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Windows 24H2 + WD = blue screens

Windows 11 occasionally freezes up for several seconds then crashes on the login screen after starting up, usually with “Critical Process Has Died” though I’ve also noticed “Kernel Data Inpage Error” sometimes. If it doesn’t crash right away then it’s usually fine afterwards, though I’ll still occasionally get crashes after a while. No dump file is created, but event viewer almost always shows a “The driver detected a controller error on” error right at the time it freezes.

The issue started after doing a fresh install from 23H2 to 24H2, and I had also updated from BIOS 1802 right before doing so. It happened both before and after updating the SSD to the latest firmware. Leaving all the other drivers on whatever Windows Update chooses to install or manually updating them from the manufacturer’s website seems to have no effect.

Motherboard: Asus Prime B760M-A AX (BIOS 1666)
CPU: Intel i5-13500
GPU: Asus Dual 4060ti 16GB
RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR5 32GB
Storage: WD_Black SN770 2TB (Firmware 731120WD)

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