Review on GK55 Computer Supports Extension Ethernet by Mariealphonse Seattle

GK55 looks like a nice little box, works cool etc. but there are two problems described below. By the way, with Larkbox Pro, which I bought at the same time, there was not a single problem that uses the same processor. Problem #1 (Big?): After Win10 1909 cumulative updates, the system won't boot and you end up at the UEFI prompt. From reading online I suspect that the internal SSD is not natively understood by Windows drivers and after a UEFI update the drive is unreadable until the driver is manually reloaded. I returned my first GK55 because of this problem, thinking the internal SSD had died, but when it happened again when replacing it, I figured I could install Linux Mint 20 and dual boot would help me solve the problem. It really works, so instead of bringing GK55 back, just make it dual boot with Linux Mint and you'll be fine. kind. Issue #2 (minor): After all updates are applied and drivers are updated using the Intel driver tool, one main thread is still blocked under heavy load (85% to 95% on CoreTemp, 27% on Systernal's Process Explorer) . ). This is due to system interruptions. The usual solution is new drivers, but I have everything up to date. Still on the default BIOS firmware for the GK55. By the way, after the installation, Mint had 199 threads, not a single core was running. Win 10 has over 120 processes and over 1250 threads. I can still use the box as I only wanted to use it as a source for the HDMI output to my Ninja Flame recorder. As long as it can easily run a few apps I use, that's all I need. I think if I need such additional devices, I will go for the Larkbox pro, which was cheaper anyway, but has fewer I/O ports and no USB-C.