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Please update your signature as it confused everybody what motherboard you using now. Assumed you still used old motherboard in your signature today.
New Windows Update could brick your SSD
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But that's one of the computers I use, recently put into a new Fractal Pop Mini Silent. I can't fit all my computers in there. Sadly I had to get rid of some nice oldies a while back.
What do you assume if there is no signature, that the person has no PC?
The PC that I intended for Windows 11 is simply an Asrock Nova X870E with three Samsung 990 Pro NVMe drives.
So naturally hesitant to use W11 people are talking about problems and I am unclear what those problems really are due to no clear answers.
There's an official list here.
I don't keep up much with Windows stuff, but from what I'm aware of, most of the issues happened with 24H2 because Microsoft made a lot of changes "under the hood".
Anecdotally, I definitely found my 23H2 builds a lot better than 24H2, with far less niggles.
The topics I've seen mentioned on here: broken HDR, BSODs and corruption on DRAM less SSDs, non-functioning webcams, windows position/resize bugs, incompatibility with major anti-cheat software, bricking thousands of OEM motherboards due to secure boot updates and now this new SSD report which hasn't been confirmed yet.
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I had a look at Asrock Nova X870E drivers, downloaded and extracted MediaTek Wireless Lan driver version 5.6.0.4261 to read inf found the wifi 7 chipset you used could be MT7927 or MT7925. I googled found the driver is compatible with Windows 10.
MediaTek Wi-Fi 7 MT7927 / MT7925 Wireless LAN Version 5.6.0.4261
Windows 10/11
Just ignored all the motherboard manufacturers falsified nonsense claimed there are no driver available for Windows 10. Of course it will work on Windows 10 with limited functionality without used all Windows 11 exclusive Wifi 7 features.
My motherboard Asus ROG Strix Z790-E Gaming Wifi II used Intel Wifi 7 BE202 chipset but I do not have Wifi 7 router, I have old Wifi 5 router so Windows detected and installed alternative Intel Wifi 6E AX211 driver. Wifi worked fine.
I dont know what the problems really are due to no clear answers too, I read some comments that it not only affected Windows 11 but confirmed it also affected Windows 10 and Linux so it cant be either Windows Update or drivers issue, it has to be an issue with BIOS and old AGESA versions or SSD firmware.
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Anecdotally, I defintely found my 24H2 builds a lot better than 23H2.
HDR not broken, no BSODs and corruption on my Surface Pro 6 and Surface Pro 10 with soldered DRAM less SSDs, webcams worked fine, windows position/resize worked fine, incompatibility with major anti-cheat software had been resolved, none of my PC devices bricked due to secure boot updates and confirmed all SSDs in every devices worked fine with no reports of SSDs corruption, disappeared or died after Windows update KB5063878. All my devices used Intel CPUs, none of it are AMD.
On Windows 11 24H2 health/dashboard status page Microsoft asked people to report a problem with Windows updates on feedback hub app, I found only just 10 reports of SSDs issues with KB5063878 with up to 53 upvotes and few comments but there is no evidence of thousands of upvotes and comments on issues with KB5063878 update. Also found very few reports on Microsoft Q&A Windows for home section with few as 6 comments but not thousands comments complained they have same experience, the issue is very rare.
Maybe thousands posted comments on Jay video are all trolls who hated or made fun of Jay?
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Those suffering problems are going to be the ones who make the most noise. There are so many combinations of components that can go inside a PC, and on top of that there's software ( drivers, windows + patches) so it's no surprise people sometimes find niggles.
Personally I've never had an issues with Windows 11, and right now (fully updated), my SSDs are behaving impeccably
I'm probably one of the (reasonably) silent majority.
Personally I've never had an issues with Windows 11, and right now (fully updated), my SSDs are behaving impeccably
I'm probably one of the (reasonably) silent majority.
Not seen the update video. Was it the older type BIOS or his beta one that was the issue.?
I believe it was an Asrock motherboard bios he was on about. 3.17 he had. I think he was talking about the agesa code embedded in the bios that was the problem, and newer ones fixed it. I was skipping the video quite a bit cause its 30min long...
I watched the first, and think it was a beta 3.17 BIOS.He did make a thing at the start of his last video about only testing retail type products etc, what you would buy as a customer.
I would doubt that Asrock would sell their motherboard with a beta BIOS installed. I don't suppose I'll get to know, as I thought that it would have been interesting if he had tried the pervious stable BIOS, to that of the beta. IIRC he tried 3.20, the one after beta, and it was fine during testing on the last video.
At some point I'll watch his update.
Ah, think you are referring to his four days ago video, nothing new showing.
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Van foute bios tot oververhitte chips: dit zat er echt achter de ssd-crashes
De afgelopen tijd kwam er veel informatie naar buiten over het Phison-ssd-probleem. Intussen heeft Tweakers alles op een rijtje gezet.
Look like tweakers.net finally cracked the mystery source which caused SSDs failed after installed Windows update KB5063878. They stressed tested 9 SSDs with large file transfers and monitored 9 SSDs SMART data on HWInfo64 and the app alerted 1 SSD overheated to 76C then SSD failed and 2 other SSDs became overheated. Later they repeated same stress test 3 affected SSDs with extra air cooling and none of it crashed or failed.
I rewatched a scene in Jay video posted on 30 August 2025 hold his Crucial T500 SSD, it looked like the thermal pad Jay put it on is really very thin 0.5mm. I suggest all AMD users should replace thermal pads on their SSDs with 1.5mm Artic TP-3 thermal pads on both sides it found to be outperformed all competitors included Artic TP-2, Thermal Grizzy Minius Pad 8 and stock motherboards m2 heatsink thermal pads to keep temperature down to stop SSDs overheated during very heavy workloads.
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I'm not disputing the overheating, but why shouldn't owners of other CPU brands, such as Intel, not replace their thermal pads?Van foute bios tot oververhitte chips: dit zat er echt achter de ssd-crashes
De afgelopen tijd kwam er veel informatie naar buiten over het Phison-ssd-probleem. Intussen heeft Tweakers alles op een rijtje gezet.tweakers.net
Look like tweakers.net finally cracked the mystery source which caused SSDs failed after installed Windows update KB5063878. They stressed tested 9 SSDs with large file transfers and monitored 9 SSDs SMART data on HWInfo64 and the app alerted 1 SSD overheated to 76C then SSD failed and 2 other SSDs became overheated. Later they repeated same stress test 3 affected SSDs with extra air cooling and none of it crashed or failed.
I rewatched a scene in Jay video posted on 30 August 2025 hold his Crucial T500 SSD, it looked like the thermal pad Jay put it on is really very thin 0.5mm. I suggest all AMD users should replace thermal pads on their SSDs with 1.5mm Artic TP-3 thermal pads on both sides it found to be outperformed all competitors included Artic TP-2, Thermal Grizzy Minius Pad 8 and stock motherboards m2 heatsink thermal pads to keep temperature down to stop SSDs overheated during very heavy workloads.
Even though I don't hammer my SSD and my current system (PCIe 3.0 x4) means I currently can't, this does make me glad that I'm using an aftermarket heatsink on it now.
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Intel are not affected, I guessed Intel motherboards has better VRM than AMD motherboards. AMD really need to investigate why SSDs failed on AMD motherboards with PCIE 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0. I read one comment said Samsung 990 EVO Plus SSD failed on ASUS ROG Ally X while downloaded Borderlands 4, I watched ASUS ROG Ally X teardown and I now know why SSD failed. It is because the SSD did not had thermal pads installed on both sides, it was ASUS fault.
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Zorgt een Windows-update voor crashende ssd's? Onze resultaten met negen drives
Er gaan al weken berichten rond over crashende ssd's na een Windows-update. We testten negen verschillende ssd's om de oorzaak te achterhalen.
Interesting, tweakers.net confirmed 2 affected SSDs are XPG SX8200 Pro 2TB PCIE 3.0 x4 and Corsair MP600 Pro 2TB PCIE 4.0 x4, they tested wrote 59GB .mov file and same file copied multiply until SSD filled up 50% until it crashed on both Windows 11 and Linux Mint 22.1.
My niece has XPG SX8200 Pro 2TB on Intel 13700K system I build for her, SSD was installed with motherboard heatsink and thermal pads on both sides. She downloaded, installed and played Borderlands 4 last weekend with no issue so SSD did not crashed or failed.
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I somehow doubt motherboard manufacturers put their best chipset and NVMe cooling on Intel boards to such a point it's detrimental to AMD users.
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What ever the cause, my Corsair nvme on the spare system died just after I got back from the summer beak. Could just be coincidental.
Maybe it was jealous that you left it at home, and didn't take it on holiday?
