> I then unplugged the power to the SSD and the garbage was still there. > So I conclude that its my motherboard making the garbage when I boot using > the SSD!?
SSD's draw substantially less power than a mechanical/rotating hard drive. All mechanical drives draw off the +12V rail; SSD's generally only use power from the 5V (or 3.3V for newer mSATA) rail. Indeed switching power supplies may generate more hash without a load on a particular output line. It used to be the case for some DEC Q-bus computers, if you didn't have enough hard drives plugged in to your system, there was a dummy load card to keep the switching power supply tamed. Tim N3QE _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
