Weird NVMe boot event

[GreyGeek]

A few minutes ago I booted up and was immediately presented with a warning msg, shown in the top half of the graphic below. My NVMe Composite temperature was 84C and the remaining life on the drive was substantial shortened. The drive didn't feel hot, certainly not 84C hot, so I powered down and then rebooted. Everything came back up as it normally does. The drive showed no evidence of the previous temperature spike. Strange indeed. Anyone experience this?
No doubt I will be watching it like a hawk for the foreseeable future.

[Schwarzer Kater]

Never have had something like this before.
Perhaps a faulty contact or general miscommunication of data?

I assume you do have a good backup strategy, so if it does not happen again during the next days of usage I would not be that concerned…

[GreyGeek]

It's a form factor M.2 Samsung SSD 980 1 TB. One end is slotted and the other end is screwed down. It's wrapped in blue heat conductor silicon. I doubt if there is a mechanical problem or anything related to vibration. My suspicion is on the the firmware. I've rebooted several times throughout the day and the problem hasn't re-appeared.

The BTRFS fs is on nvme0n1p1

*-nvme0
description: NVMe device
product: Samsung SSD 980 1TB
physical id: 2
logical name: /dev/nvme0
version: 1B4QFXO7
serial: S64ANXXXXXXXXXXX
configuration: nqn=nqn.1994-11.com.samsung:nvme:980M.2:S64ANJ0R954589R state=live
*-namespace:0
description: NVMe disk
physical id: 0
logical name: hwmon2
*-namespace:1
description: NVMe disk
physical id: 2
logical name: /dev/ng0n1
*-namespace:2
description: NVMe disk
physical id: 1
bus info: nvme@0:1
logical name: /dev/nvme0n1
size: 931GiB (1TB)
capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
configuration: guid=66a5de34-f6cd-6847-b1cb-96def5923537 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 wwid=eui.002538d9999994fe
*-volume
description: EFI partition
physical id: 1
bus info: nvme@0:1,1
logical name: /dev/nvme0n1p1
serial: 34f2f072-dbc0-7845-bb1c-ff836d0e0e36
capacity: 931GiB

[Schwarzer Kater]

If your suspicion is on the firmware, did you already look for a new one with e.g. sudo fwupdmgr get-updates?

[oshunluvr]

Seems like a glitch. Curious about what firmware version?

My 2 Samsung nvme drives:

- S73VNJ0TA06050V -

Capacity : 1.00 TB (1,000,204,886,016 bytes)
DevicePath : /dev/nvme1n1
DeviceStatus : Unknown
Firmware : 0B2QJXD7
FirmwareUpdateAvailable : The selected drive contains current firmware as of this tool release.
Index : 1
MaximumLBA : 1953525167
ModelNumber : Samsung SSD 990 PRO 1TB
PercentOverProvisioned : 100.00
SectorDataSize : 512
SerialNumber : S73VNJ0TA06050V

- S73VNJ0TA06033K -

Capacity : 1.00 TB (1,000,204,886,016 bytes)
DevicePath : /dev/nvme2n1
DeviceStatus : Unknown
Firmware : 0B2QJXD7
FirmwareUpdateAvailable : The selected drive contains current firmware as of this tool release.
Index : 2
MaximumLBA : 1953525167
ModelNumber : Samsung SSD 990 PRO 1TB
PercentOverProvisioned : 100.00
SectorDataSize : 512
SerialNumber : S73VNJ0TA06033K

This output came from: https://www.solidigm.com/content/sol.../ka-00085.html

[GreyGeek]

If your suspicion is on the firmware, did you already look for a new one with e.g. sudo fwupdmgr get-updates?

Never heard of that command before. Thanks for the heads up.
But, no joy.
$ sudo fwupdmgr get-updates
[sudo] password for jerry:
Devices with no available firmware updates:
• HP TrueVision HD Camera
• SSD 870 EVO 1TB
• SSD 980 1TB
• System Firmware
Devices with the latest available firmware version:
• Unifying Receiver
No updates available

[GreyGeek]

System Information

	OS Version	:	Linux : 6.1.0-13-amd64 (#1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.55-1 (2023-09-29))
	Process ID	:	2123
	Uptime	:	265 sec (0 days, 0 hours, 4 min, 25 sec)

Physical Disk Information - Disk: #0: Samsung SSD 980 1TB

Hard Disk Summary

	Hard Disk Number	:	0
	Hard Disk Device	:	/dev/nvme0
	Interface	:	NVMe
	Hard Disk Model ID	:	Samsung SSD 980 1TB
	Firmware Revision	:	1B4QFXO7
	Hard Disk Serial Number	:	S64ANJ0R954589R
	Total Size	:	953869 MB
	Current Temperature	:	29 °C (84 °F)
	Maximum Temperature (during Entire Lifespan)	:	29 °C (84 °F)
	Power On Time	:	3 days, 5 hours
	Estimated Remaining Lifetime	:	more than 1000 days
	Lifetime Writes	:	4.56 TB

	Health	:		♦	100 % (Excellent)
	Performance	:		♦	100 % (Excellent)

The status of the solid state disk is PERFECT. Problematic or weak sectors were not found. The health is determined by SSD specific S.M.A.R.T. attribute(s): Available Spare (Percent), Percentage Used No actions needed.

Properties

	NVMe Standard Version	:	1.4
	PCI Vendor ID (VID)	:	0x144D (Samsung)
	PCI Subsystem Vendor ID (SSVID)	:	0x144D (Samsung)
	IEEE OUI Identifier	:	38-25-00
	Recommended Arbitration Burst (RAB)	:	2
	Multi-Interface Capabilities	:	0
	Maximum Data Transfer Size	:	512 (9)
	Abort Command Limit	:	8
	Asynchronous Event Request Limit	:	4
	Number FW Slots Support	:	3
	Maximum Error Log Page Entries	:	64
	Total Number Of Power States	:	5
	Admin Vendor Specific CMD Format	:	1
	Submission Queue Entry Size	:	Max: 64, Min: 64
	Completion Queue Entry Size	:	Max: 16, Min: 16
	Number Of Namespaces	:	1
	Stripe Size	:	0
	Maximum Power	:	524

	NVMe Features
	Device Self-test	:	Supported
	Extended Self-test Estimated Time	:	35 minutes
	Only One Device Self-test	:	No
	Namespace Management	:	Not supported
	First Firmware Slot Read Only	:	No
	Command Effects Log Page	:	Supported
	SMART Information Per Namespace	:	Supported
	Save / Select Fields	:	Supported
	Dataset Management Command	:	Supported
	Compare Command	:	Supported
	Cryptographic Erase	:	Supported
	Format All Namespaces	:	Supported
	Volatile Write Cache Present	:	Supported
	Autonomous Power State Transitions	:	Supported
	Host Controlled Thermal Management	:	Supported
	Warning Composite Temperature Threshold	:	355 °K (82 °C)
	Critical Composite Temperature Threshold	:	358 °K (85 °C)
	Sanitize Block Erase	:	Supported
	Sanitize Crypto Erase	:	Supported
	Sanitize Status	:	Never sanitized [0]

NVMe Namespace Information

	NS 1 Total Sectors	:	1953525168
	NS 1 Sector Size	:	512 bytes
	NS 1 Active LBA Format Index	:	0
	NS 1 LBA Formats Supported	:	1
	NS 1 LBA Format List (Performance)	:	512 bytes (Best)

S.M.A.R.T.

Attribute	Threshold	Value
Critical Warning		0
Composite Temperature (Kelvin)		302
Available Spare (Percent)		100
Available Spare Threshold		10
Percentage Used		0
Data Units Read (512000 b)		4,548,010
Data Units Written (512000 b)		9,788,867
Host Read Commands		21,446,400
Host Write Commands		32,036,872
Controller Busy Time (minutes)		91
Power Cycles		1,013
Power On Hours		77
Unsafe Shutdowns		147
Media and Data Integrity Errors		0
Number of Error Information Log Entries		0
Warning Composite Temperature Time (minutes)		1
Critical Composite Temperature Time (minutes)		0
Temperature Sensor 1		302
Temperature Sensor 2		308