Quote Originally Posted by OldChap View Post
He is an Ensign..... that is his job.

When this one eventually dies you should write to Samsung with the results of your little (maybe not so little) journey. Ask for a replacement because I promise you that a whole bunch of folks will be buying one of these drives as a result of your efforts. ...... They owe you that one replacement at least

will you repeat the test just to make sure it was not a lucky drive?

EDIT: Is there a sweepstake going on final figure?
Yes, the person who gets closest to the total bytes written receives a dead 830!