Fixing M.2 disk read latency on Colorful B450M-T M.2 V14
Every time I launched the game, the loading bar would just die at 99% for thirty seconds. That kind of uncertainty is just stressful. I ran a disk analyzer and found that the M.2 slot on the Colorful B450M-T was struggling with random small file reads, with speeds swinging wildly between 10MB/s and 500MB/s. I tried disabling 'Fast Startup' in Windows, but that just added 10 seconds to my boot time and didn't fix the freeze—I realized then that this was a firmware-level issue. I grabbed the latest BIOS from the official site, flashed it, and enabled the NVMe Fast Boot protocol. In the boot logs, the asset load time dropped from 45 seconds to 12 seconds, and the freezing is totally gone. I did have a power flicker during the flash that sent the board into recovery mode; I had to pull the CMOS battery to get it back. SSD temps are sitting at 38-45℃. Boot sequence is now fully optimized.
