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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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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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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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Can the youyeetooX1 bios, support any M.2 to SATA3.0 conversion card?

Obviously, using a M.2 to SATA3.0 conversion card (JMB585 or ASM1166 based) would allow to build a NAS from a youyeetoo X1 motherboard. Did any one manage to do that and would you know if it might be ...
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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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NVMe performance lag and strange activity LED blinking

Installed NVMe (WDSN750 1TB) in the M2 slot on Asus Z170 Deluxe. It rocks PCIe3 (x4) so it reaches correct speeds (up to 3GB/s). However, I've noticed that sometimes the system (W10) waits for the ...
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Cant find bios update for Gigabyte motherboard [closed]

I am having a hard time finding a bios update anywhere online for the Gigabyte Motherboard GA-P67A-UD3R-B3. Its on bios version F2 which is way outdated and im having trouble having it boot from an ...
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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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What are the standard system unit case screw use?

I am planning to build a system unit using second-hand parts. But these second-hand parts don't come with screws so I am thinking of buying a set but there are so many to choose from. What is the ...
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Computer slow on booting from SSD or USB

I have got an Asus P10S-M WS motherboard, a Intel i7-6700 CPU, a SSD with Ubuntu 18.04 installed and a 8GB DDR4 ram stick. When i try to boot it from the SSD it takes a long time to load the login ...
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Add-on cards disabled M.2 SSD slot of Asus Prime B350M-A motherboard

Need help from experienced rig builders. I am using KingSpec 512Gb NVMe SSD on M.2 onboard slot, it ran fine for one month. Yesterday I tried to plug another SSD of the same model through expansion ...
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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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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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BIOS doesn't recognize XMP profile

Build 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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