Against the backdrop of surging SSD prices, such an issue is particularly unpleasant. As early as November 8, gamers began reporting that the AMD Radeon Adrenalin suite was continuously writing data to storage drives while the PC was idling. According to tech publications, the excessive write volume could reach roughly 430 GB per day.
AMD confirmed the bug in Adrenalin drivers for RX 7000 series graphics cards and newer. Because of it, the software constantly accesses the SSD, leading to accelerated drive wear.
The company has prepared a fix and recommends that Radeon graphics card owners install it as soon as possible. The issue is linked to the Atieclxx.exe (AMD External Events Client Module) process, which was present in driver versions 26.10 and 26.10.1. The fix is available as part of the optional beta driver version 26.11.1.
If your PC has an NVIDIA or Intel graphics card but uses an AMD processor with integrated graphics, it is also recommended to disable the AMD External Events Utility service via services.msc.
You can download the AMD 26.11.1 beta driver via the link.