IIRC, the first few attempts were without secureboot both win10 and win11. I confirmed that the messed up stick created by Etcher was not proper UEFI boot media, at least it did not contain the EFI partition.
@Parallax I suggest this addition to Your FAQ on the first page "With M90Q, Windows installer does not recognize Intel RST even with proper drivers supplied during install, if the boot method is not UEFI.
Also i found out that with the 65W power supply, utilizing the PCI-E slot configures the CPU to "c-TDP Down", which has negative impact on CPU performance
And to anyone considering the Mellanox Connect-X3 hardware, both the slim and "fat" PCB fits well in the unit, but beware that this NIC has no proper ASPM support in linux, and adds about 10W (
) to the consumption with inactive links ans also prohibits the CPU package to enter deeper sleep states than C2.
@Parallax I suggest this addition to Your FAQ on the first page "With M90Q, Windows installer does not recognize Intel RST even with proper drivers supplied during install, if the boot method is not UEFI.
Also i found out that with the 65W power supply, utilizing the PCI-E slot configures the CPU to "c-TDP Down", which has negative impact on CPU performance
And to anyone considering the Mellanox Connect-X3 hardware, both the slim and "fat" PCB fits well in the unit, but beware that this NIC has no proper ASPM support in linux, and adds about 10W (
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