Hi there, New ME Mini owner and I have populated it with three 2TB drives in 1-3 slots and one 1TB drive in slot 4 for OS. I have TrueNAS set up and it boots and runs great. However it just goes out to lunch at some point and is unavailable and I have to reboot. The uptime can vary from a few hours to about 12 days was the longest it has stayed up. I literally have nothing running on this box besides TrueNAS currently and was running it to check on stability and hoping somebody can tell me how to diagnose this odd condition. Oh and the only other data I have so far is when the device dies, I do have it connected to TV via HDMI and instead of the short menu appearing, it is just black/grey.

I have the same issue, but no solution. In any random time ME mini just stops responding. No reaction on keyboard, no blinking cursor. Only off and on help to boot it up.

Hey there @Beelink CS-George have any thoughts on this one or how I can go about diagnosing?

fraz Hi there, ① Hello there, Please press delete key as soon as you turn on the PC, so that you can go to BIOS. Please send us a picture of the Main page. We will check if you need to update the BIOS. ②Please turn off the PC , unplug the power supply and other USB devices, then put the pin in the CMOS pinhole and press it for about 10 seconds , restart the PC after ten minutes. Here is the tutorial https://url.bee-link.cn/5FdW

Thanks a bunch for the nudge; here’s screenshot. I did the CMOS reset as well and TrueNAS is up and running for an hour now and I am monitoring. Sorry for the poor image quality. 120k is really restrictive for image size in this day and age.

Ok after resetting CMOS I got a little over 24 hours before lockup. Reset and it is up for 13h now. Should I update BIOS?

fraz Hi there, your BIOS is the latest one. Please contact our support for replacement , here is our email support-pc@bee-link.com

ME Mini locks up sporadially

fraz

Ha, I didn’t refresh and just dropped support an email right before I read this. Thanks for confirmation.

Beelink CS-George

fraz OK ，my pleasure

fraz

Beelink CS-George

I got my replacement ME Mini and it’s been up for 13 days so far and all is looking good. Thanks for help.

Jaimie

I am having an identical issue I am afraid @Beelink CS-George . I have udated the BIOS to M1V307_12G but it still freezes and becomes very warm.

Beelink CS-George

Jaimie Could you please send us a picture of the SN on the bottom of the PC ?

Jaimie

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Thank you for the swift reply https://bbs.bee-link.com/u/26

Beelink CS-George

Jaimie Please contact our support for replacement , here is our email support-pc@bee-link.com

Beelink CS-George

fraz My pleasure

Jaimie

Thak you Beelink CS-George

Dxa1998

ME Mini here and I have the same issue. I have populated it with 4 4TB drives configured in Raid and one 1TB drive for OS. I have ZimaOS set up and it boots and runs great. However it just goes unavailable and I have to reboot. The uptime can vary from a few hours to about 1 day so far. The only thing running at the moment is Home Assistant, Immich and Glances and I’ve tried to identify CPU spikes. I’m hoping somebody can tell me how to diagnose this behaviour.

With a monitor plugged in, I can see a command line scrolling through errors but no way to stop it or interact with the machine unless I do a manual reboot. Image description

Thanks, Daniel

Beelink CS-George

Dxa1998
Please provide a clear photo of the SN code located on the bottom of your machine so we can verify it.

Dxa1998

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Here you go George

Beelink CS-George

Dxa1998
Thank you for your reply.
Which SSD slot did you install the system on? We recommend installing the system on the SSD in the fourth slot.
Additionally, the power consumption of each installed SSD should not exceed 8W. What is the rated power consumption of your SSD?

Dxa1998

@Beelink CS-George is this okay?

Dxa1998

Hi George

The OS disk was pre installed when it arrived, I removed windows and installed ZimaOS on the same drive.
I installed the same SSD drives as the factory did, Crucial P310 except these were 4TB. 4 of them in total + the pre installed 1TB drive leaving 1 slot empty.

Beelink CS-George

Dxa1998
Thank you for your reply.
Please try using a different SSD. SSDs with the same specifications have the same power consumption, which may be the cause of the malfunction. The ME MINI has a total power limit of 45W.

Gwynn

Beelink CS-George

Sorry, but why is there no mention in big red box on the purchasing page - that this device has 6 NVMe slots, yet you can’t use all of them? To save $2 on the PSU, this unit can’t power all 6 drives. You can’t even use eMMC for the system (whereas I can use a simple microSD without any issues on other devices) - again, because eMMC consumes power. What’s next? You won’t be able to attach it to the network because the NIC consumes power? It’s just ridiculous.

Dxa1998

Hi George. Are you saying that the SSD drives that Beelink ship with are not a good choice? If 45W limit Wil not support 5 or 6 drives why not produce with a higher rated power supply?

Dxa1998

Gwynn

Agreed. It’s a pretty useless solution for a NAS. Even putting the exact same make and model NVME drives in that was provided by the factory. The maximum up time I’ve had is now three days. If there is any significant disk activity such as organising photos via Immich, the system crashes.

Not at all happy, I can’t trust the system, it needs a bigger PSU

Beelink CS-George

Hi Daniel & Gwynn,
Thank you for your candid feedback—we completely understand your frustration, and we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this has caused. Your expectations for the ME MINI as a NAS solution are entirely reasonable, and we want to address your concerns directly while providing actionable steps to resolve the stability issues.
First, let’s clarify the power consumption context (to avoid misunderstandings):
The ME MINI’s 45W total power budget is designed to support 6 low-power NVMe SSDs (typically 5-6W per drive) , plus the system’s core components (CPU, RAM, NIC, etc.). The Crucial P310 drives (both the factory-installed 1TB and your 4TB upgrades) have a rated power consumption of _8W each—when using 5 of these, the total SSD power alone reaches 40W, leaving only 5W for the rest of the system. During high disk activity (e.g., Immich photo organization, RAID operations), SSD power spikes slightly, which pushes the total consumption beyond the 45W limit. This is why the system crashes under heavy load—not because the drives are “bad,” but because their combined power exceeds the budget for full 6-slot usage.

Actionable solutions to fix the stability issue .

Immediate fix: Use low-power SSDs (proven to resolve the issue)
We recommend replacing the Crucial P310 (8W) with low-power NVMe SSDs (5-6W per drive) —these are widely available and fully compatible with the ME MINI. Here are verified models that work reliably with 5-6 drives:
Crucial P3 Plus (NVMe, 5W max)
Samsung 980 (NVMe, 6W max)
Western Digital SN570 (NVMe, 5.8W max)
These drives offer similar performance for NAS tasks (file storage, Immich, Home Assistant) while staying within the power budget. If you prefer to keep your existing Crucial drives, reducing the number of SSDs to 4 (total SSD power _32W) will also eliminate crashes—this is a temporary workaround if you can’t replace drives right away.Or you can mix the lower power SSD and high power SSD, as long as they don’t reach 45W in total.
Reduce load during high disk activity
Until you switch to low-power SSDs:
Avoid batch-processing large photo/video libraries in Immich all at once (split into smaller batches).
Close unused apps (e.g., Glances if not essential) to reduce CPU/disk load.
Disconnect any high-power USB devices (e.g., external HDDs, hubs) that aren’t necessary—they consume additional power from the 45W budget.