how to fix ssd problem

Question

The SSD where I have Windows installed constantly exhibits strange behavior: sometimes it works normally, but at other times usage hits 100% and the average response time increases significantly.
I recently tried reinstaling windows, installing it in a different SSD and changed my motherboard and Power Suply. None of those fixed the problem.

Answer 1

The Failing flag is alarming, but it is odd that there is no flagged smart item. Per some research -

Common reasons for a "failing" status despite high life remaining include:

Increasing numbers of bad blocks.

Uncorrectable read/write errors.

Controller or firmware issues.

Problems with the SATA/NVMe interface.

A SMART attribute exceeding its warning threshold.

It is suggested you see if there is a manufacturers utility to check the drive. You might also check it with CrystalDiskInfo.

https://crystalmark.info/en/

Answer 2

In what activity do you you see "average response time increase significantly if no programs are accessing the drive?"

If you're seeing this with a different SSD also, it doesn't seem like the problem is the disk itself. It's frankly puzzling.

FWIW I like the free Clear Disk Info for checking on SSD hardware integrity. Available here -

https://www.carifred.com/

Answer 3

This indicates high disk utilization at times. To identify the cause (i.e. what program or process is involved) I suggest you monitor disk activity in Task Manager (click to select Disk on the Process tab). You can also check this in Resource Monitor.