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Why does my PC lag after installing Nvidia graphics? Closing programs by its own and stutters [closed]
As I am installing my Nvidia driver my PC is stuttering, programs are crashing, sometimes screen is going black, sometimes monitor is saying no signal, I am very frustrated.
And talked to MSI ...
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Missing M.2 screw that I can't identify for MSI MPG B550 Gaming Plus"
I just received a second M.2 SSD that I'm trying to install, but the screw wasn't included in the box and isn't in my motherboard's box. It doesn't help that it looks like an uncommon screw type
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Old ish motherboard not booting from nvme
I recently bought an nvme drive and attached it to my asus P8H77-I motherboard via a PCIe-NVME (or PCIe-M.2, not sure what the proper name is) adapter. I did this in an attempt to replace the HDD that ...
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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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Will an M.2 M Key motherboard connector always support NVMe, or does NVMe support need to be explicitly stated in the manual?
Apologies this may be a basic question, but after much reading of sometimes contradictory information I wanted to check whether my understanding is correct.
I'm upgrading a PC, and want to add M.2 ...
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Where are RST drivers for 7th gen cpus for windows 8.1?
I am planning to build a gaming pc that can run windows 8.1. However, I need rst drivers for a 7th gen cpu that I want to use with windows 8.1 which I cannot find. I would appreciate help to find the ...
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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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Acer no longer recognizes the SSD it came with
I have an Acer Aspire XC-1660G desktop PC. I took its Western Digital PC SN530 NVMe SSD and installed it in a separate computer. On that computer I formatted the drive and installed Windows 10 onto it....
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ASUS PRIME B350-Plus motherboard cannot detect M.2 2280
Motherboard ASUS PRIME B350-PLUS with Ryzen 1700 cannot detect M.2 2280 ADATA XPG SX6000 Pro (NVMe). OS (Windows 10) - the same. My steps were:
I've removed any SATA cables from SATA5/SATA6 ports (as ...
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SSD won't boot on new motherboard
This MBR-partitioned SSD with Windows 10 on it won't boot on my new Biostar H310M motherboard.
Yet this very same SSD used to work on my previous motherboard.
My new motherboard is configured for both ...
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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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BIOS don't start on two motherboard after blue screen
I've got a computer with a Esonic H61 motherboard, intel i5, 2x4GB RAM and a ASUS NVIDIA GEFORCE GT710 with a SSD with Ubuntu 22.04 in single boot. A week ago I tried changing SSD with one with dual ...
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PRO B550M-P GEN3 MB W/ RYZEN 7 5700X CPU
I'm hoping someone can assist me. I've upgraded my MB & CPU to the following PRO B550M-P GEN3 MB W/ RYZEN 7 5700X CPU. I've also added more RAM from 32 to 128. Along with a new 700W PSU.
I'm ...
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lspci output of NVMe SSD in M.2 slot
I am developing some system management scripts and was wondering if a M.2 NVMe slot on the motherboard shows up in lspci output? Unfortunately, I don't have the hardware currently to test this (I have ...
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Install 2 PCIe NVMe SSDs in same pc
Am trying to install two PCIe NVMes in my pc with this pcie adapter (aliexpress pcie adapter) with second GPU PCIe slot. When I install both devices only one device (which is installed on motherboard'...
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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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Migrate Windows 10 installation to a new PC
I am currently planning to upgrade my PC. This involves changing out the processor, motherboard and GPU.
I want to know if there is any way I can migrate Windows 10 keeping all my apps and files ...
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Is this PCIE x 4 connector of an NVMe SSD compatible with the connector of my current NVMe SSD (SATA)?
I want to upgrade my current stock NVMe to something like this Samsung NVMe. My laptop is an Asus FX553VE.
However I am totally confused about what is compatible with my laptop and what isn't. The ...
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Back USB3 ports stopped working after adding a new SSD
I've bought new Samsung 870 EVO SSD and connected it today to my PC with SATA cable coming from SSD caching port on motherboard
After that my back usb3 ports stopped working in general (no power ...
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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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Which drive does the storage light refer to?
I'm referring to the "HDD light" that comes on most computers, which blinks or turns on during periods of storage activity.
However, despite being called the HDD light, it still works with ...
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SSD not recognised as bootable after motherboard replacement
Since 2019, I have had a very nice PC setup at home - based around the following motherboard:
ASUS PRIME AMD Ryzen X470-PRO AM4 ATX Motherboard
However last week I discovered that my computer (which I ...
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Does my motherboard support M.2 2280 SSD?
I have a B450M-HDV R4.0 ASRock and I've been using this second hand HDD that barely runs and has some clicking sounds so I was wondering if I could switch to an SSD.
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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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Does my Gigabyte H61M-DS2 DVI (Intel H61 Chipset) motherboard support NVMe SSD drives?
I am a newbie here (so please take it easy on me!)
Can anyone help with my questions - Does my Gigabyte H61M-DS2 DVI (Intel H61 Chipset) motherboard support NVMe SSD drives?
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Can someone please identify this SSD slot
(Please look at the image) : I want to upgrade my laptop with an SSD but I can't identify the type of slot it has, It looks like it is an m.2 NVMe slot but most of the SSDs I have seen online have 5 ...
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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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Kingston A400 M.2 SSD doesn't show up in BIOS in Aorus Motherboard
I was building my first PC gamer by my one with motherboard Aorus B360M Gaming 3 (rev 1.0) and everything worked out fine, except for my M.2 Sata Kingston A400 480gb SSD. I freaked out because I don't ...
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Can an nvme/m.2 card be adding as an additional drive to any motherboard?
I'm trying to expand my storage for a gaming pc, and have the option to get a Sandisk 3d ultra ssd or an nvme card for roughly the same price. I would have to buy an nvme to PCIE adapter, of course.
I ...
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Can I use my laptop ram, ssd and hdd in desktop motherboard?
I have an asus rog g531gt, it come with i7 9th gen processor with 4gb invidia GTX 1650ti and 8+8gb ddr4 vram, 512gb PCIE ssd with 1tb hdd(Sata).
Now it's motherboard got damaged, and I want to buy a ...
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How do I add a new SSD to an old mainboard?
My knowledge of this stuff is out of date, and judging from the research in the Qs here, I've missed a lot.
I have an older Gigabyte mobo with PCIe3 slots, but not M.2-capable ones. One PCIEx8 slot is ...
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What NVME speeds should I expect from this motherboard's PCIe slots?
I am testing this board: Gigabyte B550M DS3H > pdf manual
It has two M.2 slots and I want to also use two PCI-e connectors with adapters to add 2 more NVME drives (so 4 in total). It is for a MySQL ...
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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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How to diagnose/distinguish motherboard/CPU issues?
For the last few months my PC is acting weird. Random App crashes, Chrome tab crashes, memory errors, apps simply disappearing, BSOD with errors not helping at all, random restarts (Event-log shows ...
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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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Does my motherboard support this NVMe SSD?
I have an Aspire TC-710 motherboard, and I was planning to get this NVMe M.2 SSD .
I'm really new to computers and don't know much; can I install this SSD in my motherboard?
