Supersonicwolfe

Same here, to me it felt like a BIOS/OS level problem given I was able to get into Ubuntu, but not Windows 11, not even the Windows Preinstall Environment

Then it might be a BIOS level (AMD microcode) thing that needs to get fixed...

Is it running Windows? Mine was running Windows 11. At least for me my PC booted in Ubuntu (failed to boot in Windows). So if your B550 boards can't even get to loading Windows, then a BIOS update is needed...

Nope, seems a new BIOS will be needed and given B550 is "last gen" just like my X570, so we may never get one. Intel might used the propriety CNVio2 instead of standard PCIe given the connector is E-key like other CNVio/CNVio2 cards like AX201 and AX211... which sucks as AX200/AX210 used PCIe (mine now uses AX210) Shame on Intel forcing you to buy a Intel CPU to use their Wifi stuff...

Check setting in your BIOS, there are setting like "Wake on power on" (although these are off by default) and like @Alex Atkin UK mentioned, some USB device have separate power supply (USB Hub, External Harddrive dock). If poorly designed, these can feed power back to the motherboard and causing it to have weird behavior.

So for me the only reason I went with 32GB is that I am a sucker at closing tabs, and blot like RGB etc When play games, I noticed my RAM usage is getting close to 80%... so I went with 32GB

You mean a USB fan? Most desktops and laptop have power-off USB power function, which can be disabled in the BIOS. (Meant to be used for charging phones, but can be annoying when you have something like an external USB drive)

Let me correct my "Best" to "One of the best". To be honest... nothing is "the best". Use CPU cooler for example... Noise? Performance? Price? One can't simply take all 3 So, is PA120 absolutely "the best"? Of course not. When considering their price? Of course YES. The FC/PA/PS's price are just unbeatable, unfortunately I only able to reliable find PA120 at good price. So generally it would be "the best". FC140/PS120 have some ridiculous pricing in some region reason, and out-right unavailable in others... The 20W won't have a meaningful difference, go with which ever you feel/look better (e.g. having a bit RGB) or whichever one you feel worth the money.

nothing can really beat Thermal Alright's PA 120. They are the best cooler in GN's listings too. Only reason you don't pick them is if you are running something stupid like a 14900k or more RGB (which I DID, jumped on a DeepCool LT720 360mm AIO on sale instead)

I was on the market looking for SATA SSD to upgrade some old PC don't support M.2 UEFI... then I noticed that there seems to be very limited options... SATA SSD with DRAM seem are disappearing from the market. Like the only option I have found are Samsung 870 EVO and Crucial MX500... （Also, not sure why MX500 have such low TBW endurance rating...only half of Samsung's and heck TC10 is pretty close to it 120TBW vs 180 for a 500GB drive） Every other SSD available are DRAM-Less. Kioxia TC10, Zhitai SC001, Lexar NS200, Seagate Barracuda etc... Seems no one want to make these anymore... and more interestingly, these are also getting more expensive than NVMe SSDs WITH DRAM. (E.G. A KIOXIA EXCERIA G2 1TB NVMe m.2 SSD with 1GB DRAM is the same price as a KIOXIA TC10 1TB SATA WITHOUT DRAM)

Just curious, how big was the drive you used for live installation? I got a 32GB one as I plan to do nothing more than use GParted/rescue drives unreadable in Windows (and delete system partition without needing to clean the entire drive)

It's going to be used as data recovery drive when windows can't read the file system (see my other post on rescuing/recovering data from a SU800). I am more of wondering if Kingston's advertising is real (most 3.0 drives like SanDisk's popular Ultra Flair seems only advertising 150MB/s read while Kingston is saying 200MB/s read) and if you need something that fast, I saw a thread recommending something USB3.0 At the moment somthing similarto Kingston DataTraveler Kyson 32GB is what I'm planning to buy. There are similar from other brands like Lenovo / HP... but Kingston seems is the only one offer something only 32GB with decent speeds.

I plan to install Ubuntu onto a cheap flash drive to use as emergency data recovery (in case of Windows not reading from a SSD which happened before), and to delete protected system partition made by Windows. I already have a flashdrive with a Live version , but considering getting another USB stick and install a Ubuntu onto it. So anyone have experience on what kind of stick I should looking for? *I'm considering getting a smaller one like Kingston DataTraveler Kyson, so I can toss it in with the other recovery drives I have.

Yeah, but the problem with eSATA is two fold. One is it require a different connector compared to USB. Two is there weren't many external drives use them. Laptop drive at the time don't need eSATA while desktop drive... No one will try use a high performance one as external hard drive... Plus unlike USB, you are limited to SATA protocol, so can't really use it for anything else...

Also if anyone is interested, the so called "6 Gbps" capable hard drive enclosure is using an ASM225CM. Seems people reporting that it is better than JMS578