v3.7.2.5
Software
Dashboard 3.7 Release Notes June 10, 2022 (3.7.2.4) [sic]
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
Full Changelog: https://wddashboarddownloads.wdc.com/wdDashboard/WesternDigitalDashboardReleaseNotes.pdf
Package
- Overhaul package to accommodate new silent (un)install mode
- Add support for language tags in
language
package parameter - Improve version update check to be consistent with application's method
- Archive installer locally when updating, to ensure a given version is available for future testing
- Update
packageSourceUrl
to point to current version's tag
Full Changelog: v3.6.2.7...v3.7.2.5