Some AMD Radeon users are reporting an unusual graphics driver bug that causes continuous background writes to their SSDs, even when their systems are otherwise idle. The issue appears to involve AMD External Events Utility, a component of AMD’s graphics driver software, and has reportedly persisted across multiple Adrenalin releases. A recent Reddit PSA by user darklinkpower brought renewed attention to the issue, highlighting reports of the atieclxx.exe process continuously accessing the system drive. One user reportedly observed approximately 5 MB/s of sustained write activity, although other reports place the figure between 0.3 and 1.5 MB/s. AMD Has Acknowledged The […]
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