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BSOD Critical Process died maybe SSD related
It's been some time now I'm getting BSOD and reboots (generally message is critical process died). It seemed to appear after I moved house or after I move my computer. I kinda "resolved it" ...
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How to confirm if motherboard is still fine
My Asus ROG G20CI keeps booting into the BIOS. I have unplugged all USB devices (other than the mouse), but it still doesn't boot into Windows.
I took the unit to the shop, the guys said they tried ...
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Custom PC won't boot Windows 7 DVD but does with Windows Vista
I ordered a custom-built PC (assembled by the store). This is the setup:
Motherboard: Asrock A75 PRO4-M
DVD drive: LG GH24NS90
SSD: Samsung 830 series 128 GB
DDR3 SDRAM: 2× Corsair XMS3 ...
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M.2 SSD somtimes fails to boot/not detected in BIOS [closed]
so few days ago my M.2 SSD started showing signs of failure on my ASUS n580VD laptop. It would sometimes fail to boot, and not show up on bios as a boot device. However, the bios can still detect the ...
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Throughput issues on newly built PC (according to Windows Experience Index) [closed]
I recently built a new PC running Windows 7 on an SSD and am surprised to see my Primary Hard Disk - Disk Data Transfer Rate scoring at a 5.9.
My motherboard is a GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UP4 TH and my SSD (...
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Can an SSD drive be used without a controller?
I read somewhere that an SSD can be attached to a motherboard using the PCI-Express bus without a controller. I am not sure what this means. If these are special kind of motherboards, what are some of ...
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Does B+M Key slot support M Key SSDs?
My laptop is Asus N552VW which runs Intel 6700HQ for the CPU, it comes with a M.2 SATA SSD model: MZNLF128HCHP-00004 128GB and from what I see, my laptop's M.2 slot is a B+M key slot:
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Broken Screw Inside 2280 Riser on MOBO
I bought a 500GB M.2 Samsung EVO and tried to install it on my Asus Z170S and ended up using a screw with the wrong threading and it snapped inside the riser.
Lesson learned the hard way. Does anyone ...
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How to check my computer has SATA III or SATA II?
I brought a SSD last week that supports SATA III. I wish to connect it to my PC but I have no idea whether my PC has SATA II or SATA III. I can provide any details or screenshots if needed.
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Will I be able to use sata 3 ssd with my current motherboard and if so will I be able to achieve reasonable performance gain
Currently I am using ASUS P5QPL-AM motherboard. This motherboard support the following storage system
So my current hardware configuration is :
motherboard : ASUS P5QPL-AM (ddr2)
ram : 4GB (ddr2)
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Trying to install PCIe M.2 SSD but this Disabled my PCI-E Wireless LAN Card
I recently bought and installed an Intel M.2 PCIe SSD. After installing and switching the BIOS setting for the PCI Express X4 slot to M.2 mode (which I had seen in a tutorial), I found that my Asus ...
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Windows activition after boot drive change
Recently I have bought a new SSD , I'm trying to boot from that SSD I had the installation disk of a legit version of Windows 7 that I upgraded from to Windows 10 but unfortunately the sticker with ...
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Would an Intel raid configuration benefit from Intel Smart Response feature?
My hard drive took a dive so I looking at getting some new drives.
I was thinking of getting 3 WD Black Edition 1TB disks.
My motherboard has the Intel Matrix Storage feature and I was going to hook ...
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System failure - need diagnostic recommendation
I have big problem with my computer. Configuration is:
Intel i7 + 6x2GB OCZ DDR3
Motheboard: Asus P6T Deluxe V2, HDD controller configured to AHCI
Main drive: OCZ Vertex 2 (SSD) - contains all ...
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Hard Drive Disk IO makes a strange noise?
Very strange this one!
Short version
Computer makes a high pitched noise whenever data is read from my SSD
The noise doesn't come from the SSD - it comes from the motherboard.
What is causing this ...
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