I bought a 1TB WD Blue M.2 SSD like the one on the picture and my computer has issues booting from it when all USB devices are plugged in (x299/10980XE). It loo

I bought a 1TB WD Blue M.2 SSD like the one on the picture and my computer has issues booting from it when all USB devices are plugged in (x299/10980XE). It looks like more people have issues booting from it as well, based on the feedback I saw on the seller site. How can one botch SSD that way?