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Two SATA-3 vs four SATA-2 SSD drives in RAID 0 [closed]
I have a relatively old motherboard (msi BIG BANG-XPOWER) that has 8 SATA ports, 6 of which are SATA-2 and 2 of which are SATA-3 and I'm thinking of creating a RAID-0 array of two or four SSD drives. ...
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How do I install an Intel SSD 530 series in my desktop PC? [closed]
I recently bought an Intel SSD 530 series.
I have watched many tutorials and read the manual, but I'm not able to find a slot for the SSD and I also can't find where to plug in the cables. All I know ...
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Can't get PCI-e SSD to be recognized in Linux/Windows
I recently bought a Mushkin Scorpion Deluxe PCI-e 8x SSD to be used on my MSI 890FXA/GD70 mainboard.
I currently have two disks on SATA (1TB and 2TB). The smaller of the two holds 3 operating systems ...
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Do I need to connect the jumper pins in a SATA hard drive to anything?
I am looking at replacing the 16GB SSD on my Chromebook (C710-2856) with a bigger, maybe a little faster SSD so that my laptop has room for more Linux stuff and maybe Windows 8 if I can find the ...
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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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Computer doesn't get further than motherboard screen after installing new ram?
I just go new Kingston Hyper Beast DDR3 8x2GB kit in the door, but when I install them into my board, either my monitor doesn't react at all, or I get the motherboard screen which causes a restart and ...
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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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Do SSDs have to have AHCI to maximize performance?
After my last post concerning my motherboard's RAID, I'm considering purchasing an additional dedicated RAID controller, but I have a few concerns about what to buy, because I'm facing yet another ...
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MSI H81M E33 Mobo - Now won't boot
Just bought myself a new bare bones system with the MSI H81M E33 Mobo.
Droppped my current SSD into the system, and off it went happy as larry.
Installed all MOBO drivers and all running well, but ...
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building a computer: GA-Z87X-UD3H does not recognize 2hdds 1 ssd and 1 dvd drive
I have never built a computer before and followed these instructions for the 1200 rig:
http://lifehacker.com/5840963/the-best-pcs-you-can-build-for-600-and-1200
When I booted it up, I got the ...
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Computer Build for VM's: Slow behavior normal? [closed]
I've custom built a computer for work. The main idea (for security reasons mostly) is to use one VM exclusively for work (mainly 3rd party windows applications that work with PostgresSQL) and another ...
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Detect which is faulty between SSD and motherboard
Windows 7 started giving me some problems, like disabling the Aero theme, not letting me open the screen resolution options, etc.
Now, I'm pretty sure my SSD (OCZ Vertex 3) is faulty, the S.M.A.R.T. ...
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how do I know if SSD disk can be used with my motherboard [duplicate]
I'm trying to find how to check if particular SSD disc can be used on my motherboard:
Motherboard: Gigabyte EX58-UD3R
SSD: Samsung Electronics 840 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Single Unit ...
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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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Gradual loss of RAM, CPU fan, HDDs. Possible suspect motherboard?
I've been having quite some unsettling issues with my desktop recently
In the last 6 months up until now I've had an alarmingly growing rate of malfunctions.
In chronological order:
RAM started ...
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Why is Marvell SATA 3 storage interface not recommended for SSD?
I am planning to add an SATA 3 SSD drive to my computer which has a Gigabyte UD7 motherboard (link)(Socket 1366, Intel X58 chipset). The SSD drive will be used purely as an OS drive for Win8.1 x64. ...
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Custom built PC slowly freezes up [closed]
So this is probably one of the weirdest PC issues I have ever experienced. I built my PC in the winter of 2011, so about 1.5 years ago. Here are the stats:
ASUS P8P67 (REV 3.1) LGA 1155 Intel P67 ...
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Spilled Milk on MacBook Air, wondering what could be the issue with it and what I could do to fix it
I spilled milk on my MacBook Air about 2 months ago. I just took out the SSD and it works fine, though my macbook is still malfunctioning. (It doesn't start.). What potential issues do I have? I know ...
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Windows doesn't recognize SSD
I have a ASUS P5N-D motherboard and an SSD Disc OCZ Vector.I can see the SSD disc in BIOS, but Windows doesn't seem to recognize it. Why isn't Windows recognizing it?
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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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Is it worth to buy a SSD for my desktop machine if only support SATA II?
I know that there are similar questions but I was wondering if I could get a little more information about this.
The SSD disk is not cheap at all so I wonder if I'd really notice the difference. I ...
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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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How to set SATA password in AMI BIOS 0307?
How to set SATA password in AMI BIOS 0307? I can't find any possible option to do that, there is only supervisor and user password in Boot->security section. I have ocz agility 3 with sandforce ...
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Is ASUS P5K-V Comptatable with this Crucial M4 SSD?
Upgrading my old pc which has an Asus P5K V Motherboard, and im looking to add an SSD to it.
I've come across Crucials website which says these 2 products are available
http://www.crucial.com/store/...
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New SSD freezing on older motherboard (intel G31)
I have an ECS G31T-M motherboard running a Core2 Quad processor, 4gb RAM, Windows 7 32bit, Geforce 9600GT. Bought a Sandisk Extreme III 120GB (SDSSDX-120G-G25) and installed today. I'm outputting ...
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Can I insert a SATA II (3Gb/s) drive into a SATA 6Gb/s slot?
The general form of this question is "Can a SATA II SSD plug into a SATA 6Gb/s port on a motherboard?"
I am looking into building a PC, but I would like to get an SSD for my OS and some programs that ...
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Do SSD Pins have to be plugged all the way in?
I'm just trying to figure out how this works.
I just installed a new SSD in my Macbook Air, it's one of these. Have a look at what the pins look like:
When I put it into the slot, for the life of ...
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How can I determine whether a given SSD and motherboard are compatible?
How can I determine whether a given SSD and motherboard are compatible?
For example, I have an OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTX50G 2.5" 50GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive and a GIGABYTE GA-H67A-...
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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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Which storage interface(s) to use on a Gigabyte-EX58-UD5 motherboard?
I have a Gigabyte-EX58-UD5 (rev. 1.0) motherboard (reference docs here). The motherboard has a number of SATA connectiors, 6 are powered by an Intel southbridge and 4 are powered by some Gigabyte ...
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What motherboards support 6 GB/s SSD and quad-core Intel processors [closed]
Are there any motherboards that support 6GB/s SSD with a quad-core Intel processor (Q9550 in my case)?
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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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SATA-II motherboard and drives but only connected at SATA-I
I have an Abit AB9 QuadGT motherboard which has a SATA-II controller.
Connected to it I have a Kingston SSDNow V Series 64GB as boot drive and a Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 as a data drive. I also ...
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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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