So filler first then the problems. So, I bought this laptop around July 30th, 2016. It gets delivered by August 2nd, 2016. I quickly install Windows 10 Build 14393 which is Redstone. With the settings get rid of all apps, documents, settings. All that junk pre-installed stuff gone! Nice clean shiny laptop to claim as my own! So, now that I had this clean shiny laptop I put it to the test. Testing EVERYTHING except the USB Type-C.
-> FX-9800P, nice and fast for 15W and slightly smoother desktop usage than FX-8350 desktop.
-> Realtek ALC255 <3, very clean audio! (Compared to the ALC892)
-> HDMI, oh em gee HDMI 2.0a!!! 120/144 Hz, much pixel clock!!!
-> Gigabit Wired / MU-MIMO AC (DIR-885 has beta stage for this so it is very clean giving near 100 Megabit wired speeds)
-> SSD is ultra fast, HDD is fast for what it is.
Okay problem time!
BIOS functions;
-> Disabled/No dual-channel support. Probably want to add that to a BIOS fix. (8 GB usabled, 8 GB reserved)
-> Disabled/No hUMA/IOMMU mode/support. Like above probably want to add that to the BIOS. (7.5 GB usable by CPU, 512 MB reserved to GPU)
With both enabled 2x8 GB sticks will be usable, and the GPU wouldn't need to reserve RAM. As both the CPU and GPU would see the same addresses. More performance, less energy!
Display functions;
No eDP 1.4a/1.4b support even though that is what is implied with HDMI 2.0 support via the HDMI interface. So someone should probably go into panel service options and enable 1.4a/1.4b mode. So, we consumers can get some of that sweet, sweet VESA Adaptive Sync.
Windows 10/Redstone;
Warning! Dragons be here! Bristol Ridge and Meso get renamed to Carrizo and Topaz. Which in turn breaks UVD (Unified Video Decoder) and VCE (Video Coding Engine) functionality. AMD had to use the same device ids... ugh.
Other than that this thing rockz!