TL;DR: Windows 11 security updates KB5063878 and KB5062660 sparked reports of SSD failures, mainly involving Phison controllers. After extensive testing, Phison found no reproducible issues or ...

A new Windows 11 security update is reportedly causing some gaming SSDs to fail. That's according to new reports online, which suggest that, following the installation of the KB5063878 security update ...

SSD failures might be down to the use of pre-release Phison firmware That's the conclusion of an investigation by a PC enthusiast group in China We're told it's verified by Phison engineers, but we ...

Earlier this month, Microsoft released the August 2025 security update for Windows 10 and 11. Shortly after, a rather concerning report emerged about Windows updates breaking SSDs and corrupting data.

Correlation without causation was the caveat we applied last week to reports that the KB5063878 update for Windows 11 was nuking SSDs and HDDs. Now SSD controller maker Phison has reported back on an ...

TL;DR: Recent reports linked Windows 11 security updates KB5063878 and KB5062660 to SSD failures during large data transfers, especially on DRAM-less drives with Phison controllers. However, after ...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 security update is triggering SSD failures during heavy data transfers, according to some reports. The issue came to attention late last week when an X (formerly Twitter) ...

New Windows 11 24H2 updates released this month have caused problems for some SSD and HDD drives. This has been linked to the KB5063878 security update and the KB5062660 preview update, both of which ...

Is a Windows 11 24H2 update nuking SSDs and HDDs? That's the startling claim reported by Neowin. Specifically, it's the KB5063878 update that's said to be to blame for "storage failures that cause ...

Microsoft has responded to reports that a recent Windows 11 security update has caused gaming SSDs to fail. According to the company, a "thorough investigation" left the company in no doubt that its ...