Adrian,

> Possible, but in that case I would have expected it to give me some form
> of message saying that it was full, rather than all manner of errors.

Reprogramming the SSD's internal controller to work with a (supposedly)
larger capacity storage is a lot simpler than modifying it so it /reports/
more, but still stops at the origional size.

Also, the error might make you think the device is faulty somehow, not
giving you much to go on (and you trying to figure out what went wrong -
giving the counterfeiters time to sell more of the same before they have to
jump ship).

By the way: The error might simply be caused by the device "wrapping around"
its storage memory and trashing its sectors at the begin of the drive.

> which was supplied by Amazon

Knowing that Amazon delivers stuff from all over the world I would consider
that a /bigger/, not a smaller chance.  Whats the chance that the origin was
not Samsung at all ?

Have you already tried to contact Samsung, providing them with the drives
model, make and number ?

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

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