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I did it. Shorting HOLD# pin (pin 7) of eeprom (U2) to ground while powering up caused controller board to loose any memory of being WD controller. I don't know whether I completely destroyed eeprom or simply the bridge IC decided to ignore what ever is inside after my invasion, but now it is...

Ok, few more hours in to this and now I know that any HDD I plug shows the same 233GB (250 Gb). I managed to find my old downloads with all the WD software of that time (same as today, only older), but there is nothing special about it... I also tried "forgetting" password hoping that it will...

Hi, I have a WD My Book Essential USB 3.0 external drive that originally was 1 or 2TB. Few years ago I replaced the original drive with some older 250GB Maxtor drive and clearly remember that I had to use some software tool to make it work. Now I have a spare 1TB WD Blue that I want to use in...

Update: Real Bench stress test also hangs under fixed 1.40 V Vcore as well with default bios settings (automatic Vcore). I suppose, it is safe to say that there is an issue with MB or CPU?

I am now running AMD Overdrive auto-tune and it is not crashing... Can there be a problem with automatically adjusted Vcore being adjusted too low? Overdrive keeps it ant 1,45 V and when using mentioned stress test is drops below that (will check it later). Edit1: I tried fixing CPU voltage to...

Thank you for your feedback. I now have stock BIOS settings, latest firmware, latest GPU drivers. Finally I managed to get something repeatable. It takes 10s to 1 min. to hang the PC with Furmark CPU burner. Even though temperature stays under 50 C. Can it be some local hot spots? If I run 5...

Hello, I have the following PC build: MB Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 CPU AMD FX-Series FX-6300 SAM3+ BOX FD6300WMHKBOX RAM 2x Crucial Ballistix 4GB DDR3 PC3-12800 CL8 BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0 GPU Asus AMD/?ATI Radeon HD7790 1GB GDDR5 PCIE HD7790-DC2OC-1GD5 Case Nexus Tower Thrio 310 2x Nexus Case Fan 120mm...

Thanks for your attention, James Mason. Windows 7 was first. I was going to reinstall it anyway because of the GPU problem ( https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?527253-Blue-screen-and-crash-on-Ultra-High ). The GPU problem was the reason of w8.1 trial at the first place though problem...

Exactly.

I have a system with windows 7 and 8.1 in two separate drives. Few days ago I booted from 8.1 to 7 and there was no sound from integrated sound card, though I managed to get it from HDMI monitor. When I tried rebooting to 8.1 I faced an automatic attempt to repair and a 0xC000021a error. Tried...

I have just got my build: MB Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 CPU AMD FX-Series FX-6300 SAM3+ BOX FD6300WMHKBOX RAM 2x Crucial Ballistix 4GB DDR3 PC3-12800 CL8 BLT4G3D1608DT1TX GPU Asus AMD/​ATI Radeon HD7790 1GB GDDR5 PCIE HD7790-DC2OC-1GD5 Case Nexus Tower Thrio 310 2x Nexus Case Fan 120mm D12SL-12...

Final build. MB Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 160 USD CPU AMD FX-Series FX-6300 SAM3+ BOX FD6300WMHKBOX 137 USD RAM 2x Crucial Ballistix 4GB DDR3 PC3-12800 CL8 BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0 93 USD GPU Asus AMD/​ATI Radeon HD7790 1GB GDDR5 PCIE HD7790-DC2OC-1GD5 167 USD Case Nexus Tower Thrio 310 48 USD 2x Nexus...

Ok, I have some more rumors regarding PSUs... Gigabyte ATX 2.3 620W PFC/ACTIVE SUPERB GE-E620A-C3 vs Corsair CX600 ATX2.3 80+ 600W (hopefully this is final choice, no more jumping back and forth). Here it is said that Gigabyte is preffered by AMD regarding Cool'n'Quiet support though I was...