Please follow below steps to format your new PSSD: 

1. Connect PNY PSSD to PC
2. Open Disk Management tool.
3. Right-click on the PNY PSSD partition
4. Select format type
5. Select File System
6. Allocation Unit Size.
7. Select "Quick Format"

NVIDIA has detected and resolved this issue, an update to the NVIDIA GPU firmware may be required. Without the update, graphics cards in certain motherboards that are in UEFI mode could experience black screens on boot until the OS loads. This update should only be applied if black screens are occurring on boot.

 

Please download NVIDIA GPU UEFI Firmware Update Tool and follow the instruction from below link,

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5411/

Before using the VelocityX app to control the lighting effects, please make sure your graphics card is compatible with the VelocityX app.

Please reference the support matrix as follows

https://www.pny.com.tw/en/download/VelocityX-Support-Martix

It is a measure of how much of the drive's projected lifetime has been used at any point in time. When the SSD is brand new, Attribute in SMART info Summary will show when its specified lifetime has been reached, it will show “0,” reporting that 100 percent of the lifetime has been used.

 

However, it's important to realize what it means to reach 100 percent of projected lifetime – it does not mean that the drive is going to fail when that counter rolls over to 101 percent, only that your SSD may need to be replaced soon.

 

The lifetime of a NAND-flash device is defined by another characteristic: data retention. Data retention is the amount of time that the device can safely store and allow successful retrieval of user data in an unpowered state. When an SSD or other NAND-flash device is brand new, its unpowered data retention will be several years. The endurance over the threshold will not cause all the data to disappear immediately but it will raise the risk of not able to retrieve the data after continuous use.

 

No, PNY SSDs operate with standard drivers making it easy to plug into and work on most major operating systems, such as Windows and Mac OS.

The most major of which are capacity and speed. You may could refer the  specification by SD Association (www.sdcard.org)

You could download the repair tools from support page of PNY Asia website. Try to format it on your computer and follow the below steps.

1. Download and extract the compressed zip file
2. Plug USB drive into any USB port
3. Run the UFIX tools
4. Click Format or Start bottom when it detected the USB drive
5. It will show Complete or OK when done
6. Unplug the USB drive

Note: The tool will format and delete ALL data of the flash drive. PNY is NOT liable for data loss in connection with the product, regardless of the cause.

You could download the online UFIX tools from PNY support page to re-initialize your USB product. But those way will be delete all data of the USB. PNY is NOT liable for data loss in connection with the product, regardless of the cause. PNY is NOT liable for any data loss of USB flash Drives.
 

In Asia region, our SSD series products are all belong to consumer specification, including SATA SSD and PCIe SSDs. 


 

If the USB 3.0 is connected to the devices via the USB 2.0 port, the USB speed only USB 2.0 standard.