Dropouts after installing local M.2 card

[frederick184]

Up until now I have been storing my music files on an external Startech enclosure with a Seagate 2TB 3.5 in drive.  I decided to install a Sabrent Rocket 2TB M.2 card in my second M.2 slot, and transferred the files over.  SQ has improved dramatically, but now I'm getting dropouts when using Roon.  I'm using the heatsink supplied with the motherboard, but a check on temps shows it is running at 38 deg C.  

 

Motherboard is Asus Rog Crosshair Hero VII with Ryzen 3700X.  OS is AudioLinux running on an Optane M.2 card, with a JCAT Netcard XE providing connection to my network and an Adnaco fiber NIC providing connection to my DAC.  Anyone seen this issue?

 

Thanks

Colin

[frederick184]

Thinking it might be a power issue.  I'm powering the server from a Sean Jacobs DC-4 but the 19v rail is connected to an Hdplex 400w ATX and not the 800w ATX, which I sold recently.  A second 12v rail powers the CPU (EPS).

 

Colin

[Miska]

First check if there are kernel error messages around the time when problem appears, with "dmesg".

 

Also note that if Roon is not set to throttle it's background scanning activity, it can do massive amount of I/O on a fast storage like M.2.

 

[frederick184]

1 hour ago, Miska said:

First check if there are kernel error messages around the time when problem appears, with "dmesg".

 

Also note that if Roon is not set to throttle it's background scanning activity, it can do massive amount of I/O on a fast storage like M.2.

 

Thanks.  No kernel error messages.  Roon is set to throttle, and background analysis was taking place.  I turned it off.  Same issue, though.

 

Colin

[davide256]

Memory at default speed, not overclocked?

[frederick184]

3 minutes ago, davide256 said:

Memory at default speed, not overclocked?

Default speed.

 

I just switched over to Euphony.  No issues using Stylus, or, strangely Roon Core via Euphony.  Could be something in my AL configuration that only appeared when I added the Sabrent.

[davide256]

3 hours ago, frederick184 said:

Default speed.

 

I just switched over to Euphony.  No issues using Stylus, or, strangely Roon Core via Euphony.  Could be something in my AL configuration that only appeared when I added the Sabrent.

Maybe a driver update needed?

[AudioDoctor]

Is your M.2 drive a PCI 3 or a PCI 4 spec? Your board is a PCI 3 from what I saw on the Asus page. I am just spitballing ideas here, but maybe a PCI 4 drive in a PCI 3 slot is causing this?   I have a Sabrent Rocket as well and it is a PCI 4 spec drive on an X570 Crosshair Hero VIII and I don't get this problem.

[frederick184]

12 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

Is your M.2 drive a PCI 3 or a PCI 4 spec? Your board is a PCI 3 from what I saw on the Asus page. I am just spitballing ideas here, but maybe a PCI 4 drive in a PCI 3 slot is causing this?   I have a Sabrent Rocket as well and it is a PCI 4 spec drive on an X570 Crosshair Hero VIII and I don't get this problem.

Board is PCI 3, drive is PCI 4, however I don’t have the issue when I switch to Euphony/Stylus or Euphony/Roon Core, so I’m thinking it must be something in my AudioLinux config.  I’ll go through it tomorrow.  Thanks.

 

Colin