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NVMe Drive Internal Cache Test Failure Information

Group 7802

Device NVMe Drives

This group is for NVMe solid state drives. An NVMe (sometimes NVM Express) drive is a data storage device that uses solid state memory to fulfil the role that a hard disk drive (HDD) would traditionally provide in a system. NVMe drives use direct connection to the system PCI Express bus to achieve higher data transfer speeds than other solid state drives (SSD) that connect via SATA.

NVMe drives are distinguished from traditional magnetic disks, HDDs, which are electromechanical devices containing spinning disks and movable read-write heads. By contrast, NVMe drives retain data in flash memory chips and so contain no moving parts. Compared to HDDs, NVMe drives are typically less susceptible to physical shock, are silent, have lower access time and latency, but lower capacity.

Lower capacities mean NVMe drives are often fitted alongside a regular HDD to provide a boot volume for rapid OS start times.

Note: Pre-boot NVMe drive tests require system BIOS support.

Test number 403

Test Name Internal Cache

Tests the NVMe drive internal cache or buffer memory.

ERRORCODES & TROUBLESHOOTING

Device_ID VALUE unknown (Exceeds array depth). CODE="0x00/3FF"
TROUBLESHOOTING4: A program error, such as a memory allocation failure. The test was inconclusive. Check for BIOS updates. 

Device is too small to test. CODE="0x01/3FF"
TROUBLESHOOTING0: The drive appears to be faulty. 

Device read failed. CODE="0x02/3FF"
TROUBLESHOOTING0: The drive appears to be faulty. 

Pass through identify device failed. CODE="0x03/3FF"
TROUBLESHOOTING0: The drive appears to be faulty. 

Device does not support power features. CODE="0x04/3FF"
TROUBLESHOOTING3: The drive does not appear to support this kind of test. Check to see if power feature has been disabled in the BIOS. 

Standby immediate test failed. CODE="0x05/3FF"
TROUBLESHOOTING0: The drive appears to be faulty. 

Device write failed. CODE="0x06/3FF"
TROUBLESHOOTING0: The drive appears to be faulty. 

Read written data mismatch. CODE="0x07/3FF"
TROUBLESHOOTING0: The drive appears to be faulty. 

S.M.A.R.T. Health data is unavailable. CODE="0x08/3FF"
TROUBLESHOOTING2: The drive does not appear to support this kind of test. Check to see if health (S.M.A.R.T.) feature has been disabled in the BIOS.

S.M.A.R.T. Health check failed with critical warnings. CODE="0x09/3FF"
TROUBLESHOOTING1: Health (S.M.A.R.T.) testing has failed. A fault or imminent fault is detected with the drive. 

S.M.A.R.T. estimated life outside of tolerance. CODE="0x0A/080"
TROUBLESHOOTING1: Health (S.M.A.R.T.) testing has failed. A fault or imminent fault is detected with the drive. 

S.M.A.R.T. data integrity errors outside of tolerance. CODE="0x0B/080"
TROUBLESHOOTING1: Health (S.M.A.R.T.) testing has failed. A fault or imminent fault is detected with the drive. 

S.M.A.R.T. NVMe reliability failure detected. CODE="0x0C/3FF"
TROUBLESHOOTING1: Health (S.M.A.R.T.) testing has failed. A fault or imminent fault is detected with the drive. 

S.M.A.R.T. volatile memory failure detected. CODE="0x0D/3FF"
TROUBLESHOOTING1: Health (S.M.A.R.T.) testing has failed. A fault or imminent fault is detected with the drive. 

S.M.A.R.T. drive capacity failure detected. CODE="0x0E/080"
TROUBLESHOOTING1: Health (S.M.A.R.T.) testing has failed. A fault or imminent fault is detected with the drive. 

S.M.A.R.T. temperature failure detected. CODE="0x0F/3FF"
TROUBLESHOOTING1: Health (S.M.A.R.T.) testing has failed. A fault or imminent fault is detected with the drive. 

S.M.A.R.T. drive read only state detected. CODE="0x10/3FF"
TROUBLESHOOTING1: Health (S.M.A.R.T.) testing has failed. A fault or imminent fault is detected with the drive. 

Internal error, undersized buffer. CODE="0x11/3FF"

TROUBLESHOOTING4: A program error, such as a memory allocation failure. The test was inconclusive. Check for BIOS updates.