Following information about SSD-drives Samsung 850 EVO with a new flash memory manufactured by finer process technology and potentially have fewer resources, fans and customers of the brand will have to endure one more unpleasant news: the Chinese online shopping site begins flow of counterfeit SSD Samsung 850 EVO.
The first report of a counterfeit Samsung 850 EVO was dated 13th April, is now such reports began to appear on various resources. The main stream of complaints accounted for copies arriving from Aliexpress marketplace.
As a hardware base for the fakes
* Controller Silicon Motion SM2246EN paired with 20-nm MLC NAND Micron - recognized as type «N ****» firmware versions (for example, «N1126K», «N114B»);
* Controller Silicon Motion SM2256K and 16-nm TLC NAND SK Hynix - is recognized by the firmware version «O ****» (for example, «O0730A», «O0803B5», «O12178A»).
counterfeiting also combines a long serial number (a lot more than the original SSD Samsung) and too many SMART parameters .