Users of Western Digital’s HMB-equipped SSD lineups have been facing a BSOD issue (or Blue Screen of Death) following the Windows 11 24H2 update. The affected users are advised to update their SSD firmware, however, with the risk of complete data loss.

Read more about what caused the issue and how to resolve it below.

Windows 11 24H2 BSOD Fix Released by Western Digital

On the Western Digital community forum, users have been posting their worries and concerns following the Window 11 24H2 update and the company has now released the fix for the BSOD issue. As per identified by the company, the problem was due to a misconfigured host memory buffer (HMB) allocation, and this was easily able to be solved with just a minor registry edit.

WD_BLACK SN770 NVMe SSD 2TB, WD_BLACK SN770M NVMe SSD 2TB, WD Blue SN580 NVMe SSD 2TB, WD Blue SN5000 NVMe SSD 2TB, and SanDisk Extreme M.2 NVMe SSD 2TB are the affected NVMe models. As mentioned, Western Digital has advised all the users of the mentioned NVMes to update the SSD firmware version, and if not done, users may not be able to receive the latest versions of Windows 11. Also, in order to overcome the chance of data loss, users may copy their files to another drive.

Regarding the update process, install the Western Digital dashboard on affected devices and then open it and navigate to ‘Tools’ where one can find the firmware update. Click on ‘Update Firmware’. After the update, users will have to restart their devices to complete the process. Once rebooted, the device will have the updated SSD firmware.

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Western Digital has announced the Pokemon Switch micro SD card range today during Gamescom. These Pokemon-branded chips include Pikachu, Gengar, and Snorlax. The electric Pokemon Pikachu SD card comes in yellow colour in 256GB storage, Gengar comes in 512GB, and Snorlax in 1TB. These microSD cards are specifically built for the Nintendo Switch and ensure uninterrupted gameplay with their custom Flash Management Techniques and up to 90MB/s read speeds. All these microSD cards come with the Nintendo branding which means there won’t be any compatibility issue with this in console.

Susan Park, Vice President of Consumer Products and Strategic Partnerships at Western Digital says, “We’re excited to bring new and unique memory cards to the Pokémon community through our continued partnership with Nintendo. Together we are helping fans get the most out of their gaming experience.”

As far as pricing is concerned, its 256GB Pikachu card is available at $32.99, Gengar and Snorlax costing $54.99 and $129.99. These microSD cards are already available for purchase on Western Digital’s website and other selected retailers like Amazon. The pricing of the microSD cards is quite expensive though still, it should come down during the sale.

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If we talk about memory cards, the user always prefers the one that offers more space and is available in a portable form factor. Western Digital, owner of SanDisk brand has considered this preference of the consumers and has introduced two new SD cards.

Western Digital has unveiled the world’s first SanDisk 4TB microSDUC UHS-I card and the world’s first SanDisk 8TB SDUC UHS-I card at the FMS (Future of Memory and Storage) 2024 Conference.

These latest SD cards are said to reach a maximum speed of 100MB/s and are claimed to be ideal for smartphones, gaming, devices, drones, cameras, and laptops. With an 8TB SDUC UHS-I card, users will be able to shoot approx. 1,65,000 raw files at 24MP while with 4TB micro SDHC UHS-I in a Nintendo Switch, users will be able to store a library of more than 660 games with a 12GB file size.

Both the cards use the SDUC standard, which is said to be capable of up to 128TB storage capacity. The pricing and availability details are yet not revealed by the company.

Other than these two cards, the company also announced the first ever 16TB version of its SanDisk Desk Drive, which for now is in the proof-of-concept stage but might launch soon in the markets.

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