Fixing I/O timeout crashes on WD Black SN850 2TB SSD
Every time I hit 'Start Game', the screen would just lock up and dump me back to the desktop without any warning. It was incredibly frustrating. Event Viewer pointed to storage controller timeouts, and I noticed the SN850 had weird 15-22ms latency spikes during 4K random reads. I wasted hours disabling startup items and reinstalling the game, but the crashes kept happening—just a total shot in the dark. I finally grabbed the WD Dashboard tool and flashed the latest firmware, then went into the BIOS to force the PCIe slot to Gen4 instead of 'Auto'. Running OCCT storage stres
