvme-KINGSTON_SNV2S2000G_50026B768642EFF6-part1 -> ../../nvme3n1p1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 09:57 nvme-KINGSTON_SNV2S2000G_50026B768642EFF6-part9 -> ../../nvme3n1p9 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 May 30 08:45 nvme-PNY_CS3140_1TB_SSD_PNY21242106180100092 -> ../../nvme2n1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-PNY_CS3140_1TB_SSD_PNY21242106180100092-part1 -> ../../nvme2n1p1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-PNY_CS3140_1TB_SSD_PNY21242106180100092-part2 -> ../../nvme2n1p2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-PNY_CS3140_1TB_SSD_PNY21242106180100092-part3 -> ../../nvme2n1p3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-PNY_CS3140_1TB_SSD_PNY21242106180100092-part4 -> ../../nvme2n1p4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-PNY_CS3140_1TB_SSD_PNY21242106180100092-part5 -> ../../nvme2n1p5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 May 30 08:45 nvme-PNY_CS3140_1TB_SSD_PNY21242106180100095 -> ../../nvme0n1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-PNY_CS3140_1TB_SSD_PNY21242106180100095-part1 -> ../../nvme0n1p1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-PNY_CS3140_1TB_SSD_PNY21242106180100095-part2 -> ../../nvme0n1p2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-PNY_CS3140_1TB_SSD_PNY21242106180100095-part3 -> ../../nvme0n1p3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-PNY_CS3140_1TB_SSD_PNY21242106180100095-part4 -> ../../nvme0n1p4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-PNY_CS3140_1TB_SSD_PNY21242106180100095-part5 -> ../../nvme0n1p5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 May 30 08:45 nvme-Samsung_SSD_990_PRO_2TB_S6Z2NJ0W215164J -> ../../nvme4n1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-Samsung_SSD_990_PRO_2TB_S6Z2NJ0W215164J-part1 -> ../../nvme4n1p1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 30 08:45 nvme-Samsung_SSD_990_PRO_2TB_S6Z2NJ0W215164J-part9 -> ../../nvme4n1p9 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 30 08:45 wwn-0x5001480000000000 -> ../../sr0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 31 03:04 wwn-0x50014ee604f5f467 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 31 03:04 wwn-0x50014ee604f5f467-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 31 03:04 wwn-0x50014ee604f5f467-part9 -> ../../sda9 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 31 03:04 wwn-0x50014ee65a4af2ed -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 31 03:04 wwn-0x50014ee65a4af2ed-part1 -> ../../sdb1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 31 03:04 wwn-0x50014ee65a4af2ed-part9 -> ../../sdb9 ------------------- Wed May 31 11:14:11 [bash:5.2.15 jobs:0 error:0 time:8] jj5@charm:/home/jj5 $ sudo nvme smart-log /dev/nvme4 Smart Log for NVME device:nvme4 namespace-id:ffffffff critical_warning : 0 temperature : 45°C (318 Kelvin) available_spare : 100% available_spare_threshold : 10% percentage_used : 0% endurance group critical warning summary: 0 Data Units Read : 2,237,856 (1.15 TB) Data Units Written : 10,957,014 (5.61 TB) host_read_commands : 48,079,050 host_write_commands : 119,766,894 controller_busy_time : 282 power_cycles : 31 power_on_hours : 23 unsafe_shutdowns : 16 media_errors : 0 num_err_log_entries : 0 Warning Temperature Time : 0 Critical Composite Temperature Time : 0 Temperature Sensor 1 : 45°C (318 Kelvin) Temperature Sensor 2 : 49°C (322 Kelvin) Thermal Management T1 Trans Count : 0 Thermal Management T2 Trans Count : 0 Thermal Management T1 Total Time : 0 Thermal Management T2 Total Time : 0 ------------------- Wed May 31 11:36:59 [bash:5.2.15 jobs:0 error:0 time:0] root@charm:/home/jj5 # nvme id-ctrl /dev/nvme4 -H NVME Identify Controller: vid : 0x144d ssvid : 0x144d sn : S6Z2NJ0W215164J mn : Samsung SSD 990 PRO 2TB fr : 1B2QJXD7 rab : 2 ieee : 002538 cmic : 0 [3:3] : 0 ANA not supported [2:2] : 0 PCI [1:1] : 0 Single Controller [0:0] : 0 Single Port mdts : 9 cntlid : 0x1 ver : 0x20000 rtd3r : 0x30d40 rtd3e : 0x989680 oaes : 0x200 [31:31] : 0 Discovery Log Change Notice Not Supported [27:27] : 0 Zone Descriptor Changed Notices Not Supported [15:15] : 0 Normal NSS Shutdown Event Not Supported [14:14] : 0 Endurance Group Event Aggregate Log Page Change Notice Not Supported [13:13] : 0 LBA Status Information Notices Not Supported [12:12] : 0 Predictable Latency Event Aggregate Log Change Notices Not Supported [11:11] : 0 Asymmetric Namespace Access Change Notices Not Supported [9:9] : 0x1 Firmware Activation Notices Supported [8:8] : 0 Namespace Attribute Changed Event Not Supported ctratt : 0x10 [19:19] : 0 Flexible Data Placement Not Supported [15:15] : 0 Extended LBA Formats Not Supported [14:14] : 0 Delete NVM Set Not Supported [13:13] : 0 Delete Endurance Group Not Supported [12:12] : 0 Variable Capacity Management Not Supported [11:11] : 0 Fixed Capacity Management Not Supported [10:10] : 0 Multi Domain Subsystem Not Supported [9:9] : 0 UUID List Not Supported [8:8] : 0 SQ Associations Not Supported [7:7] : 0 Namespace Granularity Not Supported [6:6] : 0 Traffic Based Keep Alive Not Supported [5:5] : 0 Predictable Latency Mode Not Supported [4:4] : 0x1 Endurance Groups Supported [3:3] : 0 Read Recovery Levels Not Supported [2:2] : 0 NVM Sets Not Supported [1:1] : 0 Non-Operational Power State Permissive Not Supported [0:0] : 0 128-bit Host Identifier Not Supported rrls : 0 cntrltype : 1 [7:2] : 0 Reserved [1:0] : 0x1 I/O Controller fguid : 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 crdt1 : 0 crdt2 : 0 crdt3 : 0 nvmsr : 0 [1:1] : 0 NVM subsystem Not part of an Enclosure [0:0] : 0 NVM subsystem Not part of an Storage Device vwci : 0 [7:7] : 0 VPD Write Cycles Remaining field is Not valid. [6:0] : 0 VPD Write Cycles Remaining mec : 0 [1:1] : 0 NVM subsystem Not contains a Management Endpoint on a PCIe port [0:0] : 0 NVM subsystem Not contains a Management Endpoint on an SMBus/I2C port oacs : 0x17 [10:10] : 0 Lockdown Command and Feature Not Supported [9:9] : 0 Get LBA Status Capability Not Supported [8:8] : 0 Doorbell Buffer Config Not Supported [7:7] : 0 Virtualization Management Not Supported [6:6] : 0 NVMe-MI Send and Receive Not Supported [5:5] : 0 Directives Not Supported [4:4] : 0x1 Device Self-test Supported [3:3] : 0 NS Management and Attachment Not Supported [2:2] : 0x1 FW Commit and Download Supported [1:1] : 0x1 Format NVM Supported [0:0] : 0x1 Security Send and Receive Supported acl : 7 aerl : 3 frmw : 0x16 [5:5] : 0 Multiple FW or Boot Update Detection Not Supported [4:4] : 0x1 Firmware Activate Without Reset Supported [3:1] : 0x3 Number of Firmware Slots [0:0] : 0 Firmware Slot 1 Read/Write lpa : 0x2f [6:6] : 0 Telemetry Log Data Area 4 Not Supported [5:5] : 0x1 LID 0x0, Scope of each command in LID 0x5, 0x12, 0x13 Supported [4:4] : 0 Persistent Event log Not Supported [3:3] : 0x1 Telemetry host/controller initiated log page Supported [2:2] : 0x1 Extended data for Get Log Page Supported [1:1] : 0x1 Command Effects Log Page Supported [0:0] : 0x1 SMART/Health Log Page per NS Supported elpe : 63 [7:0] : 63 (0's based) Error Log Page Entries (ELPE) npss : 4 [7:0] : 4 (0's based) Number of Power States Support (NPSS) avscc : 0x1 [0:0] : 0x1 Admin Vendor Specific Commands uses NVMe Format apsta : 0x1 [0:0] : 0x1 Autonomous Power State Transitions Supported wctemp : 355 [15:0] : 82°C (355 Kelvin) Warning Composite Temperature Threshold (WCTEMP) cctemp : 358 [15:0] : 85°C (358 Kelvin) Critical Composite Temperature Threshold (CCTEMP) mtfa : 0 hmpre : 0 hmmin : 0 tnvmcap : 2,000,398,934,016 [127:0] : 2,000,398,934,016 Total NVM Capacity (TNVMCAP) unvmcap : 0 [127:0] : 0 Unallocated NVM Capacity (UNVMCAP) rpmbs : 0 [31:24]: 0 Access Size [23:16]: 0 Total Size [5:3] : 0 Authentication Method [2:0] : 0 Number of RPMB Units edstt : 35 dsto : 0 fwug : 0 kas : 0 hctma : 0x1 [0:0] : 0x1 Host Controlled Thermal Management Supported mntmt : 318 [15:0] : 45°C (318 Kelvin) Minimum Thermal Management Temperature (MNTMT) mxtmt : 356 [15:0] : 83°C (356 Kelvin) Maximum Thermal Management Temperature (MXTMT) sanicap : 0x60000003 [31:30] : 0x1 Media is not additionally modified after sanitize operation completes successfully [29:29] : 0x1 No-Deallocate After Sanitize bit in Sanitize command Not Supported [2:2] : 0 Overwrite Sanitize Operation Not Supported [1:1] : 0x1 Block Erase Sanitize Operation Supported [0:0] : 0x1 Crypto Erase Sanitize Operation Supported hmminds : 0 hmmaxd : 0 nsetidmax : 0 endgidmax : 1 anatt : 0 anacap : 0 [7:7] : 0 Non-zero group ID Not Supported [6:6] : 0 Group ID does change [4:4] : 0 ANA Change state Not Supported [3:3] : 0 ANA Persistent Loss state Not Supported [2:2] : 0 ANA Inaccessible state Not Supported [1:1] : 0 ANA Non-optimized state Not Supported [0:0] : 0 ANA Optimized state Not Supported anagrpmax : 0 nanagrpid : 0 pels : 0 domainid : 0 megcap : 0 sqes : 0x66 [7:4] : 0x6 Max SQ Entry Size (64) [3:0] : 0x6 Min SQ Entry Size (64) cqes : 0x44 [7:4] : 0x4 Max CQ Entry Size (16) [3:0] : 0x4 Min CQ Entry Size (16) maxcmd : 256 nn : 1 oncs : 0x55 [8:8] : 0 Copy Not Supported [7:7] : 0 Verify Not Supported [6:6] : 0x1 Timestamp Supported [5:5] : 0 Reservations Not Supported [4:4] : 0x1 Save and Select Supported [3:3] : 0 Write Zeroes Not Supported [2:2] : 0x1 Data Set Management Supported [1:1] : 0 Write Uncorrectable Not Supported [0:0] : 0x1 Compare Supported fuses : 0 [0:0] : 0 Fused Compare and Write Not Supported fna : 0x7 [3:3] : 0 Format NVM Broadcast NSID (FFFFFFFFh) Supported [2:2] : 0x1 Crypto Erase Supported as part of Secure Erase [1:1] : 0x1 Crypto Erase Applies to All Namespace(s) [0:0] : 0x1 Format Applies to All Namespace(s) vwc : 0x7 [2:1] : 0x3 The Flush command supports NSID set to FFFFFFFFh [0:0] : 0x1 Volatile Write Cache Present awun : 1023 awupf : 0 icsvscc : 1 [0:0] : 0x1 NVM Vendor Specific Commands uses NVMe Format nwpc : 0 [2:2] : 0 Permanent Write Protect Not Supported [1:1] : 0 Write Protect Until Power Supply Not Supported [0:0] : 0 No Write Protect and Write Protect Namespace Not Supported acwu : 0 ocfs : 0 [1:1] : 0 Controller Copy Format 1h Not Supported [0:0] : 0 Controller Copy Format 0h Not Supported sgls : 0 [15:8] : 0 SGL Descriptor Threshold [1:0] : 0 Scatter-Gather Lists Not Supported mnan : 0 maxdna : 0 maxcna : 0 subnqn : nqn.1994-11.com.samsung:nvme:990PRO:M.2:S6Z2NJ0W215164J ioccsz : 0 iorcsz : 0 icdoff : 0 fcatt : 0 [0:0] : 0 Dynamic Controller Model msdbd : 0 ofcs : 0 [0:0] : 0 Disconnect command Not Supported ps 0 : mp:9.39W operational enlat:0 exlat:0 rrt:0 rrl:0 rwt:0 rwl:0 idle_power:- active_power:- active_power_workload:- ps 1 : mp:9.39W operational enlat:0 exlat:200 rrt:1 rrl:1 rwt:1 rwl:1 idle_power:- active_power:- active_power_workload:- ps 2 : mp:9.39W operational enlat:0 exlat:1000 rrt:2 rrl:2 rwt:2 rwl:2 idle_power:- active_power:- active_power_workload:- ps 3 : mp:0.0400W non-operational enlat:2000 exlat:1200 rrt:3 rrl:3 rwt:3 rwl:3 idle_power:- active_power:- active_power_workload:- ps 4 : mp:0.0050W non-operational enlat:500 exlat:9500 rrt:4 rrl:4 rwt:4 rwl:4 idle_power:- active_power:- active_power_workload:- -------------------