- May 28, 2022
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Hi, WS Z390 Pro is a workstation motherboard. It was running properly 24h during last two years with Intel I5 CPU, no graphic card, one SSD disk and Samsung M.2. 2 TB disk under Linux ....
... and one day without any obvious cause the board refused to recognize the M.2 mem.
I remember there where some problems with secure boot when I installer M.2 mem, but then everything was ok. I tried all possible BIOS Setup options and M.2 beguin to work again, when I put it into a PCIe add-on card for M.2 memories. Well, for four days only and then it stopped again. I send the mem to Samsung to check it and I bought a simmilar one Samsung NVME 980 PRO for the meantime. The new mem worked for one day and refused to be recognized too. Well obviously it is not the problem of the mem but the problem of the motherboard - I thought. Yet Samsung recognised the reclamation and send me the money for M.2 back !
Well it needed 10 days more to discuss it with ASUS and the could't help. They recognised my reclamation and they send me a completely new board. But new memories did not work in a new board ! Well I pulled out the other disk and the M.2 with the motherboard alone did not work either. I use Open SUSE Linux, but all this happens before any operating system is loaded. I simply do not see M.2 disk in BIOS setup.
Then somebody told me - after 2 years of 24h work the connectors might get dirty, and one have to clean it with some gasoline solvent for cleaning, which I did. And the board started to work properly with M.2 mem ! But for two days only !
A possible clue could be that M2. memories are simply incompatible with this board.
Well, how did it work for two years yet ?
Other components cannot cause any problem here: Seasonic 750 W gold power supply, very good water cooling, no hard work, no overlocking, new BIOS version 1303 .
Samsung offers a program controlling and showing all parameters or their disk, called "magician". Unfortunately the linux version, which they support has only exe programs for Windows inside and I cannot use it.
Any ideas how to make it work ?
... and one day without any obvious cause the board refused to recognize the M.2 mem.
I remember there where some problems with secure boot when I installer M.2 mem, but then everything was ok. I tried all possible BIOS Setup options and M.2 beguin to work again, when I put it into a PCIe add-on card for M.2 memories. Well, for four days only and then it stopped again. I send the mem to Samsung to check it and I bought a simmilar one Samsung NVME 980 PRO for the meantime. The new mem worked for one day and refused to be recognized too. Well obviously it is not the problem of the mem but the problem of the motherboard - I thought. Yet Samsung recognised the reclamation and send me the money for M.2 back !
Well it needed 10 days more to discuss it with ASUS and the could't help. They recognised my reclamation and they send me a completely new board. But new memories did not work in a new board ! Well I pulled out the other disk and the M.2 with the motherboard alone did not work either. I use Open SUSE Linux, but all this happens before any operating system is loaded. I simply do not see M.2 disk in BIOS setup.
Then somebody told me - after 2 years of 24h work the connectors might get dirty, and one have to clean it with some gasoline solvent for cleaning, which I did. And the board started to work properly with M.2 mem ! But for two days only !
A possible clue could be that M2. memories are simply incompatible with this board.
Well, how did it work for two years yet ?
Other components cannot cause any problem here: Seasonic 750 W gold power supply, very good water cooling, no hard work, no overlocking, new BIOS version 1303 .
Samsung offers a program controlling and showing all parameters or their disk, called "magician". Unfortunately the linux version, which they support has only exe programs for Windows inside and I cannot use it.
Any ideas how to make it work ?
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