Having read a proper report on this earlier today, that headline is infuriating.
From the concept of a "gaming SSD" to the implication that the drives are being physically damaged... Maybe there's a reason why written gaming media died, you guys.
I just came here to see if anyone could explain what a gaming SSD was lmao
It's an ordinary SSD but they added a zero to the price.
And RGB LEDs, gotta remember those!
It's because they earn money from linking to affiliate websites so they need to make it big and scary
Journalism at its finest...
Yeah, from what it appears to say is, update can caused corrupted data.
Which sucks, but it isn't breaking anything physically
It seems like it can make some drives disappear from the system under heavy use and under some cases make SMART misbehave.
It's pretty bad, but so far direct reports are apparently only coming from Japan, so it may be a regional thing. Definitely a wait and see scenario.
Link to proper report would be cool
It would, but I saw a link here like a day ago on a site I'm not familiar with, clicked through it once on a different computer than I'm on now, read it and moved on with my day, so finding it again may be as hard for either of us, I'm sorry to say.
You can't accidentally install corrupted updates if you don't have Windows on your computer in the first place ๐
I hate the way the phrase this whatever is used in headlines. Windows can forget your SSD exists & possible data loss can occur if you install KB5063878.
It's a good thing the users have control over which updates happen when!
Good thing moved to KDE last year then!
Release date: 8/12/2025
At least they've got a few months to sort it out before it goes live.
Is that a week ago or in December? ISO8601 is your friend
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