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Review on πŸ’» AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G Mini PC - 8 Cores/16 Threads, 16GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Radeon Graphics, Windows 10 Pro, Dual-Band Wi-Fi Bluetooth, 4K HDMI/DP, 2x RJ45, 4x USB 3.0 - Small Form Factor by Randy Bin

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Power Problems - Computers and Tablets

I've had it for about a month. From day one there have been issues with releasing this PC from sleep mode. It all started with USB devices not waking up, so I thought maybe I'd disable selective suspend in Windows Device Manager and for the "USB hubs" scattered around the power settings. it did not work. In particular, sometimes my USB audio interface doesn't wake up when the PC wakes up. Today the PC itself did not wake up, for which I shot 800 shells. Or rather, the PC was clearly getting power, the internal fan started spinning aggressively after I moved the mouse, but nothing else happened. No display, no Windows, nothing came out of sleep mode. I ended up having to use a toothpick to press the reset button in front of the machine so I could return to Windows, log into Revain, and write this review. Be careful, there are quality control issues here. I very much doubt this build has been tested to work correctly with pre-installed Windows 10 with power saving settings. I see bad interaction. In terms of specs, this thing is amazing for a small box. It can work seamlessly with Ableton Live with multiple plugins, amp simulators and multiple tracks. MS Office desktop applications are fast. Browsing is seamless, 4k streams run smoothly. File transcoding is also fast. I don't use this PC for gaming so can't comment on that, but I suspect it's a bad idea given the thermal and graphics capabilities in a tiny package. It's just an ongoing nutritional problem. I suspect I'll have to dig around in the BIOS to identify a power saving feature that doesn't interact well with the Windows power settings that I need to disable as well. As you understand. These power saving features do not work properly. At this rate I'm going to run this pc in 'performance' mode all the time and leave it at that, damn it environmentalists. However, I am NOT happy with this as I feel I have to work against my own social conscience. If it wasn't for this issue I would give it 5 stars, but power issues literally prevent this PC from booting. usually.

Pros
  • Satisfied so far
Cons
  • I'll write later