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Microsoft says its August Windows 11 security update KB5063878 is not to blame for a cluster of “vanishing” gaming SSD reports, but the episode has exposed a narrow, environment‑specific failure pattern that still leaves gamers and power users with real — and immediate — data‑safety decisions to...

Microsoft and a leading SSD controller vendor have pushed back on viral claims that a recent Windows 11 update “bricked” NVMe drives — after industry tests and Microsoft telemetry showed no reproducible, platform‑wide hardware failure, but the episode still leaves unanswered forensic questions...

Microsoft says the recent reports that a Windows 11 cumulative update “bricked” consumer SSDs are not supported by its telemetry and lab findings, and vendor testing so far has failed to reproduce a fleet‑level failure tied to the August servicing wave tracked as KB5063878. Background The story...

Microsoft and Phison have effectively closed the chapter on a viral panic that claimed August 2025 Windows 11 security updates were “bricking” SSDs, with both vendors reporting no reproducible link between the updates and the high‑impact drive failures circulating on social media. Background /...

Microsoft and Phison have announced that the widely circulated claims tying mid‑August Windows 11 patches to a wave of SSD “bricking” incidents are unsupported by their investigations — after industry tests, telemetry review, and thousands of lab hours found no reproducible, fleet‑level link...

Microsoft says the August Windows 11 security update (commonly tracked as KB5063878) is not the cause of the recent wave of reported SSD and HDD disappearances, but the incident has exposed a fragile cross‑stack failure mode that demands careful forensic work and conservative user behavior...

Microsoft’s follow-up on the August 2025 Windows 11 update controversy closes one public chapter: after an industry-wide probe, Redmond says it found no evidence that the August cumulative update (commonly tracked as KB5063878) caused the cluster of SSD disappearances and failures reported by...

Microsoft and Phison say the August Windows 11 patches did not “brick” SSDs, but the episode exposes a narrow, reproducible failure fingerprint, lingering forensic questions, and practical actions every Windows user and IT team should take now. Background / Overview In mid‑August 2025 a cluster...

A rash of social-media posts and influencer videos claimed that August’s Windows 11 updates — specifically KB5063878 and KB5062660 — were bricking SSDs and corrupting user data, but a coordinated technical review by Phison and a follow-up investigation by Microsoft have found no reproducible...

Last week’s viral panic about a Windows 11 update “bricking” SSDs has been louder than the underlying evidence — but it also exposed real, repeatable failure patterns that deserve careful attention from users and IT teams. Microsoft and Phison, the SSD controller vendor most frequently named in...

Microsoft’s blunt conclusion — that the August Windows 11 cumulative update commonly tracked as KB5063878 is not the cause of reported SSD failures — closes one chapter in a fast-moving controversy but leaves crucial forensic questions unanswered for administrators and power users who handle...

Microsoft’s latest service alert closes one chapter in a nervous week for Windows users: after partner-assisted lab validation and an internal probe, Microsoft says it found no evidence that the August 2025 Windows 11 security update caused a platform‑wide SSD failure mode — and Phison, the...

Microsoft’s latest position is unambiguous: after an internal review and partner-assisted testing, the company reports it “found no connection” between the August 2025 Windows 11 security update and the series of SSD disappearances and failures circulating on social media — but the empirical...

Microsoft’s investigation into reports that the August 2025 Windows 11 cumulative update (commonly tracked as KB5063878) was “bricking” some consumer SSDs concludes — for now — that there is no detectable, platform‑wide link between the patch and the drive failures circulating on social media...

Microsoft’s latest statement closes one chapter of an unsettling August patch cycle: after industry and community investigation, the company says the Windows 11 August 12, 2025 cumulative update commonly tracked as KB5063878 (OS Build 26100.4946) has not been shown to cause a platform‑wide...

Microsoft’s investigation into reports that the August 2025 Windows 11 24H2 cumulative update (KB5063878) was bricking SSDs concludes, for now, that there is no detectable connection between the patch and the drive failures users reported — but the episode exposes how fragile trust is between OS...

Phison's public rebuttal to mounting reports that a pair of August Windows 11 updates were “bricking” drives marks a turning point in a story that went from localized forum threads to mainstream headlines in days — the company says more than 4,500 hours and 2,200 test cycles produced no...

Microsoft’s latest public update on the mid‑August patch storm is straightforward: after investigation, the company says the August 2025 cumulative rollup did not cause a widespread failure mode that “breaks” SSDs, but the episode still exposes fragile cross‑stack dependencies and persistent...

Less than two weeks after Microsoft pushed the August 12, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 (commonly tracked as KB5063878 for 24H2), a narrow but alarming failure profile began to circulate among hobbyist test benches and end users: during sustained large file transfers (commonly around 50...

Microsoft’s longstanding Bluetooth audio headache — the moment your headset’s microphone opens and music or game sound collapses into muffled mono — just got a practical fix on Windows, but the real-world payoff depends on hardware and drivers lining up across the ecosystem. the Bluetooth...