A flaw in AMD's Radeon GPUs is causing significant SSD wear on Windows systems through the AMD External Events Utility. The tool's process continuously writes data at rates between 0.3 and 5 MB/s even when the computer is idle, potentially accumulating up to 432 GB per day.
No fix is currently available, and it remains unclear which driver versions or GPU models are affected. To identify if your system is experiencing this issue, open Windows Resource Monitor and check for write activity associated with the processes atieclxx.exe and atiesrxx.exe. If you spot continuous writes from these processes, your SSD is likely being impacted by this bug.
This is a serious concern for users with older or lower-capacity SSDs, as the constant heavy write operations can drastically reduce drive lifespan. AMD has not yet provided guidance on workarounds or a timeline for a patch.