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Dashboard 4.1 Release Notes: Application

The release notes outlined updates made to the Dashboard application and installer in releases 4.1.2.4, 4.0.2.20, and 3.8.2.10. Changes included removing animations, adding device support, fixing issues, and improving the installer experience.
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Dashboard 4.1 Release Notes: Application

The release notes outlined updates made to the Dashboard application and installer in releases 4.1.2.4, 4.0.2.20, and 3.8.2.10. Changes included removing animations, adding device support, fixing issues, and improving the installer experience.
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Dashboard 4.

1 Release Notes
December 14, 2023 (4.1.2.4)

Application
• 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 storage
component.
• 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.

Installer (6.0.2.10)
• Complete rewrite of the installer to improve user experience.

Dashboard 4.0 Release Notes


August 14, 2023 (4.0.2.20)

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 Files\Epic
Games\Fortnite” instead of “C:\Program Files\Epic Games”).
Application
• Fixed issue causing drives not to be detected when some Windows registry entries were
invalid.

August 1, 2023 (4.0.2.19)

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 Files\Epic
Games\Fortnite” instead of “C:\Program Files\Epic 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.

Dashboard 3.8 Release Notes


January 24, 2023 (3.8.2.10)

Application
• Removed excess debugging features from release build.

January 19, 2023 (3.8.2.9)

Application
• Changed default renderer argument to angle to match Dashboard behavior in previous
releases. This will resolve crashes on some systems with release 3.8.2.8.

January 12, 2023 (3.8.2.8)

Application
• Improved game play detection for Intelligent Game Mode drives to support some games
which were not signaling correctly on launch
• Added more default paths for Intelligent Game Mode and limited blacklist logic to file
name only instead of file path
• Improved rescan handling to better coordinate with long-running operations so a device
rescan does not cause them to fail
• Added RAID indication for devices in Storage Spaces RAID
• Limit error page collection on NVMe drives to 128 error page entries to work around a
Windows limitation on some connections
• No longer set OpenGL rendering by default, allow the system to choose the best
rendering option
• Added flags to specify rendering as desktop, angle, or software
• Fixed Windows version not displaying correctly on Windows 8.1 and Windows build
number not displaying on Windows 10
• Fixed missing SMART formatting for WD Green SATA drives

Dashboard 3.7 Release Notes


June 10, 2022 (3.7.2.5)
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

Dashboard 3.6 Release Notes


April 20, 2022 (3.6.2.5)

Application
• Improved the Status page view for Temperature and Volumes. Please use the
Performance page if you are interested in a graph of Temperature over time
• Improved Sanitize support for WD Green SATA products
• Fixed Life Remaining being calculated incorrectly for certain older SSD products
• General updates to technology stack to improve security
• Resolved various display bugs, such as performance chart malfunctioning on some
configurations and incorrect font colors
• Fixed an issue that caused Trim to sometimes fail to run when requested

Dashboard 3.5 Release Notes


March 18, 2022 (3.5.2.7)

Application
• 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

Dashboard 3.4 Release Notes


November 18, 2021 (3.4.2.9)

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

September 30, 2021 (3.4.2.8)

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
o Until a fix is released, if you are affected please use the Windows Device
Manager controls for Removal Policy
Dashboard 3.3 Release Notes
July 21, 2021

Application
• 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

Installer (5.0.2.1)
• Fixed a bug that caused uninstalling Dashboard to require a working internet connection
Dashboard 3.2 Release Notes
December 9, 2020

Application
• Added RGB support for the new WD_BLACK SN850
• Fixed issue where Microsoft storage spaces device (software RAID) caused screen to not
load
• Fixed NVMe life remaining reporting bug (was reporting 100%)
• Critical health values now show reasons in tooltip
• Added support for some external devices (WD_BLACK P10/D10/P50)
• Fixed self-test execution issues
• Properly report 4k Alignment
• Support non-UEFI bootable USB creation
• Fixed Removal Policy/Write-cache settings not reporting correctly
Dashboard 3.1 Release Notes
October 7, 2020

Application
• Added options to disable background tasks per-drive
• Fix sector size calculation for Write Zeroes drive erase functions
• Support creating Linux toolkit on USB over 32GiB in size
• Enhanced integration with third-party software vendors

Installer (4.0.2.0)
• Shifted some third-party dependency installation into the Dashboard application itself
so that it only applies to devices which require those dependencies
Dashboard 3.0 Release Notes
September 12, 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 Dashboard
o Life Remaining on Status page is replaced with Drive Health for HDD, which
provides a SMART status health check report to the user
o Write Zeroes overwrite options are added for HDDs and transparently support
both CMR and SMR devices
• Added support for WD_BLACK upcoming RGB devices, D50 Game Dock and AN1500
• 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 (3.0.3.20)
• Added toggle to 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

Linux Toolkit
• Added support for Thunderbolt connected devices
• Added support for D50 Game Dock and AN1500 devices

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