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I’d also like to point out that those Kingston A400’s are notoriously terrible and had a firmware bug that caused the behaviour you describe if you don’t update it before it happens.

I purchased 10 genuine new from a verified vendor and 6 had to be RMA’d within the first year.

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agreed, I don't think the drive is fake, they're just that bad. Only SSD I've ever had fail spontaneously on me (the one other SSD failiure was my fault for accidentally unplugging it during a firmware update).

> _ actually a failed or RMAd genuine 128GB Kingston SSD who got its firmware modified by a third party_

Yep, I have one of these too and the speeds on it are unbearable. It's one of the cheapest "brand name" SSDs you can get for a reason.

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