> 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
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