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Interesting Bugs

These are the interesting (read: annoying) bugs I met.

Flashing MSI BIOS without CPU Requires the Flash to be MBR Partitioned

But there is no documentation indicates that. And, there are few people met that, as barely no results using Google.

Solution: Make it MBR.

Wasted time: 2h.

Radeon 6800XT Won't Wake Up after S3 Sleep

Many people met this.

Workaround: diable S3 sleep.

Wasted time: 5h.


Update in 2024.3: I don't remember how long did the issue last, but currently S3 sleep works well.

Asrock X470D4U Appears POST Failure

I get a black screen after power on. I waitted for several minutes, still black.

Cause: It is a server motherboard, it takes a long time for memory check and etc. And it will wait BMC for around 100 secs. You need to be patient enough.

Wasted time: 5h.

No S3 Sleep for Dell XPS 7590 and High Battery Drain for Modern Standby

Wasted time: 20h+.

I will never buy new Windows notebook unless the S3 sleep is back or modern standby is stable enough.


Update in 2024.3: Mordern standy is still not stable enough.

Windows TPM Attestation Fails for AMD Platform

Wasted time: 4h+.

Windows KB5034441 Fails to Install

Wasted time: 1h+.

The error message ('Download Error') is not true. This will solve it.

Connecting nVIDIA 30/40 GPU HDMI to Sony A90K Causes Black/Flickering

Ref: HDMI is broken on newer Sony TVs with Nvidia RTX 3000/4000 series cards

Wasted time: 5h+.