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AMD confirms bug causing excessive SSD wear

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If you’ve noticed your SSD filling up or experiencing heavy background activity lately, an ongoing bug in AMD’s software might be to blame. The fault lies within AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition. It has been reported by several users, according to Tom’s Hardware . The underlying cause appears to be the AMD External Events Utility service, which, on some computers, continuously writes data to the system drive. Users have reported write speeds of between 0.3 and 5 MB/s. In the worst reported case, this equates to over 400 GB per day. One user states that the storage device’s reported health…

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    AMD confirms bug causing excessive SSD wear

    If you’ve noticed your SSD filling up or experiencing heavy background activity lately, an ongoing bug in AMD’s software might be to blame. The fault lies within AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition. It has been reported by several users, according to Tom’s Hardware . The...

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