I would never be able to do the things you did to try to mak the thing work. So it’s a blessing you’ve share the reality. Thanks again.
This is the text that I sent back to Amazon with the Mini-PC. Not that it will do any good...
To Whom it May Concern,
This Beelink SER5 MAX Mini PC has an AMD Ryzen 7 6800H which normally has a 45 watt TDP. When I saw that the power supply was very small I could tell that this PC must be severely hobbled. When I looked this up on the official Beelink Customer Support Forum, I found that in this version of the SER5 Max Mini the UEFI has been locked to only 28 watts which works out to approximately 15 watts for the CPU and 13 watts for the GPU.
This means that the computer will not work for the purpose that we purchased it for. Most people would not suspect without some type of warning that the APU in a computer has been limited to approximately 60% of its normal operating wattage. This obviously has severe repercussions in the APUs ability to perform many types of demanding tasks. This means that the computer will definitely not work for the purpose that we purchased it for.
Persons participating in the Beelink Forum and in other discussions were incensed as am I. I find this to be extremely misleading, and I certainly would not purchase any other product from Beelink ever.
This is not the first time I have been burned by an Amazon seller. Now because of Amazon's new return policies we have to wait a month or more to find out if, when and how much of our money will be returned. The truth is that I have had better luck on eBay a good percentage of the time.
We have spent $Tens of Thousands on Amazon over the last 20 years. Our Prime membership will be ending in about 6 months. I have just about had it with Amazon.
I assume that our money will be returned, but what a waste of time and effort. The last time I went through this it was over an Android Radio for our truck. The thing not only didn't look anything like the pictures, it matched almost none of the listed specifications.