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Review on πŸ’» GIGABYTE B550I AORUS PRO AX Gaming Motherboard - AM4 AMD/B550/Mini-ITX/Dual M.2/SATA 6Gb/s/USB 3.2 Gen 1/WiFi 6/2.5 GbE LAN/PCIe 4.0/Realtek ALC1220-Vb/DisplayPort 1.4/2xHDMI 2.0B/RGB Fusion 2.0/DDR4 by Lawrence Crespo

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Bluetooth, M2 hardware and RGB Fusion issues

The board looks well made with a nice backplate but has some issues. Sometimes Windows loses the bluetooth adapter and thinks the bluetooth adapter does not exist. It is considered disabled in Device Manager. The solution is to perform a deep power cycle by unplugging the computer, waiting a little, and plugging it back in. This problem seems to be very widespread based on the Reddit posts of other users having the same problem. I also don't use Bluetooth on my PC, so it doesn't affect me much. The M2 drive bias hardware is very weak, and I accidentally broke the M2 bias thread in the motherboard standoff. Instead, I moved my M2 to the back of the motherboard. It will break with almost no effort. If you want to have lighting effects in your case, you need to use the RGB Fusion motherboard software. This software is an absolutely horrible and buggy mess. If you like lighting effects on your PC, don't buy this board. You can't even type in your own hex color code, and it doesn't recognize my RGB memory at all, despite claiming to be compatible. RGB Fusion will also pollute your Windows event log with "improper function" warnings. I'm not really into RGB so that's not a problem. If you use RGB you won't get it. I've also had issues with USB devices not being recognized after disconnecting and reconnecting, but disabling USB Smart Suspend in Windows fixed that for me.

Pros
  • Advanced thermal design with extended and stacked heatsink and thermal baseplate
Cons
  • Security