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Re: Windows 11 Update KB5063878 Causing SSD Failures

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Post by aaron695 » Thu, Aug 28, 2025, 10:48 AM UTC

mrcsharp wrote: post #6

The latest as far as I know is that Phison couldn't replicate the issue. [1] [1] https://wccftech.com/phison-dismisses-reports-of-windows-11-...

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Re: Windows 11 Update KB5063878 Causing SSD Failures

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Post by 5350-uiop-1130 » Thu, Aug 28, 2025, 10:50 AM UTC

this issue has been going for 2 months

Re: Windows 11 Update KB5063878 Causing SSD Failures

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Post by whatsupdog » Thu, Aug 28, 2025, 10:52 AM UTC

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Re: Windows 11 Update KB5063878 Causing SSD Failures

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Post by JdeBP » Thu, Aug 28, 2025, 10:53 AM UTC

This is doing the rounds on YouTube, too. But with pretty much the same information as everywhere else that tracks back to the same original sources.

* https://youtube.com/watch?v=mlY2QjP_-9s (JayzTwoCents)

* https://youtube.com/watch?v=sU_WepeHUd8 (ThioJoe)

* https://youtube.com/watch?v=7xS-CE-hy6Q (Dave's Attic)

* https://youtube.com/watch?v=zoHGSz-f6os (Pureinfotech)

Re: Windows 11 Update KB5063878 Causing SSD Failures

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Post by matja » Thu, Aug 28, 2025, 10:55 AM UTC

5350-uiop-1130 wrote: post #12

this issue has been going for 2 months

How are you defining "bricked"? The SSD device can no longer be enumerated on the PCIe/SATA bus, or it doesn't respond to ATA/NVMe commands, or it doesn't respond as expected, or it does but the data is always wrong? Does the same SSD work in another machine?

edit: The author of the comment I replied to has changed their comment to remove all details of their testing.

Re: Windows 11 Update KB5063878 Causing SSD Failures

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Post by Zr01 » Thu, Aug 28, 2025, 10:57 AM UTC

That's why I don't install updates, unless and until they've been proven not to break things. I miss the old days when software was expected to work out of the box and updates, on the rare occasions when they appeared, were actually useful.

Re: Windows 11 Update KB5063878 Causing SSD Failures

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Post by bayindirh » Thu, Aug 28, 2025, 10:57 AM UTC

lxgr wrote: post #7

"I installed a Windows update and my SSD died afterwards" doesn't seem like news, given that almost all Windows users periodically install Windows updates and SSDs sometimes fail.

Runaway processes are big problems for SSD life. A runaway file indexer, or a tool which re-writes large chunks of data can consume the TBW limit of an SSD pretty fast if it's left unchecked for long.

Re: Windows 11 Update KB5063878 Causing SSD Failures

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Post by ahartmetz » Thu, Aug 28, 2025, 11:06 AM UTC

Install "Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2021 LTSC" if you don't mind buying grey market keys. Less crapware, more mature and less enshittified than 11, and security fixes until 2032.

I don't want to endorse Windows at all (use Linux if you can!). But maybe you need it to occasionally test something or whatever.

Re: Windows 11 Update KB5063878 Causing SSD Failures

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Post by jokoon » Thu, Aug 28, 2025, 11:09 AM UTC

If it breaks a SSD, would microsoft be liable for the damage?

Re: Windows 11 Update KB5063878 Causing SSD Failures

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Post by NKCSS » Thu, Aug 28, 2025, 11:12 AM UTC

Wasn't this mostly a WD HBM issue? [1]

[1] https://www.neowin.net/news/report-microsofts-latest-windows...