Hi, I know it’s been awhile. So here’s what happened.
I created a new partition in the current pc and install a fresh new OS hoping that this would mimic a “fresh” pc. Unfortunately, the same issue persist. I am reluctant to perform a fresh format on the ssd.
Since then, I have moved on to an intel Nuc11 i3 and lo and behold, problem is being fixed…
so I guess there’s some issue with the previous pc drivers or something..