When I’ve seen this come up before, I think the AI Max needs soldered RAM due to latency that socketed RAM introduces. There were some older post where an AMD engineer even hopped in saying they tested but it had a big impact on performance.

Fedora for example

Sometimes you have to meet people where they are with something familiar, I’m guessing?

Always love a chance to share this comic:

https://imgur.com/gallery/gospel-of-supply-side-jesus-bCqRp