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Those suggestions seem to have nudged me in the right direction. The system runs smoothly, however I did get a BSOD saying "kernel_security_check_failure". I ran sfc /scannow, which said it had repaired some corrupted files and it hasn't happened since. Assuming the 120GB SSD was the culprit, I...

Sorry about that. Here are the screenshots: Thanks again.

The choppiness is just general delay between me starting something and it actually executing (IE pressing the shutdown button in Windows takes about 10-20 seconds to actually start the shutdown process). The mouse pointer also lags around the screen rather than being fluid. A lot of Windows...

Thanks for the suggestion. I did disconnect the two unresponsive drives and didn't see much change in performance (however if my PSU is on it's way out I suppose it wouldn't fix the problem). I've purchased the adapter you linked and will be replacing my PSU depending on the testing outcome (y)

My system is still quite choppy with both non-working drives disconnected Here is my disk management: View: https://imgur.com/a/disk-management-cy5xamh The Ubuntu volume is a connected flash drive, not a HDD. Later I should probably also remove the other functioning SSD just to fully isolate...

The nvme boot drive and another internal 2.5" SSD are correctly and consistently being recognized by both BIOS and Windows. My two other HDDs are not being recognized, nor are they even starting now. I've disconnected and moved around power supply cables to them, but didn't disconnect the cables...

Thanks for the reply! I tried to setup an Ubuntu live USB like you suggested (following official Ubuntu instructions), but it just got hung at the very first installation screen. Installing Windows onto the 100GB SSD may be the next route to go if I can't find an alternative. However at the...

Hi! Yesterday my PC was no longer able to detect 2 of my internal HDDs (not showing up in BIOS or Windows) on startup. Neither were being used as the boot drive. I tried rebooting several times. Sometimes these drives would show up in tandem or disappear simultaneously. The rest of my machine...

Hi, Recently I've been getting consistent unbearable spikes in packet loss on my PC. Sometimes the spike will linger for an hour, sometimes just a moment, but it reliably occurs throughout the day. This does not occur on any other device on the network. I ran tests via packetlosstest.com on both...

After installing an automatic update to my PC some weeks ago, I've been unable to access my internet, getting "'Ethernet 2' doesn't have a valid IP configuration". However if I reinstall a previous version of Windows via downloading the ISO and installing it through a flashdrive, my networking...