u/sternmd

Anyone else who just bought this machine seeing this?

Brand-new NUC 16 Pro purchased from Newegg, can't get Windows 11 installed. Posting to see if anyone else has seen this.

Hardware**:**

• ASUS NUC 16 Pro barebones, NUC16GDKU7 (RNUC16GDKU76000U)
• Core Ultra 7 356H (Panther Lake)
• Added RAM**:** Crucial 128GB kit (2x64GB) DDR5-5600 SODIMM (CT2K64G56C46S5)
• Added SSD**:** Samsung 9100 Pro 2TB PCIe 5.0 NVMe (MZ-VAP2T0B/AM) in the PCIe 5.0 slot
• Shipped BIOS**:** GDPTL579.0037.2026.0325.1636

Symptom**:** System fails to power back on after warm reboots during Windows install operations. Reproduced 3x with different install methods:

1. Rufus 4.x with Win 11 25H2 ISO + MSA bypass - install completed, OOBE crashed at network step, ended in defaultuser0 loop
2. Windows Reset from recovery - system powered down for a reboot mid-reset, never came back on
3. Microsoft Media Creation Tool, fresh wipe - same warm-reboot lockup, never powered back on

Each time the unit is off, not crashed. Force-power-on works fine but installs need uninterrupted reboots which the system can't deliver.

BIOS update attempt: ASUS published v0037 dated 2026/04/16 with release notes "BIOS flash robustness improvement / Platform issue fix." Downloaded from the NUC16GDKU7 support page, SHA-256 verified, copied .CAP to FAT32 USB (no quick format), tried F7 update method per ASUS docs. But Update tool rejected the BIOS as incompatible.

Same SKU, same GDPTL579 family, same procedure ASUS documents — and it won't apply.

Feels like I need to RMA this one.

Can someone suggest where other than midi i should go to prescribe my T, E, and P in one place?

Here's my Midi experience - been with them a couple of years - first for E&P, which was mostly handled well. Then adding Testosterone unleashed a cascade of incompetent customer service:

\-The midi website does not list which providers can write for T - this seems like a change they could push in 30 seconds. So what that it forces is for you to make an appointment w/ current provider, who odds on says "you might qualify but I can't write it, so please make an appointment with another provider" - they charge for both visits....

\-When you select interested in Testosterone, the website routes to any random provider and not ones who can write in your zip code/state

\-Care coordination issues between multiple providers where the new provider tells me they now manage all everything E/P and T and yet when i go for a refill of E or P with no protocol change in 12 mos, the customer service says, you need to make a new appointment. Hang on I just had an appointment 5 days ago.

\-Every message takes 24 hours to get a reply to. No human to call.

\-All of this points to a business model that relies on $150 a pop appointments. Really annoying incentive structure where Customer Support has been trained to maximize $150 visits.

\-I know the VC investors have to get a return but Midi is falling behind other providers who are doing more asynchronous visits where allowed and not ticky-tacky forcing appointments as cash grabs

I'm almost at the end of my rope and would welcome either a modest annual fee structure that covers refills and administrative stuff so that visits are not being pushed or a wholesale change to how their website routes based on care needs and support needs.

\-BTW I know that some treatments like T do require clinical follow-up visits. The thing is i also know all of the state and medical board guidelines due to my job and I know Midi is lying to push more visits due to business model.

for those of you in US PE firms - especially middle market, what is your PTO/vacation policy - is it by title level, tenure etc? And how many days?