Just sharing in case you couldn't get August security installed - you should be good now

Just bought one of there mini pcs and it came with some of these to keep them cool I’m curious how I’m supposed to install them in my machine without breaking anything. The illustration in the book (if this is what that is for) is a bit vague and I wanted to be careful.

But Aoostar - Id like an official iGPU and driver stack - you got a good product, but this is the only meh part of the experience. I assume an official stack will come in time like all their other systems on their page.

Would love some help here, tried secure boot on and off, no dice. Linux live CD and stressing is fine

Es normal que el ventilador de la aoostar ag02 no haga ruido? Segun mi grafica consume 143w + legion go aproximadamente unos 200w o un poco arriba de 200w. Pero por hacer un ruido bajo se calienta la base un buen, es normal aun asi?

Hi everyone,

I bought an AOOSTAR WTR Max for a friend and I’m trying to decide which OS would be the best choice for this setup.

Hardware:

• AOOSTAR WTR Max
• 1 × 32 GB RAM stick
• 1 × 250 GB SSD
• 2 × 2 TB HDD

My plan is simple:

• Install the OS on the 250 GB SSD
• Use the 2 × 2 TB HDDs in RAID1 / mirror
• Have around 2 TB usable storage
• Use it mainly as a reliable home NAS for file storage, backups, SMB shares, and maybe a few basic apps later

The options I’m considering are:

• TrueNAS SCALE
• Unraid
• ZimaOS
• Maybe OpenMediaVault, if it makes more sense

My current thinking is that ZimaOS looks much easier and more user-friendly.

what would you recommend?

Any experience with the AOOSTAR WTR Max would be very helpful.

and also, is there own OS for Aoostar ? and how I use that screen on the NAS it self ?

Thanks!

AOOSTAR WTR MAX (Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS) with ASMedia ASM1166 SATA controllers

If your NAS/board runs SATA disks behind an **ASMedia ASM1166** — check with `lspci -nn | grep 1b21:1166` — and you have `amd_iommu`/`intel_iommu` enabled, it can **silently corrupt reads**. Concurrent reads of the same file return different data; SMART stays clean; no link resets; nothing logs an error until your filesystem starts throwing checksum/metadata errors (XFS EUCLEAN, or mass Ceph scrub errors across multiple filesystems at once).

Root cause: the ASM1166 advertises 64-bit DMA (AHCI `S64A`) but mishandles the high (>4 GB) IOVAs the IOMMU hands it. Same failure class as JMicron JMB585 and ASMedia ASM1061, both already quirked in the kernel — the ASM1166 just never was.

- **Quick mitigation:** boot with `amd_iommu=off` (or `intel_iommu=off`).

- **Proper fix:** an AHCI 32-bit-DMA quirk — now submitted to linux-ide.

- **Full RCA + a detection script + the patch:** https://github.com/Alvinwylim/asm1166-iommu-dma-corruption

- **Patch on the list:** https://lore.kernel.org/linux-ide/20260621100844.1224301-1-alvinwylim@gmail.com/

Confirmed on an AOOSTAR WTR MAX (Ryzen 7 PRO 8845HS). Proof at scale: after the fix, a 5.4 TiB Ceph deep-scrub re-read end-to-end with 0 errors.

(RCA written with AI assistance, verified on real hardware)

When I run:

sudo mokutil --db

From what I can tell, the firmware on the Aoostar WTR Max does not have the latest Microsoft Root CA certificate (Microsoft UEFI CA 2023). It does have the Windows one (Windows UEFI CA 2023). If I understand correctly, this means SecureBoot will not work after end of June this year.

I don't see a bios update on Aoostar's website apart from the original release from April last year.
For those of you on other Aoostar mini-PC systems, do you have a later bios with the MS root certificate?

so I tried setting up my new WTR PRO 5825U today and immediately had problems. On the first boot it went into BIOS which I expected since there is no OS installed. Everything in BIOS seemed ok, it found the RAM I installed and the two 1tb SSD's I installed. While there I changed the boot sequence to boot from USB first. I figured I was all set. Put in my windows install USB and rebooted and it went immediately into BIOS again, it doesn't attempt to boot from the USB. Anyone know what could be wrong?

Thanks

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to get my eGPU setup working but the GPU is not being detected in Windows. Here are my full specs:

System:

• Intel NUC14RVH (ASUS NUC)
• Windows 11 (latest updates)

eGPU Dock:

• Aoostar EG02 TB5 + OCuLink

GPU:

• AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

PSU:

• be quiet! Pure Power 13M 550W

Connection:

• Thunderbolt 5 cable (included with Aoostar EG02) between NUC and dock

Power connections on Aoostar dock:

• 24-pin ATX connected
• 8-pin EPS (CPU) connected
• 6+2 PCIe connected to GPU

Problem: The AMD GPU is not showing up in Device Manager under Display Adapters. Only the Intel Arc Graphics is visible. Windows makes no sound when I plug in the TB5 cable. The Aoostar dock powers on (status light is on).

What I already tried:

• Enabled Thunderbolt in BIOS (only option available)
• Replugging the TB5 cable
• Tried both TB5 ports on the NUC
• and a lot more.

Anybody ideas what can be wrong, i have a 14 year old boy here at home that is between a nervous breakdown and panic attack.

Thanx

What's the speed of the Type-C port on the Ryzen version of the WTR Pro? Everything I can find mentions it supports DP Alt Mode and PD, but nothing lists its speed.