Microsoft fixes Windows 10 BSOD crashes caused by NVMe SSDs

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Microsoft removes update block for Windows 10 NVMe SSD devices

Microsoft has removed a safeguard hold blocking Windows 10 updates on systems affected by a known issue causing blue screen of death (BSOD) crashes when users plugged in a Thunderbolt NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) Solid State Drive (SSD).
 
Impacted devices also display a "DRIVER_VERIFIER_DMA_VIOLATION (e6). An illegal DMA operation was attempted by a driver being verified." stop errors.
 
The known issue affects Windows 10 devices with at least one Thunderbolt port and any currently available version of the driver file stornvme.sys.
 
After discovering the BSOD issue, Microsoft added a compatibility hold to prevent impacted devices from being offered Windows 10, version 2004 or Windows 10, version 20H2 upgrades.

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