The USB ports charge my phone, so I'm pretty sure they're still good. I'll have to time the boot loop because I'm pretty sure it restarts faster when it's charging my phone, or maybe that's confirmation bias because my theory is still the PSU.
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That's the expansion slot, mine's empty right now. I'm 90% sure the actual internal storage is soldered to the mobo. And I'm also fairly certain that it isn't the problem because the loop happens in about a 1 minute loop even in safe mode, which would at the very least have different timing...
That will be great to try and find info about. Everywhere I've searched just brings up how to install an M.2 in the expansion slot, which isn't the internal SSD, but is "internal" so it's hard to search for lol
It doesn't have anything in the SSD upgrade slot, so if you're referring to the internal storage, is there actually a way to remove that? I'm also curious because the reboot loop happens in the Safe Mode screen too.