labtech wrote:
"End of life" status indicates the flash is worn out. Updating the firmware and clearing SMART values will not change the real condition of the media. It will fail again sooner than later.
Not safe to put data on it.
Best for experimentation.
Right, but erasing/resetting the SMART is part of my experimentation. I did the firmware upgrade about six months ago and the drive is used in a beater notebook, nothing important ever goes on it.
The trick seems to be doing the destructive firmware update, rather than the non-destructive. But I can't find the destructive one, it seems OCZ was sold (to Toshiba) and the website reorganized and a lot of the stuff that was previously available is now gone.
Oh well...