Recent content by devparam02

The HPZ440 looks deceptively light, but is infact a heavyweight. I'm calculating the cost of purchasing a suitcase as well because its entirely possible that the wife and kids are going to use all the ones we have. I will remove the 2060 from there and take it with me, but the rest will be sold...

Yes, this is great and practical advice!

Hello @SkyNetRising This is exactly the kind of critical answer I'm looking for!!! I think my HDDs are dying because at this point they are over 10-15 years old. One of my HDDs died a few months back. I've also replaced the cables about 2 years ago with corsair high quality cables. I'll have...

Hello @dingo07 I definitely appreciate the offer and had I money to spare, I would love to take you up on it. Just to reiterate, I'm not trying to diagnose the problem and find out how I can I fix it. I'm trying to find out if the collective advice here is to trash the entire computer in the...

Hello @dingo07 My apologies. I think I was being unclear (as usual) The question isn't whether I can save my HDDs or not. This is me trying to find out if the problem exists with my HDDs, cable or motherboard. You see, I'm relocating to Sydney, and I don't have a lot of money left because my...

Hello there, The drives are connected to the motherboard and not a SAS raid card. The older SATA cables have been replaced with newer Corsair ones about 1.5 years ago, but the problem still remains.

Now that you mention this, I did get frustrated enough a long time ago and disconnected all HDDs and left the SSDs in there. Worked without any issues and did not get any problems with boot up and shutdown. No freezes at all. Thanks for the HP drivers heads up. Thankfully, I'm able to download...

Hello @SkyNetRising @alceryes @Lutfij I had a Quadro K2200 and replaced it with a 2060. The 700w PSU has remained the same since I got this prebuilt. I’ve updated the BIOS today from 2.59 to 2.61. Update went through, but issue still exists. The BIOS was not updated prior to the GPU upgrade...

Hello Lutfij, Thank you for the quick reply! Happy Easter! I have a 700 watt OEM PSU, haven’t changed it since I got this prebuilt. The old GPU was the Quadro K2200 and the new one is the 2060. I’ve not updated the BIOS for a few years now. I think the last release for the BIOS was the final...

Hello Tom's Hardware, I have an HP Z440 Workstation which has been my daily machine for almost 7 years now. It is powerful enough for my work needs. I recently upgraded the graphic card and everything works as expected, except the HDDs. The HDDs have a mind of their own. Occasionally, I will...