USB 4 on a Gigabyte Z590I VISION D failed with an ASM2464PD enclosure due to outdated Thunderbolt firmware. This article shows why early TB4/USB4 PCs lag Macs, and how to fix it by flashing a newer firmware and applying optional kernel power tweaks.

Soryu is my primary Linux server, built to host my personal cloud services in a compact and power-efficient form factor. The system is housed in an aluminum unibody chassis and is designed around dense SSD storage rather than traditional rackmount layouts.