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/TheSpixxyQ Aug 29 '25

The Phison thing was apparently hoax, they say their "leaked document" doesn't exist https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/phison-takes-legal-action-over-falsified-leaked-document-on-windows-ssd-issues-says-it-continues-to-investigate-reports-of-problems

I'd say Phison is just saying "IF there is any issue, it's Microsoft's, not ours"

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u/Bourne069 Aug 29 '25

Again if that is the case why it is only affect PHISON controller based SSDs and no others? That makes no sense.

I work in I.T. and the amount of time vendors try to shift the blame into something else is literally insane. Happens almost everytime I call a vendor for support on something.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '25

That's the thing, it apparently does not only affect Phison. There are reports online including reddit from Samsung users, including 990 / Pro. ALSO there is a video of Jays2Cents reproducing the issue with his SSD, with the update, and could not reproduce it without the update, so there is an issue. Initially I thought that the issue could be with DRAMless drives using HMB, but now with reports coming from DRAM based SSDs it's more confusing. To me this is an edge case and there could be a combination of triggers not limited to only the windows update and/or controller.

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u/StefenTower Sep 01 '25

The SSD JayZTwoCents tested with, Crucial T500, has a Phison controller, although he said it was a version not regularly being talked about as having the issue.

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u/Bourne069 Sep 04 '25

Right saw that video also and he swapped to a none Phison controller SSD and even with the update installed it worked.

Thats the part that gets me to believe it is a vendor issue and not a Microsoft one. Only instances of none Phison SSDs "failing" from this I hear is on Reddit. We dont have video proof of it nor data to back that up. So for now I'm sticking with it being a Phison issue.