970 EVO Plus

Samsung

970 EVO Plus

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M.2 going kaput after 4 years?

samsung evo drives have a well known specific bug that causes them to go into read only mode. if you apply the fix before they go bad, you can save them. once they break, theyre done. guessing this is related. https://nascompares.com/2023/02/02/samsung-980-pro-970-evo-plus-pm9a1-and-more-reporting-f

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return_of_valensky in r/PcBuildHelp

February 18, 2026 8:14 AM

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BAD PERFORMANCE GAMING PC

It's that shitty ssd again. Samsung NEEDS to do a firmware fix on the 970 evo plus drives just like they did for the 980 pro nvme... the Very same issue exists on both drives but only the 980 pro has been given the fix...The issue is the turbowrite slc cache becomes exhausted and does Not refresh it

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Significant_Fail_984 in r/computers

February 10, 2026 2:12 PM

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OCLP on MacBook Pro 15'' mid 2014 and SSD upgrade.

Here is a megathread on Macrumors about NVMe SSD replacements: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/upgrading-2013-2015-macbook-pro-ssd-to-m-2-nvme.2034976/ I have seen issues with Samsungs, the Hackintosh side of Open Core does not recommend it without updating the firmware see here: https://dortan

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Party_Economist_6292 in r/OpenCoreLegacyPatcher

February 13, 2026 11:49 PM

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