Recent content by 6StringJazzer

It's not just the fan running at high speed, it sounds like the either the fan blades are hitting something or bad bearings. It's intermittent. The noise stops immediately if I pound on the case, but eventually starts again. (That doesn't sound like bad bearings to me). I opened the case and...

I just rebuilt the sumbitch.

Updated: I have been running MemTest today. The computer locked up on pass 1/4 during the Modulo 20 test. The pass was 75% complete and the test was 54% complete. Then I rebooted and it froze again on pass 2/4, also during the Modulo 20 test. The pass was 75% complete and the test was 82%...

The Windows version is 1903. I have accepted every update when notified. I just checked Windows Update and it says my system is up to date but also reports that feature update version 2004 is available. CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6 Ram: 2 x 8GB DDR3, Ballistix...

I am getting unpredictable crashes where the computer becomes unresponsive and the image freezes on the screen. I find this failure mode baffling. I don't understand how you can have a crash yet the graphics keep feeding the image to the monitors. When I say unresponsive, I don't mean the...

I just followed these steps and it worked like a charm, precisely as described. I have not reinstalled the old HDD yet, but I will be doing that for the 1TB of capacity.