Recent content by BlackKnight343

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    is it safe to use a 4 pin molex to 4 pin connector to power the motherboard?

    mobo is being powered by an 8 pin connector and it only requires a 4 pin. i need the 8-pin to power a graphics card but if i do that that then i dont have a way of powering the mobo. will it work if i take 4pin molex to 4 pin adapter and hooked it up to one of the spare 4 pin molex connectors i...
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    is my power supply sufficient enough?

    damn thats a real shame. Thankyou very much for the help
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    is my power supply sufficient enough?

    ah ok thankyou very much. what would happen if i attempted to run the 970 on my current power supply? also, could you recommend an alternative graphics card that is similar to the 970 in power yet would be more reliable running on my current PSU?
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    is my power supply sufficient enough?

    i have a b85M-g asus mobo and the power supply is Tsunami 600 W ATX PSU+12CM fan. the tower is a Tsunami P43 ATX.
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    is my power supply sufficient enough?

    i plan on buying a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming 4GB GDDR5 PCiE Video Graphics Card GV-N970G1 GAMING-4GD. My PC is supplied with 600W of power and this video card requires 550 W. is this enough ?
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    Hard drive not showing up in Windows

    i have a similar problem. sometimes the HDD shows up in the BIOS and sometimes it doesnt. i havent been able to fully load and OS onto it yet and i assume its formatted because sometimes it shows up and i try loading an OS onto it but it seems to disappear after a while. ive plugged it in and...
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    Installing Hard Drive

    Im trying to load windows through the CD/DVD drive, it may be a possibility that the disk is damaged. But would that explain why the hard drive isnt coming up in the BIOS everytime. Recently i tried again and it came up with "NTLDR is missing" this time but would probably be because it booted...
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    Installing Hard Drive

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    Installing Hard Drive

    ah thank you. so get the hard drive bootable diagnostics from the manufacturer, put them onto a CD or can it be a USB, and then do the rest i will give it a try thankyou very much hopefully it works
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    Installing Hard Drive

    I bought a new hard drive for my desktop computer. I plugged it into the SATA signal and power cables and it refused to show up in BIOS. After plugging and unplugging in the different SATA ports along with the DVD drive, it finally came up in the BIOS. I then tried installing XP, it started...