How to fix Manor Lords loading hangs on Fanxiang S910Max 1TB?
Every time I tried to overhaul my town layout, the loading bar would just die at 95% for several seconds. It's a nerve-wracking way to play. The Fanxiang S910Max 1TB simply can't handle the burst of small file requests with the default queue depth, causing I/O response times to spike between 200-600ms. I tried reformatting the drive to a 64K cluster size in Windows Disk Management, but that actually made loading 3 seconds slower—clearly not the right move. I ended up modifying the NVMe queue depth in the registry, pushing it up to 256. In CrystalDiskMark's deep queue tests, random reads stayed very consistent at 60-70MB/s. I dealt with a slight boot delay after the tweak, which only went away once I set the page file back to system-managed. Temps are between 45-55℃, and the I/O check tool confirms there are no more deadlocks, with memory temps at 58-63℃.
