In my experience, incompatibilities like that have for the most part been due business partnership decisions. Let me give you an example. A company that designs

In my experience, incompatibilities like that have for the most part been due business partnership decisions. Let me give you an example. A company that designs motherboards may state that one board should be compatible with a full range of other hardware in the market, e.g. RAM, PCIe, M.2, etc. The reality is that they usually partner and/or are locked into certain vendors, contractually, that supply them with their products for the board. You can see this in their products spec pages, in a section titled, "Support List," with a warning that should you deviate from this list, they will not guarantee 100% functionality. Basically, the company tests each product that they list, and if does not work properly, they either tweak the board, its firmware, or communicate this to the third-party vendor to see if they can provide a solution. Most companies that sell these boards or devices more often than not, are small, do not have enough R&D funds, or manpower to do the proper research, testing and adjustments to their products, since devices are already 6 months behind current technology when they are released into the wild. Usually, customers can call into the company's support line and report the problem. The company may or may not address the incompatibility of their board with the third-party product if they see that there is potential for increased sales should the third-party device prove to be a trending product, or the customer is a high-volume order customer. More often than not, the incompatibility is not properly addressed. Just my thoughts :|