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Just purchased (Dec 2020) MSI B460 board with Intel 10100 CPU and Samsung 970 EVO SSD. I had a terrible time installing Ubuntu 20.04 (as the sole drive with USB boot key) but finally found this solution here 18.04 and 18.10 fail to boot nvme0: failed to set APST feature (-19)

I used the first solution of quote " Adding as a kernel parameter works either on Ubuntu 18.04.3 and Ubuntu 19.10. "

nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=1000

But I also see "I solve this problem by disabling ASPM. Add pcie_aspm=off to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT in /etc/default/grub file."

Which approach is better? Is this a BIOS (MSI) or Ubuntu issue?

I also had to do this edit very quickly before the system became unstable using sudo nano ...

The action gave stability for a few hours but eventually the system crashes and corrupts itself.

PhysicsDave
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Did you by chance try installing a different distro just to see what would happen? That might give you a clue if there is an issue with your hardware running Ubuntu or Linux in general.

If I'm having a problem like this, I'll often try Fedora or another big name distro to see if the problem shows up there as well to help start narrowing things down.

Matt McCann
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My experiences with Gigabyte B460M Gaming HD motherboard with a Core 15 10400 CPU may be of interest here:

  1. Had no luck installing Debian Buster 10.8 / as well as with non-free firmware. Would not go past hardware check.

  2. Installation and running of Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS went without issues, with the exception of occasional brief black screen (happens for a couple of seconds). Could install and run smoothly many audio, image as well as video processing applications.

  3. Voyager GE (gnome version) 20.04 which is based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS installed without problems and runs well. No black screen issues. However, sound did not default to intel HD audio built in. Had to be physically set. The likes of audacity, VLC, Kdenlive, OBS-studio run without glitches.

  4. Today (01 April 2021) I wiped off Voyager OS and installed Debian Bullseye Gnome Alpha 1 (labelled Debian 11) using the non-free version.The installation went without a glitch and every application listed above runs smoothly.

Core i5 10400 CPU, Gigabyte B460M Gaming HD motherboard, Team 256 GB M2 SSD, WD 240GB SSd and Toshiba 1TB HDD on SATA.

srichitram
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Using an MSI MAG B460M MORTAR WiFi board with Ubuntu then the Mint distro. I just spent some time on a more detailed reply then noticed that you are now using a hard drive which was my solution too, having had many problems with a SATA SSD. I was going to suggest a hard drive to check that the rest of your hardware was OK. During my struggle with the SSD I think when I re-flashed the BIOS it helped a bit. 'Out of the Box' even the BIOS froze. With an ancient 750Gb mechanical boot disk there have been no further reliability issues and it boots quickly. It is happily running Folding@Home with an NVIDIA 1080Ti GPU as the only configured folding slot. So, for whatever reason, it was the SSD that was the problem; I never updated the firmware though. BTW the 1050i is not cost effective in terms of power draw if the machine is only for folding. I guess you know that MSI does not support Linux on the MAG B460M MORTAR board and Intel only supplies drivers for Windows. Consequently, and so far, I'm pleased that it works well enough and saved me £100 on Windows 10.

zotric
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