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Dashboard Changelog

What's new in Dashboard 4.1.2.4

Dec 16, 2023
  • Removed animations from the Overview screen which were causing high CPU usage.
  • Adjusted serial number reported by Dashboard for external drives to reflect the product serial number printed on the case, not the serial number of the internal storagecomponent.
  • Adjusted Dashboard to show non-Western Digital drives if detected, but most functionality will not be available.
  • Changed default images on unrecognized devices to differentiate brands and storage technology.
  • Added support for the Overview screen to adjust automatically when drive Capacity or Volume changes.
  • Improved capacity reporting for unformatted devices to make it more clear.
  • Fixed issue which could cause Start with Windows task to fail to start Dashboard with certain user names.
  • Fixed issue which was causing reset to default game folders for Gaming Mode 2.0 monitoring to apply to all devices instead of only the selected device.
  • Improved Gaming Mode 2.0 game launch detection when configured for the parent folder.
  • Fixed issue which could cause multiple Dashboard windows to open when manually starting the application shortly after it was automatically started on Windows boot.
  • Fixed performance chart not working properly on a newly created volume.
  • Added support for RGB control in WD_BLACK SN850 for PS5.
  • Added support for SanDisk PRO-G40.
  • Reduced ad caching time from 3 days to 2 days

New in Dashboard 4.0.2.20 (Nov 24, 2023)

  • Known Issues:
  • Gaming Mode 2.0 auto-detection for game launches is sometimes failing to detect games from the default parent “Epic Games” folder. If you experience this issue, please add a folder that directly points to your game (e.g. add folder “C:Program FilesEpic GamesFortnite” instead of “C:Program FilesEpic Games”).
  • Application:
  • Fixed issue causing drives not to be detected when some Windows registry entries were invalid.

New in Dashboard 4.0.2.19 (Aug 1, 2023)

  • Known Issues:
  • Gaming Mode 2.0 auto-detection for game launches is sometimes failing to detect
  • games from the default parent “Epic Games” folder. If you experience this issue, please
  • add a folder that directly points to your game (e.g. add folder “C:Program FilesEpic
  • GamesFortnite” instead of “C:Program FilesEpic Games”).
  • Application:
  • New and improved graphical design and user experience to modernize the application
  • and leave room for future growth.
  • Added support for Western Digital CFExpress products through supported Western
  • Digital CFExpress USB-C readers, such as the SanDisk SDDR-F451 and SanDisk Pro
  • Reader, and Thunderbolt readers.
  • Added support for detection and display of unrecognized devices on the My Devices
  • page.
  • Disabled GPU rasterization by default, as this was causing problems for users. If you
  • want to re-enable GPU rasterization, pass the new command line argument “-enable-
  • gpu-support”.
  • Improved no-code configuration capability for the application and improved the default
  • configurations shipped with the release to better support offline users.
  • Restructured the application to allow for finer grain partial loading of features, which
  • should prevent cases where some unsupported features would cause an entire device to
  • not be detected.
  • Added a notification tab to the Overview page to streamline how various Dashboard
  • notifications can appear, including firmware updates, application updates, and other
  • offers.
  • Simplified drive erase options to a generic erase and updated the embedded toolkit to
  • support a generic erase. Most erases should continue to be done outside of the
  • Windows environment in the embedded toolkit.
  • Added the capability to open a given drive’s primary partition in Windows Explorer from
  • the Overview page.
  • Added an indication for DirectStorage compatible devices.
  • Fixed a bug which could display data from a previous drive when switching to a new
  • drive that failed some commands.
  • Removed the ATA Controller table as it was outdated and no longer valuable to users.
  • Installer (5.3.2.4):
  • Minor adjustments to user experience and structure changes to support Dashboard 4.0
  • release.

New in Dashboard 3.8.2.10 (Feb 2, 2023)

  • Removed excess debugging features from release build.

New in Dashboard 3.7.2.5 (Jul 4, 2022)

  • Application:
  • Fixed rare crash on startup caused by Windows returning invalid strings from boot drive
  • inquiry
  • Force all erase options through the Linux embedded toolkit, which provides a more
  • stable and feature-complete environment for drive erasure
  • Enable Format on supported devices when the security state is Frozen
  • Resolved an issue which caused a long load time after running Sanitize on some devices
  • Resolved detection issues for P40 devices, and improved Dashboard's performance
  • when they're attached to USB ports of older standards
  • Resolved an issue for P50 devices which could cause stale data or an invalid LBA count
  • to be shown
  • Restricted Gaming Mode 2.0 file watcher to only support drives local to the system and
  • adjusted behavior to only start Gaming Mode on the drive that launched the game
  • Resolved issue where Gaming Mode 2.0 could be left in the wrong state until a game
  • starts when set to AUTO and the system was rebooted
  • Restricted volumes without assigned letters or names from being shown in Dashboard
  • Improved messages relating to write cache settings and NVMe SMART data for better
  • clarification
  • Installer (5.3.2.2):
  • Added a silent mode
  • Removed installation of the P40 HAL, it is no longer required

New in Dashboard 3.6.2.7 (Jun 9, 2022)

  • Application:
  • Fixed rare crash on startup caused by Windows returning invalid strings from boot drive inquiry
  • Force all erase options through the Linux embedded toolkit, which provides a more stable and feature-complete environment for drive erasure
  • Enable Format on supported devices when the security state is Frozen
  • Resolved an issue which caused a long load time after running Sanitize on some devices
  • Resolved detection issues for P40 devices, and improved Dashboard's performance
  • when they're attached to USB ports of older standards
  • Resolved an issue for P50 devices which could cause stale data or an invalid LBA count
  • to be shown
  • Restricted Gaming Mode 2.0 file watcher to only support drives local to the system and
  • adjusted behavior to only start Gaming Mode on the drive that launched the game
  • Resolved issue where Gaming Mode 2.0 could be left in the wrong state until a game
  • starts when set to AUTO and the system was rebooted
  • Restricted volumes without assigned letters or names from being shown in Dashboard
  • Improved messages relating to write cache settings and NVMe SMART data for better
  • clarification

New in Dashboard 3.5.2.7 (Mar 28, 2022)

  • Reintroduced support for Microsoft Storage Spaces
  • Reworked how USB drives are treated; now all supported USB devices will be available for USB creation operations and more data is presented about each device in that flow
  • Changed NVMe SMART parsing to display more easily human readable values and organized them according to the NVMe specification
  • Removal Policy updated to be more consistent with the underlying Windows settings
  • Fixed SMART data sometimes not appearing
  • Fixed incorrect working directory being set when Dashboard was configured to start with Windows
  • Fixed scheduled Trim jobs not always executing

New in Dashboard 3.4.2.9 (Nov 19, 2021)

  • Application:
  • Removed dependency on Windows Media Foundation
  • Known Issues:
  • Dashboard 3.4.2.9 and 3.4.2.8 do not detect drives configured with the Microsoft
  • Storage Spaces Controller
  • o A fix will be released in Dashboard 3.5, until then please use Dashboard 3.3 for
  • Microsoft Storage Spaces support

New in Dashboard 3.4.2.8 (Oct 5, 2021)

  • Application:
  • Added support for WD Blue SN570 product line
  • Improved the Enhanced Diagnostic feature
  • Improved WD_Black P10 and D10 support by fixing Quick Overwrite and SATA revision display
  • Added support for third party software offers tied to a WDC product
  • Added support for picking any file in firmware update file chooser
  • Fixed bug with Trim Now that sometimes caused it to have no effect
  • Enhanced Acronis offer messaging and improved download experience
  • Fixed ability to dismiss limited features popup for NVMe drives on Windows 8.1 and Windows 7
  • Changed Windows 10 OS Details page to show OS build number instead of service pack
  • Known Issues:
  • Dashboard Removal Policy control and Windows Removal Policy control can mismatch in some configurations on USB or Thunderbolt 3 connected devices
  • Until a fix is released, if you are affected please use the Windows Device Manager controls for Removal Policy

New in Dashboard 3.3.2.18 (Sep 29, 2021)

  • Application:
  • Added support for WD Blue SN570 product line
  • Improved the Enhanced Diagnostic feature
  • Improved WD_Black P10 and D10 support by fixing Quick Overwrite and SATA revision
  • Display
  • Added support for third party software offers tied to a WDC product
  • Added support for picking any file in firmware update file chooser
  • Fixed bug with Trim Now that sometimes caused it to have no effect
  • Enhanced Acronis offer messaging and improved download experience
  • Fixed ability to dismiss limited features popup for NVMe drives on Windows 8.1 and
  • Windows 7
  • Changed Windows 10 OS Details page to show OS build number instead of service pack

New in Dashboard 3.2.2.18 (Sep 8, 2021)

  • Added support for SN750 SE product line
  • Added support for enhanced diagnostic log collection - a new flow for users to provide
  • Customer Support detailed drive diagnostics
  • Enhanced SCSI device handling, most notably cleaning up incorrect handling on
  • Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 for NVMe devices that surface as SCSI
  • When an unselected device is removed from the system Dashboard will no longer
  • trigger a full rescan and application refresh
  • o This should make usage smoother when using some peripherals like USB drives
  • Changed Acronis third-party link to launch the support landing page, where users get
  • more details and download the tool
  • Added support for devices with more than a single temperature sensor
  • Fixed firmware update failures on SATA devices found on some AMD chipsets using the
  • Windows inbox driver
  • Resolved numerous issues with Device Self Test related to specific devices and drivers
  • No longer invoke UAC prompt when Start with Windows is selected
  • Save the Start with Windows & Start Minimized options across software updates; and
  • allow them to function in a multi-user environment
  • Additional support for My Passport and My Book products
  • Resolved rare issue where RGB control would not be detected for the D50 Game Dock
  • Fixed the maximum LBA calculation on the Device Details page
  • Fixed display of RAID devices on the iRST driver for versions 18+
  • Also includes other minor bug fixes

New in Dashboard 3.2.2.9 (Dec 14, 2020)

  • Added RGB support for the new WD_BLACK SN850
  • Fixed issue where Microsoft storage spaces device(software RAID)caused screento not load
  • Fixed NVMelife remaining reporting bug (was reporting 100%)
  • Critical healthvalues now show reasons in tooltip
  • Added support for some externaldevices (WD_BLACK P10/D10/P50)
  • Fixed self-test execution issues
  • Properly report 4k Alignment
  • Support non-UEFI bootable USBcreation
  • Fixed Removal Policy/Write-cache settings not reporting correctly

New in Dashboard 3.0.2.37 (Sep 15, 2020)

  • Application
  • Migration to a new internal device access library with better support for next generation user systems and additional hardware support for external products (e.g. USB and Thunderbolt connected devices)
  • Migration to a new Javascript based GUI stack, enhancing the look and feel of the application
  • Unify “WD SSD Dashboard” and “SanDisk SSD Dashboard” to the new single “Dashboard” application
  • Added support for HDD devices, converging the WinDLG feature set into DashboardoLife Remaining on Status page is replaced with Drive Health for HDD, which provides a SMART statushealthcheckreport to the useroWrite Zeroes overwrite options are added for HDDs and transparently support both CMR and SMR devices
  • Enhanced WD_BLACK product line support
  • Added support for display resolution scaling, tested on up to 4K resolution•Added a “Dark Mode” option for the default skin
  • Added Fahrenheit / Celsius temperature toggle
  • Added logging to the application, greatly enhancing our ability to support users in the field
  • Added support for Quick Removal toggle in addition to Windows Write Cache Buffer Flush toggle
  • Added high temperature warning to temperature display on Status page
  • Installer:
  • Added toggleto launch Dashboard after installation instead of automatic launch
  • Enhanced error reporting for various download or installation failure scenarios
  • Multi-threaded installation to smooth out progress reporting and keep the installer responsive

New in Dashboard 2.8.0.0 (Aug 13, 2020)

  • Fixes internal model for a specific SSD that was mislabeledas “SanDisk”brand instead of “Western Digital”

New in Dashboard 2.3.3.0 (Jan 18, 2019)

  • Added workaround for USB-SATA dongle hardware connectivity issues
  • New drive program support
  • New drive erase options based on drive capability and security state
  • Known Issues:
  • NVMe devices under iRST 16.x driver does not support SMART
  • Progress bar might not accurately reflect actual progress of selftest and trim
  • App may not complete FW update if network connection is lost in the middle of operation
  • If app is launched without internet connection, some network related features are not
  • Available (e.g. firmware file from our server.) App must restart during active internet
  • Connection.

New in Dashboard 2.3.2.0 (Jun 20, 2018)

  • Display PCIe speed and width for NVMe devices
  • NVMe PSID Revert support
  • Automatically update USB drive list when a USB drive is inserted
  • Fixed bug relating to unresponsiveness in Windows 7

New in Dashboard 2.2.0.5 (Oct 6, 2017)

  • Feature enhancements and minor bug fixes

New in Dashboard 2.2.0.1 (Aug 7, 2017)

  • Feature enhancement and minor bug fixes