How to install TrueNAS or other system using an F8 SSD/F8 SSD Plus/424/424 Pro/424 Max?

[gurkan]

Only NVMe 1 & 2 slots (off the ASMedia ASM2806) should be avoided; the rest should all be from the integrated PCH & allow for VT-d to remain enabled.

Sorry for necro-bumping the thread, but I opened an account to say "thanks" to this info!

I was very surprised to see higher load + temperature after adding 2 more NVME's to my F8-SSD. My previous couple was sitting on slots 1&2, the new ones were installed on 5&6. VT-d was disabled. The whole thing was too confusing until I saw millions of interrupts coming from ACPI, hammering cpu0.

Now I moved the older duo from 1&2 -> 3&4, peace again. Also I enabled VT-d, as a cherry on top!

[crisisacting]

Glad that the information helped.

If TerraMaster would include a SoC/platform topline/block diagram in their specifications on their website, it would possibly help them sell more of these to those users that intend to use it for other OSes.

[CursaYang]

Please refer to this post to check if the firmware version of the current PCIe expansion chip (ASM2806) is 24082140-0000. If it is not, please refer to this post to upgrade the firmware:
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