https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:43:26 +0000 Sat, 09 Oct 2021 13:28:35 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=19679 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=19679&PID=90567&title=fatal1ty-ab350-random-freeze-usb-m-2#90567 Author: msi
Subject: 19679
Posted: 09 Oct 2021 at 1:28pm

just to be clear : my MB link: https://www.asrock.com/MB/AMD/Fatal1ty%20AB350%20Gaming%20K4/index.asp#CPU]]> Sat, 09 Oct 2021 13:28:35 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=19679&PID=90567&title=fatal1ty-ab350-random-freeze-usb-m-2#90567 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=19679&PID=90566&title=fatal1ty-ab350-random-freeze-usb-m-2#90566 Author: msi
Subject: 19679
Posted: 09 Oct 2021 at 1:23pm

so my advice: if you encounter strange behavior with ASRock Fatality AB350 MB and 6 firmware : try

go to Bios --> Advanced tab --> AMD PBS --> M.2 PCIe Speed --> set to "Gen1"
save & reboot.

so far it fixed my disk freezes.
]]> Sat, 09 Oct 2021 13:23:47 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=19679&PID=90566&title=fatal1ty-ab350-random-freeze-usb-m-2#90566 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=19679&PID=90565&title=fatal1ty-ab350-random-freeze-usb-m-2#90565 Author: msi
Subject: 19679
Posted: 09 Oct 2021 at 1:14pm

my M.2 is my main system disk (running Ubuntu)
https://www.linuxlookup.com/review/crucial_mx500_1tb_m2_type_2280_ssd_review

what you will notice with BIOS firmware 6.4 is that os start up report bad inode, then read errors , then device unreachable.

ofcourse, there is nothing wrong with the disk. I was tested on an Asus system with no issues in `fsck`
]]> Sat, 09 Oct 2021 13:14:50 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=19679&PID=90565&title=fatal1ty-ab350-random-freeze-usb-m-2#90565 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=19679&PID=90564&title=fatal1ty-ab350-random-freeze-usb-m-2#90564 Author: msi
Subject: 19679
Posted: 09 Oct 2021 at 1:09pm

I scanned through the forums suggesting downgrading my BIOS but I didn't buy that.
I did several test by disconnecting the HDD , SDD and M.2 onboard disk.

I noticed: with M.2 on board : even Ubuntu Live CD would get hung sometimes.
just freeze the screen. only way out was to cut power.

What I noticed as well is that booting the MB to an SSD with Windows OS worked just fine. no errors or freezes.

so I started suspecting the M.2 compatibility with firmware 6.x

what seems to solve my issue was to change the BIOS CPU settings for M.2 : from auto mode to Gen1 compatible (other menu options were gen2,gen3).

With that settings alone I was able to boot my M.2 disk with no freezes so far (2 hours and counting...)
]]> Sat, 09 Oct 2021 13:09:07 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=19679&PID=90564&title=fatal1ty-ab350-random-freeze-usb-m-2#90564 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=19679&PID=90563&title=fatal1ty-ab350-random-freeze-usb-m-2#90563 Author: msi
Subject: 19679
Posted: 09 Oct 2021 at 1:05pm

so first I had this motherboard running well with firmware 3.40 for 2 years stable:
AMD 1300 CPU, 16GB RAM@2400Mhz (4x4GB) . no XMP profile, no OC.


then , on 2021 : upgraded the CPU to Ryzen 5 3600 + Firmware 6.40 (for Matisse + AGESA 1.0.0.6)

what I've noticed first is :
1. random USB freeze : meaning keyboard or mouse might get disconnected.
2. failure booting linux from my Crucial MX500 M.2 disk. many I/O read error. essentially the MB will loose the disk . not showing it sometimes in F11 Boot menu.

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