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I understand the focus on the cables, and as an owner of several Minisforum devices, IME they don't really do compatibility very well (e.g. linux on V3). Their

I understand the focus on the cables, and as an owner of several Minisforum devices, IME they don't really do compatibility very well (e.g. linux on V3). Their specialty seems to be taking reference PCB's, down costing them by changing/removing components, and then putting them in very unique enclosures. They're one vendor I would avoid considering - unless it's x86.

jauntywundrkind 1y ago
I love the hardware Minisforum makes, but man, this company ongoingly sets consumer expectations lower and lower. I haven't checked in the past year, but historically Minisforum has been awful about having bios updates, doing so seemingly only when truly needed.
int0x29 1y ago
The one AMD x86 box I got from them occasionally randomly segfaulted and would blackscreen and hang if left on on after anywhere from 45 minutes to a few hours. I read that it might be a driver issue in proxmox debian and tried running windows on it and had the same issue. Oddly memtest passed on it while running repeatedly for 3 days strait before shutting down unexpectedly. Its kinda made me hesitant to trust any of these cheap minipcs ever again.
- Shadowmist 1y ago
  I bought three of them for a Kubernetes cluster and it seems to work great for a few days and then constant black screens every few hours to few days. The most frustrating part is thinking I fixed it with a bios change or different software, but it keeps coming back. Never again.
  - privatelypublic 1y ago
    Try disabling C states in the bios. My 5950x developed that issue, as did a friends 5600x.
- JamesSwift 1y ago
  Ive had very similar issues with my UM790 pro. I even RMA’ed it and the replacement ran into the same issue. It gets corrupted somehow if I leave it running overnight.
wereHamster 1y ago
I just ordered the BD790i X3D mainboard. A while ago Minisforum has been known for their slow BIOS updates, but hope that they have improved their processes since. I'll see…
d3Xt3r 1y ago
I can't speak for the V3, but Minisforum's AMD mini PCs (at least from the Zen 4 onwards) all have excellent Linux compatibility. I have the UM780 XTX and it's been a blast using it on Linux (Arch btw). A mate has a UM790, another bought a recent Ryzen AI Max one and they've all reported excellent Linux compatibility (running Fedora-based and Arch-based distros). The only issue is the lack of regular BIOS/firmware updates. My UM780 got around 5 updates post-release, but they haven't released any new updates since last year March last year... which isn't great if you care about firmware security. In my case however it's not a big issue as it's an isolated vlan and I use mine on my for dev/test/homelab stuff.

jauntywundrkind 1y ago

I love the hardware Minisforum makes, but man, this company ongoingly sets consumer expectations lower and lower. I haven't checked in the past year, but historically Minisforum has been awful about having bios updates, doing so seemingly only when truly needed.

int0x29 1y ago

The one AMD x86 box I got from them occasionally randomly segfaulted and would blackscreen and hang if left on on after anywhere from 45 minutes to a few hours. I read that it might be a driver issue in proxmox debian and tried running windows on it and had the same issue. Oddly memtest passed on it while running repeatedly for 3 days strait before shutting down unexpectedly. Its kinda made me hesitant to trust any of these cheap minipcs ever again.

Shadowmist 1y ago
I bought three of them for a Kubernetes cluster and it seems to work great for a few days and then constant black screens every few hours to few days. The most frustrating part is thinking I fixed it with a bios change or different software, but it keeps coming back. Never again.
- privatelypublic 1y ago
  Try disabling C states in the bios. My 5950x developed that issue, as did a friends 5600x.
JamesSwift 1y ago
Ive had very similar issues with my UM790 pro. I even RMA’ed it and the replacement ran into the same issue. It gets corrupted somehow if I leave it running overnight.

wereHamster 1y ago

I just ordered the BD790i X3D mainboard. A while ago Minisforum has been known for their slow BIOS updates, but hope that they have improved their processes since. I'll see…

d3Xt3r 1y ago

I can't speak for the V3, but Minisforum's AMD mini PCs (at least from the Zen 4 onwards) all have excellent Linux compatibility. I have the UM780 XTX and it's been a blast using it on Linux (Arch btw). A mate has a UM790, another bought a recent Ryzen AI Max one and they've all reported excellent Linux compatibility (running Fedora-based and Arch-based distros). The only issue is the lack of regular BIOS/firmware updates. My UM780 got around 5 updates post-release, but they haven't released any new updates since last year March last year... which isn't great if you care about firmware security. In my case however it's not a big issue as it's an isolated vlan and I use mine on my for dev/test/homelab stuff.