The computer really didn't have enough memory, so I thought about adding a drive. Coincidentally, the computer had a spare M.2 slot and a SATA slot. I decisively bought a 1TB ZhiTai TiPlus5000 on JD.com with a white-striped credit card.

As soon as it arrived, I installed it directly into the computer, and then the inherent problem of this series of computers appeared—stuck on the boot logo.

Actually, this problem had already appeared when upgrading to Windows 11, but at that time, I used the method of swapping the original hard drive to a different slot (which is also the most common answer online), but it still wasn't a permanent solution.

Helplessly, I tried various things, checked the BIOS and everything, and the hard drive could be detected. How vulgar.

After 6 hours (finally), I found a post suggesting that this might be a problem with the toothpaste factory (Intel). Sure enough, it was.

Intel had introduced some VMD technology at some point, but this computer didn't have it enabled from the factory (I think, because I hadn't messed with the BIOS settings much, and when I found this setting, it was off), causing a bunch of problems. None of the online posts mentioned this.

Moreover, enabling the VMD setting also required reinstalling the system, which was a good opportunity to clean up the computer.

If you don't reinstall the system...

Now I don't know whether to call the second-tier factory vulgar or the toothpaste factory vulgar.

By the way, here's the current state of the hard drives in my computer. That mechanical drive is about to explode.

In summary, the computers built by Machenike, this assembly factory, are still of decent quality, but tinkering with them can be a headache.