A300 DeskMini Boot Problems

Just an update on my issue:
I downgrade to Beta BIOS 3.60K and the boot failures are gone.
Any BIOS above causes problems on my side, the BIOSes 3.60 L to S (AGESA V2 1002) do not work properly on my side as well (graphics failure, and NO there is no RAM defect --> burn in RAM test passed with 0 errors)
The BIOS V3.70 has boot problems as described in my previous post. But with 3.60K everything seems smooth.

Can someone understand the way ASRock releases BIOS? I do not!
First they make an update of the AGESA V1 driver (3.60K), later they introduce AGESA V2 (3.6 L to S) and at the OFFICIAL new BIOS 3.7 they go back to the old AGESA V1 driver but without the modifications they did in the 3.60K version. Really strange politics. ASRock: this sucks !!

Using google translation help cause my english is poor, i am from Austria.

My Deskmini nr.3
3400G
2x G.Skill RipJaws SO-DIMM 8GB, DDR4-3200, CL18-18-18-43 (F4-3200C18S-8GRS)

...

I can tell you, the RAM (F4-3200C18S-8GRS) was for me incomaptible !
All RAM tests without errors but start problem up to windows.
Mostly only the fan ran up, everything else didn't start, sometimes it started up without errors, coincidence.
And windows "save energy" sometimes did not work, didn't wake up anymore, frozen black screen.

bought new RAM ...
G.Skill RipJaws SO-DIMM 16GB, DDR4-3000, CL16-18-18-43 (F4-3000C16S-16GRS)
This work great, never had any error since 1 month !

Thank you Asrock.

"I hope there will be updates for new AGESA versions in future and ASRock will provide them to us." - it took a near act of god for getting the current beta BIOS out, I dont have hope

THAT SAID, as long as support isn't replying to my tickets, and those of others having issues, with the reply "Its not going to be updated, there is no need to do so" when there is direct guidance from AMD that there is, then I am ok with waiting, delayed VS doing nothing is something rather then nothing.

To this point, MSI/Gigabyte have 1.0.0.6 out for nearly all 300 and 400 series boards, while ASUS only has for some highend/midrange boards.
Sadly, none of the 6 ASRock board types (several of each) I have in work/client PC's have anything past 1.0.0.4B, it seems ASRock has either a slower*, or smaller staff (its normally only 1 guy working on BIOS updates for all systems anyway, or so the reports say)

*I cant say ASRock has more boards then other vendor's (when you consider the server boards, even Gigabyte has a server board division), but maybe instead of the different BIOS folks like Gigabyte, ASRock has only one for both? Not for sure, I just know that BIOS updates can literally make/break a brand and ASRock corporate doesnt seem to care/know this.


If your booting off the Internal and still getting the slow speeds, I will give this a test this weekend, see if I can replicate.

Change log for AGESA 1005

    Rollup of 1004a, ab, abb, abba patches into a single release
    Fixed a PCIe® lane configuration issue on the AMD Ryzen??3 PRO 2100GE
    Resolved an intermittent virtual memory error with Realtek onboard LAN
    Improved POST with select Micron DDR4-3200 memory ICs
    Optimized PCIe® firmware to improve stability and interoperability

Considering the A300 doesn't actually have a chipset and is using those direct PCIe lanes to the chip, this could be relevant.

Sadly, there is no public changelog for 1.0.0.6 which is probably final or near final beyond any major bug fix's from AMD, so cant tell if theres anything else which might impact direct PCIe lanes.

I know your issue is booting from the SSD, what OS?
"- my external Samsung T5 SSD only runs at 40 MB/sec at the Deskmini USB-C port. But since it is USB 3.1 Gen1 it should run at 400-500 MB/sec. This is very disappointing."
I have a WindowsToGo boot drive and due to drivers and the way windows works, this is actually a thing on windows with some USB implementations, I will dust it off and give it a go, is this through the Type-C port only, or have you tried with the Type-A port on the front (same grouping)

Hello,
I can confirm that starting with the L3.60G and L3.60H there are boot problems with USB.

Sometimes it is sufficient if there is only a USB stick or a USB keyboard / mouse, after which the system simply crashes.

No problems with interer SSD

I always test the Deskmini A300 with my MasterSSD under USB and so far it has worked perfectly for all BIOS versions.

Only with the AGESA 1004 a USB boot with my USB devices is not possible.

https://www.lc-power.com/produkte/hdd-ssd-m2-gehaeuse/635cm25/lc-25bub3/

But it's my turn with Sean and I'm looking for a permanent solution with AGESA 1004