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Is hardware encryption portable to a new machine

I used hardware encryption on my Samsung EVO 850 on a laptop that recently died. The laptop used to ask for a password from the UEFI, before I was able to boot. I still have the password in a password ...
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SSD speed in different socket of CPU and chipset

If a motherboard chipset (like B760) has x4 DMI version 4.0 which has speed around 8GBps. And I use a M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD (speed around 8Gbps) in a socket which lanes are directly attached to cpu ...
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Motherboard UEFI doesn't detect M.2 SSD drive

I'm building a brand new PC with an ASUS PRIME Z370-A motherboard and a Samsung SSD 970 EVO NVMe M.2 250GB. However, my motherboard does not seem to be able to recognize the drive as the it neither ...
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SATA errors for SSD with new mainboard, works fine with old one

My $old system works perfectly fine. Then I upgraded the mainboard+CPU to $new and suddenly I can no longer boot from my SSD. The GRUB bootloader stops sometimes at "GRUB", "GRUB ...
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NVMe/SSD Driver for Razer Blade 15 Advanced 2021 (Razer CH570 motherboard)

I have the Razer Blade 15 Advanced 2021 (RZ09-0409), and I'm trying to reinstall Windows. When I boot into the installation media, I can't select my SSD as the target device for installation. This ...
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Can I use this SSD on this motherboard

Recently I bought a Western Digital SN570 1TB NVMe Solid State Drive. I currently have an ASUS P8B75-M motherboard which support my SATA SSD. However I am not sure if this SSD will go with my current ...
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Sometimes when booting computer hangs on BIOS splash screen

I have a desktop computer with an Asus P8Z68-V LE motherboard. It has a Wester Digital 1 TB hard drive, Samsung SSD, DVD/CD drive, an external hard drive that is always connected to a USB 3 port and ...
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My computer doesn't POST with all 8 ram slots filled

I'm using an upgraded HP workstation xw6600, although the only changes are the GPU (AMD Radeon HD 7850) and another 2 SSDs. About 2 months after adding my second SSD, I went to turn on my pc, but it ...
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How many m.2 slots on asus x370 pro? [closed]

I want to buy a new SSD but I don't know is it support another m.2 slot.
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Are those two WWAN slots on the Latitude E6440?

I am researching trying to install an extra SSD on a Latitude E6440, and there seems to be another slot labeled WWAN beneath the slot that's used everywhere I see. Is that another identical slot? Can ...
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Possible ways to connect two M.2 SSD at a time?

I have Asus PRIME H570-PLUS Motherboard which have two M.2 Slot. Gen 4.0 Gen 3.0 Crucial P1 SSD is already installed on Gen 3.0 (Win 10 is installed) Gen 4.0 Slot is empty. (For some reason my ...
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SATA 3 PCIe Controller working with decreased performance (slower than SATA 2)

After reading this question about maxing out an SSD I decided to do so myself. My mobo only supports SATA 2 and has two PCIe 2.0 x1 connectors (which promiss up to 500 mb/s). So after some searching ...
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Inaccessible Boot Device after m.2 SSD upgrade

I've replaced my old m.2 256GB Samsung XP941 SSD, my boot drive with Windows 10 installed, with a 1TB 970 EVO Plus. This is on an MSI X99S SLI Plus motherboard that was recently upgraded to the ...
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ASUS Z690 motherboard hangs on boot. Could this be a bad hard drive and SSD combination?

We are using ASUS ProArt Z690-Creator WiFi motherboard and Operating system is ubuntu 22.04. Previously we used AZEK 256GB SSD and 1TB hard drive. It worked okay. Laterly we changed SSD and started ...
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Does adding Intel Optane make sense when 512G Intel NVMe SSD is in the m.2 slot?

I am confused about intel Optane. I plan to use an ASUS Prime Z590-A mobo with intel i5-11600 CPU and intel 670P 2280 NVMe 512GB M.2 SSD. I've read that Optane is a special tech to speed up OS ...

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