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So the USB-SATA plug-in device came in and I tested 2 drives on my MacBook. The (old) 1TB drive spins up and is recognized, the SSD nothing. It apparently is fried. I'm just going to throw Windows back onto the NEW 1TB drive, use the old 1TB drive as utility and keep the SSD plugged in and...

Was out of town for awhile, so slow update, but-- After resetting the CMOS via manual battery, all the drives work (or at least are detected) except for the SSD. Both 1 TB drives and the CD drive work on all 6 ports with all 4 power cords and with different SATA cables (spent like 30 boots with...

So update-- I have scoured the internet looking for any ideas-- the best one seemed to be resetting the CMOS. Tried this via the battery method (didn't see any jumper prongs)- and it reset the clocks, but no improvements. Verified that BOTH 1TB drives (Seagate 2 years old and WD brand new)...

Thank you all in advance for any possible help/feedback/enlightenment. I think I have the ultimate computer hardware riddle-- Was running a 1TB Seagate Barracuda (SATA 3.0) for around a year when I decided to buy myself a 240 GB SSD (over a year ago). Installed the SSD and my external...

Can anyone help me here? Spent 2 hours with support and must have talked to like 4-5 different people. One guy said I needed to order a $15/replacement disk, but then tried to remote access my computer and spent like 15 minutes on there and I started getting sketched out... Not sure if...

I built my computer last December with a Windows 8 OEM package and installed onto my current HD. I just bought a 240GB SSD as an upgrade last week, and I would like to install Windows 8 onto the SSD. I've read through the posts on cloning, and decided it makes more sense to do a fresh install...

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New case came in, I installed all the parts and I scored a 2709 vs 2081 before. The ONLY change was moving from PCI 2.0 to PCI 3.0. Are the testers wrong/ not using the right combos, or does my motherboard have a PCI E 2.0 defect? Either way-- I'm happy as a clam now-- thanks for the time &...

i5-3570 is 3rd generation and supports pci express 3.0, but I googled around and it looks like you are right, pretty much no advantage to either 2gb of memory or pciE3. I was hoping for an easy performance fix and the different slot seemed to be it I didn't think my cpu or ram would be a...

Getting 20-22 with a low of 15 on Crysis with 1900X1080 (no 1200?) fully maxed. I'm assuming Warhead and Crysis: 2 use the same engine/ similar results? I noticed that it's running DX10, perhaps Crysis: 2 will use DX11? --- Crysis is almost 5 years old, so I was hoping that I could run it...

I'm installing the Crysis Triple Pack & AC3, so I'll get back with fps for those soon. I haven't been in the gaming world for a long-time (5 years since my last build), so right now I have my CS: Source and Metro: 2033 experience. I ran both games with everything cranked to the max @ 1920X1200...

I'll get to the games soon-- preliminary results with GPU-Z show full clock and memory when hitting the tests; however, memory used didn't max out, so it's not a 2GB vs. 1GB issue. The average is still 2719, and mine is 2081. I'm using the Passmark Performance Test-- the worst FPS was in the...

I just built a new rig with an ASRock H77 Micro-ATX and was temporarily forced to use my old full tower case. The case is a Thermaltake Soprano-- about 5 years old. Everything worked out fine until I went to plug in my graphics card (GeForce 650 GTX Ti)-- the mobo slot didn't line up with the...