Recent content by ambush

I see. The information on that disk isn't mere data, it's magical. Some sorcerer has placed a spell on that disk that prevents replacing one driver file with another. I'll figure it out for myself. I expected better from this hotbed of "geniuses", but it's a lesson learned: Don't come back here.

I can't boot my 64-bit Windows 7 laptop even in safe mode, but I'd rather chew broken glass than reinstall from scratch. System restores don't work either. So what I'm looking for is some way to update or re-install the driver(s) which are preventing me from booting. I would connect the...

Thank you once more! The situation has gotten as bad as it can get. I received the cable I needed and performed a partial install of the spare Corsair 850 as planned. By "partial" I mean that I only connected the 24-pin ATX power connector and the 8-pin CPU power connector and nothing else. And...

Well, the PSU that was in there is a Thermaltake ToughPower 750W Gold. The unused one is a Corsair 850W Gold. Unfortunately, while the main 24-pin modular cable was present, I apparently misplaced the 8-pin CPU power cable (I've heard that's kinda important ;)) I discovered that Amazon has a...

Oh, and about the PSU, I need to remove it to determine which one is in there (I have four other machines, so I'm unsure). And since I need to do that, I may as well try a different PSU while I'm in there. Fortunately, I have an unused one so I don't have to deal with the long, nasty job of...

Thank you ENORMOUSLY for your response! I was worried my OP was too long. Your hunch that I hadn't removed the battery as part of clearing the CMOS was correct. So I removed it, moved the pin jumper, and left the battery out for a good long while (with the machine unplugged, of course). When I...

My ASUS Z87-A based system has a weird problem: When I turn it on, it powers up for a couple of seconds, turns itself off, then it comes on again and stays on. Shortly after turning itself on, the red BOOT_DEVICE_LED is lit and stays lit. But it never enters POST, or at least no monitor shows a...

That's what I was thinking, but I wasn't certain. Thanks very much!

Hey, thanks for your reply! I was puzzled by the reference to x2 as well, but here's a link to the product on Amazon (I'm actually considering a used one): IO Crest 8-port SATA III PCIe 2.0 x2 Controller Card. The x2 is right there in the product's name, although I realize there are no x2 PCIe...

I'm in the market for an 8-port PCIe SATA III adapter card, which I'll use in JBOD mode rather than RAID. I only wanted 6 ports, but I couldn't find such. I found one card that requires an x1 slot and another that requires x2 (or more, of course). I can use either card in my current system...

Right again, oh knowledgeable panathas! It was night when I looked before my last posting, but with the sun up I finally saw the printed label (I feel rather dumb!). It was the Boot Device LED, which I've straightened out, but only to a limited extent. Before continuing with my almost...

Hi again, panathas! Well, on your wise suggestion, I took my i7-4790K CPU to be tested, and they found that it had definitely failed. They said they'd seen about 10 4'th generation Haswell CPUs fail, usually not long after the warranty expired (just like mine). They said something about how Gen...

OK, since I've now bought two expensive items that were almost certainly completely unnecessary, I just can't impulsively think of buying yet a third, extremely expensive item! So I beg you, is there anything else I can try first that makes sense? I'm losin it...

Well, that didn't help. I didn't actually remove the mobo & PSU; instead I just unplugged all the Systems Panel connections (power, LEDs, etc) and a separate Silverstone digital info display (which sat between things like the CPU fan and chassis fans and temperature probes, etc). Then I shorted...