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Windows 11’s Latest Security Update (KB5063878) Is Reportedly Causing Several SSD Failures When Writing a Large Number of Files at Once

From GOTA(Twitter) Landmine Pattern 1: DRAM-less NVMe relying on HMBIn 24H2, the HMB allocation jumped from 64 MB to 200 MB → DMA fault → Controller went silent → OS detected "Surprise Removal" and SMART could no longer be read. 2. Old Phison FWThe E12 generation is prone to timeouts when rewriting

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Pictus_Invictus in r/Windows11

August 19, 2025 7:01 PM

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Guarda con el nuevo update de Windows 11 (KB5063878 / KB5062660), hasta el momento está afectando los siguientes modelos de SSD:

Che pero abajo hay otra lista con mas discos aun: Here are the SSD that were found to be affected by the issue: WD Blue SN5000 2TB NVMe (restarted to recover) WD Red SA500 2TB SATA (restarted to recover) WD Blue SA570 1TB SATA M.2 (restarted to recover) WD Blue SA510 2TB SATA (inaccessible, not rest

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Head_Percentage_546 in r/ArgenGaming

August 22, 2025 9:53 AM

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Microsoft: August Windows updates cause severe streaming issues

There's a table at the end of this article with brands that were tested. https://www.neowin.net/news/report-microsofts-latest-windows-11-24h2-update-breaks-ssdshdds-may-corrupt-your-data/ NG Lv. 2 is the one you really don't want to have (drive broken) and it looks like that hits the WD Blue SA510.

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Pretend-Marsupial258 in r/technology

August 22, 2025 9:30 PM

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Budget SSD választás home-made NAS-hoz?

Saját tapasztalat: 2,5 éve vettem 2 db 1TB-s WD Blue SA510-et. Akciós volt. Nem, nem az emagon, hanem az Aqua-ban :) Az egyik 1 év múlva bedöglött, gariban kicserélték. Azóta megy napi szinten. A másikkal semmi gond nem volt. Mennek rendesen, a HD Sentinel szerint mind a kettő 100% állapotú.1 dolog

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ImpressionOk24 in r/askhungary

October 16, 2025 2:28 PM

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About Windows 11 issue

Some affected drives: Corsair Force MP600 SSD with Phison PS5012-E12 controller KIOXIA EXCERIA PLUS G4 Fikwot FN955 SSD with InnoGrit controller Maxio SSD KIOXIA M.2 SSD SanDisk Extreme PRO M.2 NVMe 3 D SSD WD Blue SN5000 2TB NVMe (restarted to recover) WD Red SA500 2TB SATA (restarted to recover) W

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kardall in r/PcBuildHelp

August 23, 2025 11:03 PM

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Bagaimana beli SSD NVMe di toko online biar gak nyesel?

merk ternama belum tentu berkualitas. bisa liat kasus wd sa510 sata, samsung 870 evo sata, adata s70 nvme. yg penting hindari tipe2 tertentu yg banyak issuenya. https://forums.sandisk.com/t/wd-blue-sa510-fails-completely-after-just-four-months/401352 https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/samsun

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derangedlunaticc in r/indotech

July 18, 2026 6:28 AM

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BSOD due to SSD driver?

So I have had a similar issue and research + experience may apply here... My org bought a bunch of WD Blue SA510 SATA SSD, there is an OEM firmware issue where the drives brick randomly... We installed them in many laptops and some failed overnight, some failed 3 months later, some failed 3 years la

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MrPresident7777 in r/techsupport

November 25, 2025 3:23 PM

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WD SN510 can't update firmware

i am on 420000RL. the sandisk support web article says 52020100 fixes an issue with drive not being recognized, released in 2022, and 52046100, fixing the fatal read only state issue. released in 2023. WD dashboard cannot be installed as it's discontinued, and i've tried sandisk. it gets detected bu

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egguw in r/techsupport

December 30, 2025 8:55 AM

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Report: Microsoft's latest Windows 11 24H2 update breaks SSDs/HDDs, may corrupt your data

It isn't just a pattern of WD product failures, though those are widely reported. It's also a pattern of misleading advertising, terrible customer support, and excessive delays publishing updates/fixes to problems. Here's what others have to say about WD products, judge for yourself. Western Digital

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dnhs47 in r/technology

August 19, 2025 4:41 PM

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