https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/amd-radeon-ssd-write-bug-gets-a-fix-from-necanditool-whose-open-source-tool-stops-atieclxx-exe-copying-itself-every-secoContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/amd-radeon-ssd-write-bug-gets-a-fix-from-necanditool-whose-open-source-tool-stops-atieclxx-exe-copying-itself-every-secohttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/amd-radeon-ssd-write-bug-gets-a-fix-from-necanditool-whose-open-source-tool-stops-atieclxx-exe-copying-itself-every-seco#u201918Sun, 15 Nov 2026 06:58:00 +0000An AMD Radeon GPU driver bug causes the atieclxx.exe process to copy itself every second, generating continuous write traffic that degrades SSD health. AMD has acknowledged the issue and promised a fix. In the meantime, an open-source utility named necanditool stops the runaway process, serving as a stopgap for affected users. One Radeon owner reported the External Events Utility consumed roughly 1% of SSD health per month for over a year. The bug mirrors an older AMD chipset driver issue that similarly wore down SSDs.Why it mattersThe defect resurrects a known AMD Windows chipset driver probl