Windows 24H2 + WD = blue screens

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I’m not sure what problem you are talking about. Let’s get it clear.

  1. BSOD with error “critical process died” is related to HMB. Disabling HMB or set maximum HMB to 64MB solve the problem.

  2. Event viewer error “The driver detected a controller error on \Device\RaidPort0”. I’m not sure what is the cause. But it seems WD support saying it is not affect performance (source). And it seems WD has released a firmware update to SN850X model. (source)

  3. Event viewer error from volmgr. I saw this error on the machine with 23H2 + SN770, on which the HMB size is 64MB and drives performs no problem. No system freeze and no BSOD. So I guess this is a separate issue. However, on 24H2 + SN770, after disabling HMB, this error is gone.