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Another day, another huge Windows 11 24H2 update bug, this time triggering the dreaded Blue Screen of Death
- The Windows 11 24H2 update is causing bugs with Western Digital SN770 and SN580 SSDs, leading to crashes and the dreaded blue screen of death.
- These SSDs are DTAM-less, meaning they lack Dynamic Random Access Memory and instead rely on an NVMe feature called Host Memory Buffer (HMB) in which metadata is stored in PC main memory.
- Normally these SSDs ask the PC to allocate 64MB of HMB to store temp info, but with the update, they are asking for up to 200MB and causing the BSOD.
- Users on Western Digital's community forum have reported the issue since September 2021, and there is a potential workaround even though no official communication has been made by Microsoft or Western Digital.
- DRAM-less SSDs are typically affordable and consume less power, making them suited to laptops and mobile phones. Their performance, however, takes a hit since accessing data via HMB causes latency and more issues due to improperly managed HMB.
- It is not yet clear how many users are affected as Microsoft and Western Digital are undoubtedly working on patches and firmware updates.
- No major OS updates are without issues. In April 2021, Microsoft's KB5001330 update for Windows 10 caused similar bugs, including BSOD.
- Windows 11 24H2 update bugs are not as severe as Windows 10's April 2021 update, but more bugs may come with new Windows 11 versions.
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