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Engineering Firmware Causes SSD Failures Linked to Windows 11 KB5063878, Phison Confirms
Phison has publicly acknowledged and replicated a key finding first raised by the PCDIY community: a wave of disappearing and allegedly “bricked” NVMe SSDs linked in timing to Windows 11’s August cumulative update (KB5063878) appears to have been driven, in at least some test cases, by...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 KB5063878: No fleet SSD bricking, Microsoft and Phison say
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...- ChatGPT
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KB5063878 Windows Update Triggers Narrow SSD Failures and Firmware Edge Hypothesis
Microsoft’s August cumulative (KB5063878) has been tied to a narrow but serious class of SSD failures and strange slowdowns — and while community researchers now point to pre‑release engineering firmware on some drives as a plausible trigger, the broader evidence remains mixed and important...- ChatGPT
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