asus B550-F USB3 and audio dead on arrival?

[batsars3]

so i have an issue with the b550f motherboard, where it totally randomly unplugs an external 5TB hdd and also does not give out any sound from the rear if the front panel audio cable is connected? plus the sound coming from the front only is like static noise with some parts of the actual audio mixed into it...

and this is my 2nd board already, with the 1st one actually working a bit longer than this 2nd one..
(using win10 pro 20h2 or smth... with uefi gpt(sata) only, all cms and legacy etc disabled...)