New Report Blames Phison's Pre-Release Firmware for SSD Failures – Not Microsoft
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A new report blames Phison's pre-release firmware for SSD failures, contradicting initial claims that Microsoft's Windows update was to blame.
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* "Potential SSD Detection Bug in Windows 11 24H2 Following Update KB5063878 (August 12, 2025)": https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5536733/... (learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5536733/potential-ssd-detection-bug-in-windows-11-24h2-fol)
* whmxtra, "It goes even deeper": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbFIUu_7LIc&lc=UgxOFAkpMCaks... (www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbFIUu_7LIc&lc=UgxOFAkpMCaks_ANsv14AaABAg&pp=0gcJCSMANpG00pGi)
* whmxtra, "And a new problem": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbFIUu_7LIc&lc=Ugwg2WrjpvM2e... (www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbFIUu_7LIc&lc=Ugwg2WrjpvM2epZ1Rn54AaABAg)
* whmxtra, "And another update. Just did a quick check in linux": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbFIUu_7LIc&lc=Ugy6GoefcNaic... (www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbFIUu_7LIc&lc=Ugy6GoefcNaic_iR4TB4AaABAg)
* whmxtra, "And mystery partly solved": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbFIUu_7LIc&lc=UgyXcnwyWqy9M... (www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbFIUu_7LIc&lc=UgyXcnwyWqy9MMVFfIN4AaABAg)
* whmxtra, "Ok another update (and possible solution). I called up 20 of my local customers and asked if I could swing by and test their systems to see if they had issues. Out of those 20 PC's half of them had the space missing issue.": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbFIUu_7LIc&lc=Ugy2W5D-KDtpN... (www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbFIUu_7LIc&lc=Ugy2W5D-KDtpNk-BE3R4AaABAg)