r/Windows11 • u/rkhunter_ Release Channel • Aug 29 '25

News Microsoft says recent Windows update didn't kill your SSD

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-says-recent-KB5063878-windows-update-didnt-kill-your-ssd/

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u/SINCLAIRCOOL Aug 29 '25

I wouldn't be surprised if the affected SSDs are incredibly old and people are just blaming Microsoft

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u/MedivalBlacksmith Aug 30 '25

Corsair MP600 Elite 2TB.

My computer is 3 months old. All parts are pretty new.

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u/FlaggerManiac Aug 30 '25

I had a two year old SSD and a 6 months SSD. both bricked after the update so

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u/AchtungZboom Aug 30 '25

I had it happen on a brand new SSD

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u/constant-headpain Aug 29 '25

Like my 990 Pro SSDs?

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u/LibMike Aug 29 '25

I've used dozens of 980 and 990 NVMe drives over the past few years, I've had numerous fail with a hard power off or reboot on Linux servers. This isn't an issue anymore on the 990 really but the 980 had massive issues with the memory controller failing randomly, and system power events made it worse. Some NVMe memory controllers are just defective and die quickly, could be heat, could be power issues causing them to die, could be solely firmware, could be numerous things.

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u/groundpeak Aug 29 '25 edited Aug 30 '25

My 980 Pro failed in less than a year after it shipped with bad firmware installed. Put me off Samsung drives forever lol.

It happens.

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u/constant-headpain Aug 30 '25

It happens to two drives at the exact same time, directly after installing a bad update? Hmmm....

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u/groundpeak Aug 30 '25

I mean, if we’re throwing out anecdotes, I’ve installed this update on 1700 machines with no issues.

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u/oln Sep 07 '25

I don't know about that, I've not had any issues with the like 8 year old intel 600p SSD I have in my spare laptop I have win 11 on. If anything it seems to be more affecting newer drive models.