The new version of Windows 11 (24H2), released by Microsoft in October, led to unexpected problems for owners of some Western Digital SSD models. In particular, we are talking about solid-state drives WD Black SN770 and WD Blue SN580, which do not have their own DRAM cache and use Host Memory Buffer (HMB) technology. This technology allows devices to use system RAM as cache. By default, this reservation is 64 MB, but in the 24H2 update, Windows began to reserve up to 200 MB of memory, which led to cyclic errors.
Affected users took to forums to complain about crashes after installing the update. It turns out that rolling back to the previous version of the system (23H2) solves the problem. The issue affects DRAMless SSDs that rely on the HMB to cache I/O operations. Experts note that while it is possible to temporarily solve the problem by limiting the HMB cache to 64 MB through the registry, this solution negatively affects performance. This approach allows you to return the system to a relatively stable state, but reduces the SSD’s efficiency during intensive file operations.
The case raises questions about the quality of Microsoft’s update testing. Some experts point out that with the replacement of traditional testing with the Windows Insider program, users unknowingly became beta testers for new versions of the system, which sometimes leads to the appearance of critical errors immediately after release.
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Source: VG Times
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