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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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PC acting very weird
It first appeard that my monitor would not display even though it had signal.
I was making a mkv file with my old dvd drive and I figured explorer just hanged.
Now I'm unable to get into Win10 ...
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Computer fails to boot
My computer starting freezing (showing 100% disk usage for the boot drive) so I tried restarting. Now it won't get past the motherboard flash screen. If I wait there, it eventually goes to a screen ...
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Computer won't fully shut down
I built a gaming PC last summer and recently upgraded my processor. Since upgrading, when I shut off my PC the OS seems to properly shut down and my displays lose signal. However, my PC appears to ...
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does GA-A75-UD4H motherboard support booting from SSD?
I have GA-A75-UD4H motherboard. I want to buy an SSD disk. Will the motherboard be able to boot from the SSD?
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Ultra fast boot does not work with Gigabyte z370 motherboard when second HDD is added
Ultra fast boot does not work when second brand new HDD is added. The following is my new built PC setup:
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64 bits
Bios:
Boot mode: UEFI (Windows is in UEFI mode as ...
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Will SSD "Kingston SSDNow UV400" work on ASUS M5A78LM LE motherboard?
Will SSD "Kingston SSDNow UV400" (120GB) work on ASUS M5A78LM LE motherboard?
Will it be compatible?
Built-in Controller : 6 x SATA 3Gb/s port(s), blue
Kingston SSDNow UV400 - https://www....
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How to boot with both Intel 750 and Optane P900 on a Gigabyte X99 board?
The system is using a Gigabyte GA-X99 Gaming G1 motherboard. I'm using a 1.2 TB Intel 750 as a data drive. I just got a P900 Optane to replace an older Samsung 840 EVO SSD.
I cloned the SSD to the ...
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Does my motherboard support SSD?
I'm trying to find how to check if particular SSD disc can be used on my motherboard
Motherboard: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-H61M-S1-rev-22#ov
Please Suggest if it doesn't.
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Boot m.2 SSD PCIe - Gigabyte mobo and B85M chipset
Is there a way I can boot in my m.2 SSD?
I was able to recognize the drive in Windows and also start installing Win 10 on it, but I can't see how to boot!
Hardware configuration:
Mobo model: GA-...
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Is a SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" compatible with an ASUS P8Z68-V LX?
The full name of the SSD is SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 500GB SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-75E500B/AM.
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Spark from ASUS ROG STRIX B350 Motherboard
Last night after switching on my PC after installing an aged SSD, I saw a white spark to the bottom right hand side of my CPU (in between the CPU and the RAM, to be exact).
I suspect that my SSD ...
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Motherboard makes a beeping sound when hard drives are accessed
I have a total of 5 drives, 4 internal, 1 external. My system drive (C) is a solid state drive, the rest are HDDs. The external drive and the internal SSD are both fine. However, when I access (read, ...
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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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boot-device LED on Asus Rampage V Edition 10 motherboard and will not POST
So I just got an ASUS Rampage V Edition 10 motherboard and built my computer. This is like the 4th computer I have built, so I have done this a few times. I am having trouble getting the computer to ...
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How can I tell if my motherboard has M.2 NVMe Support?
I have an MSI z170A Gaming Pro Motherboard from MSI and I'm very confused as to what M.2 drives I can get.
I've downloaded the manual, which includes the lines:
1x M.2 slot*
▶Supports PCIe 3.0 x4 ...
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Should I install NVMe M.2 ssd in M.2 socket or in PCIe slot using PCIe adapter?
I have an asrock z170 pro4s motherboard and I need help with understanding where I should put the samsung 960 evo.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z170%20Pro4S/index.us.asp
http://www.microcenter.com/...
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If M.2 share bandwidth with my SATA, does that make it slow as SATA?
I'm new to this whole PC building thing and while shopping for a motherboard, I've found that the M.2 slot, if used, will disable a SATA port (or 2). After further research, I've found that it might ...
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What is this port on my laptop motherboard?
I'm trying to install an SSD into a cheap laptop with a built in eMMc. There is a maintenance hatch on the back of the case, which has a space for a hard drive to fit in – however, I don't have a clue ...
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SSD SATA III on MB SATA I
Is it possible to run SSD drive with SATA3 on motherboard that uses only SATA?
Ex. Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R motherboard with SSD SanDisk Plus 480GB?
I know that it will work as fast as SATA I.
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M.2 Sandisk x400 not recognized by Win10 install
A few others had the same problem; no hardrive is found by install:
fixed with Bios SATA mode configuration set to M.2 (my Bios does not have this option) Windows 10 install not recognizing Samsung ...
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SSDs are constantly dying in a new PC
I recently got a new PC and assembled all myself. I'm casually gaming on it about 1 or 2 hours every other day.
The issue is my SSDs are going bad every few days. First disk worked for a few days and ...
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BIOS doesn't recognize XMP profile
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Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth Z87 LGA 1150
RAM: G.SKILL Sniper Series 32GB 40-Pin DDR3 Model F3-2400C11Q-32GSR
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K Haswell LGA 1150 84W BX80646I74770K
SSD: Samsung 850 PRO ...
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How should I know if a motherboard support SEDs?
SED (Self Encrypting Drive) are more and more owned due to the rise of SSD.
Most of the time this functionality is not used because most of the motherboards in the market don't have built-in support ...
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Understand how this M.2 B+M Key SSD can work via PCIe Adapter Card with 2 slots (both 1 B and 1 M slot)?
Understand how the M.2 B+M Key SSD can work via PCIe Adapter Card with 2 slots (both 1 B and 1 M slot)?
We recently bought a Sandisk SSD X400 M.2 (B+M Key) to do some sample tests, see how it works ...
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Skylake Z170, U.2 and Sata - Lanes conflict?
I am building a new PC, based on the Intel I7-6770K and Z170 chipset, using a Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Designare. I have a problem and could use some guidance whether this is related to lane configuration, ...
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RAID 0 - what happens if mainboard changes?
I had an MSI z77a-g41 mainboard with Ocz vertex3 raid 0 configuration. Yesterday, my mainboard stopped booting. It seems something is wrong with the mainboard because there is no video, no BIOS ...
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Windows 7 pro (64 bit) installation does not recognize Samsung EVO 850 SSD on an H81M-P33 board
So I got a new computer with the MSI H81M-P33 mainboard, plugged in my Samsung EVO 850 SSD (MZ-75E250B) into SATA and tried to boot from the Windows 7 CD. The installation fails to recognize the SSD ...
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Boot loop after restart pc
Is there anyone who has an idea why my pc is keep restarting? Kinda disturbing when i try to intsall new os on new SSD . And every time i restart the pc either via the reset button or from the Windows,...
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Motherboard detects Intel 750 PCIe SSD only when I replug the card. Cold boot issue
I have a combination of the following hardware: Corsair RM-550 PSU, MSI X99S SLI motherboard, MSI 2GB D5 X GTX960 graphics and a Intel 400GB 750 Series (PCIe card). I'm booting from another Samsung ...
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OS not booting off of SSD
I recently built a pc using the Maximus VIII Ranger motherboard and the Vector 180 SSD. For some reason, I cannot boot the OS off of the SSD. I have a hard drive as well, and that boots fine. My csm ...
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Fujitsu A514 notebook SSD runs on SATA II speeds even though SSD and motherboard supports SATA III
The problem is as in the title, I am getting lower speeds.
My laptop: Fujitsu Lifebook A514
My SSD: Kingston UV300 120GB
There is not much in the BIOS, just an option to turn SATA on or off.
Here ...
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Does M.2 SSD Card mess with PCI express?
My graphic card is MSI gtx970, which uses PCIe 3.0x16. My M.2 SSD card is Samsung 950 pro, which uses PCIe 3.0x4. My motherboard is MSI z-170 pro
I am not very familiar with the difference between 3....
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If my current HDD is a SATA 3Gb/s, does it mean a SATA 6Gb/s SSD may be redundant?
I'm looking into buying an SSD for my (fairly) old rig and I'm wondering if I'm doing this right.
I tried looking at my mobo's specs (http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01925486) and couldn't find ...
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Is Samsung 950 PRO M2 compatible with ASUS P9X79 DELUXE mobo?
I am impressed by the read/write times of the Samsung 950 PRO M2. I have a slightly out of date mobo: the ASUS P9X79 DELUXE. I do not see an M2 port listed in the mobo specs; however, it does have ...
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If M.2 is just a protocol then why does this manufacturer list "compatible devices"?
So I recently purchased the ASRock X99 Extreme4 motherboard ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157543 ) and I have been reading through the instruction manual. In the manual it ...
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Can I mix PCIe cards version 2.0 and version 3.0 in motherboard adjacent slots?
Motherboard specification for expansion slot is :
Slot5 : PCI-E GEN3 x8 Slot(EE : x8/x4 with Slot6)
Slot6 : PCI-E GEN3 x8 Slot(EE : x0/x4 with Slot5)
CPU is E5-1620v2, PCIe lanes are coming from the ...
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Samsung 950 Pro on PCIe or SATA waiting for better motherboard
Recently Samsung has released the 950 Pro series SSDs.
If I understand well they are only available with M.2/PCIe connectors which are supported only by new motherboards.
Is it possible to use the ...
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Dump all data to just one disc
Right now I have two HDDs set in RAID-0, each having 1TB. And I bought SSD drive that I want to connect right now.
The problem is that I only have two SATA connectors. I have power connector, but not ...
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M.2 on Gigabyte LGA1151 Intel Z170 Mini-ITX DDR4
Through a lack of knowledge I purchased a Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB M.2 SSD for the above board thinking I would see an increase in speed. The resultant speed is similar to any other SATA ssd and not ...
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My computer shuts down unexpectedly
My PC's specifications are as follows (it's a custom build) :
Processor: AMD FX8350 @ stock (4Ghz)
GPU: Gigabyte R7 260x 2GB 128bit Factory Overclocked @ 1625Mhz Memory and 1125Mhz Core
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How are PCI lanes used for graphics and peripherals (eg PCI-e SSD) respectively?
The Skylake architecture supports 16 PCI-E lanes from the CPU and 20 from the PCH.
Are the 20 from the Z170 chipset separate from the 16 that allow the CPU to communicate with the GPU(s)? Or is the ...
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Motherboards and hdd and ssd compatable [closed]
I am currently looking for a motherboard that is either sata 6gb/s or sata express capable. Aswell as a SSD compatible. Does any body know of any motherboards that are capable of this? :(aka ssd and ...
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SSD (SATA) Disk along side RAID with 3 Disks
I have the P6T7 WS motherboard (https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P6T7_WS_SuperComputer/) and wanted to install 4x 4TB drives as a RAID 10 on the ICH10R Serial ATA connectors (6 times) ,
I have also ...
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upgrading to new board worth it (keeping old cpu) ? From SATA2/DDR2 to SATA3/DDR3
I currently own a AMD Phenom II X4 955 with a AM3 board (with SATA2 only and DDR2). I recently bought a Samsung 850 EVO ssd drive (250GB) for the OS.
I know I'm not using my SATA3 SSD drive to it's ...
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Computer boots up automatically when given power and screen shows no display?
I have a strange problem with my computer that I am building. I had to replace the original mobo (Asrock fatal1ty H97) due to compatibility issues (the system did boot up correctly with this mobo) , I ...
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Building a new PC - PCI-E lanes and how do they work
I'm looking to build a new gaming PC that will last a while. I want to use a PCI-E x8 SSD + GTX 780 SLI in this build.
Now i'm looking around on the web to see what i need to support this in terms of ...
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How can I replace a broken M.2 SSD mounting standoff for my motherboard?
I just bought an ASUS Z97M Plus motherboard.
It has an M.2 socket. Here's a pic of the socket:
I want to install this M.2 SATA drive:
The drive is held in the socket by a screw in a standoff, ...
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Which piece of hardware in my desktop is failing?
Almost 2 years ago I built a custom desktop. This week it seems to be becoming inoperable. It's a dual boot system capable of booting to Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. When I sat down at it the other ...
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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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