GoKawiilAMD confirms Radeon driver bug causes constant SSD writes, degrading drive health
AMD has acknowledged a bug in its External Events Utility, bundled with Radeon GPU drivers, that continuously writes data to system SSDs even when the PC is idle. Users on Reddit and AMD's community forums reported sustained writes of roughly 5MB/s at idle, with one owner claiming their SSD health dropped about 1% monthly over 16 months. AMD representatives confirmed the issue is being investigated, with one saying a fix is expected in an upcoming driver release.