Recent content by CountMike

3.5" HDDs do not require 5v. only 2.5" and SSDs do.

Make a live Linux on a USB stick and BOOT from it. From it you can check disk and reformat if need be. If you are not familiar with Linux you can use this program to download one of many distros and make bootable working Linux. https://www.linuxliveusb.com/

3.5" HDDs with SATA connectors? Yes, they need 12vDC from PSU.

Memory controller is in the CPU for all CPUs. for very long time now. Some like AMD Ryzen have dedicated Chiplet for I/O including RAM.MB may limit RAM frequency because of wrong architecture an BIOS may not have proper settings so you might have to set all/most parameters manually...

I would suspect PSU too. Although 450W should be enough, not all PSUs are created equal, some may not actually produce half the rated power. Have you tried without Rx 580 ?

That windows "repair" from main menu never worked right, your best bet is to reinstall Windows on cleaned up disk. Before that, make sure BIOS is set to UEFI mode and TPM enabled. Grab W11 from MS site using Media Creation Tool to make new bootable USB memory stick...

When you changed to b650 E and a Ryzen 5 7600x, that's practically new PC, are you sure you plugged in all power points ? your old PSU may not have all required connectors. You also had to get DDR5 RAM too. Which one ? Ryzen 5 7600x has built in IGPU so you can try without 4060...

Had same thing happen with a M.2 SATA SSD. Turned out that control chip firmware gone haywire, Unlike same that happened to a Kingston SATA SSD, for this one it wasn't possible to re-flash firmware, Crucial offered a replacement even as it was out of warranty but due to sensitive content...

If so inclined, you could tweak PBO. Enabling it, it would just set defaults as BIOS developer and MB manufacturers deemed right with maximums set according to AMD recommendations, PBO enables many more options for tweaking settings.

When plugged directly to PSU (Usually thru MOLEX connector) there's no fan control so if it doesn't run its either bad contact or burnt out fan. As for "spare spot" you can use normal fan with 3 or 4 pins/wires and connect it together with any other case fan using 2, 3 or more in one...

With 4 sticks, you would probably be good up to IMC frequency limit with same Cl. although it often requires higher voltage.

Using word "speed" for frequency is also misnomer. Speed is other term for performance and includes frequency, all kinds of latency (not only Cas) and affected by rank and channel.

When (re)installing windows, all partitions on that disk should be deleted so windows can make own depending on style BIOS is in, UEFI or CSM/legacy. In case of UEFI window makes an extra, EFI partition and formats disk to GPT. It is small, typically 100MB and is first partition on system...

Eliminates problems with damaged or changed/altered system files and is closest thing to new windows installation.

Couple of month ago, for AMD is still from 2nd generation.