• lud@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    so long as it’s not connected to the Ryzen’s built-in USB controller.

    Could you elaborate? Do you happen to have any theories as to why?

    I have a zen 3 chip and while I’m not planning anything like this, I’m just curious.

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      5 months ago

      I don’t know, but I’d guess the buffered chipset controller has more stability during certain power state transitions.

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        5 months ago

        I think I’ve seen this hypothesis too and it makes sense to me.

        If I’m building a new AMD system today, I’d look for a board that exposes more of the chipset-provided USB ports. Otherwise I’d budget for a high quality 4-port PCIe USB controller, if I’m planning to rely a lot on USB on that system.