Recent content by doownek1

Try disconnecting all of the other drives, leaving only the M.2, then, once the computer is booted up and is operating normally you can re-connect the other drives.

If I were you, I'd check the outlet that you have are plugging into. Sounds to me like you have a loose connection, or a bad outlet. There isnt anything else that could cause your computer to re-boot while plugging something into that outlet. Has to be something wrong with that outlet.

Then i would suggest that youy possibly got the connector on upside down, or it just Isnt on correctly. Many motherboards have more than one place to plug those cables in and some of them look a like other connectors

ok...this may seem like a dumb question, but.....Did you hook up the cables from the front usb ports to your motherboard?

the 54oo rpm is more often used in laptops, because they use less power. They can be used in a desktop.....but normally not. Yes, you will notice a difference in speed between it and the 7200 rpm. I am using the same setup. My ssd is my system drive and I use a 1tb WD Black drive for...

Its also possible that you may have to go into the bios and change the boot order. You would make the cd rom the first boot device. Sometimes this is necessary. But its easy

It isnt necessary to re-format. When the computer is finished, you insert the Windows disk into the drive. Boot up the computer. Be prepared to watch the screen for instructions. You may see something like: Press any key to boot from drive". After that Windows takes care of just about...

same chip set, should work.

you can download CPUZ for free. It will tell you that info and much more

My Alienware 15R2 is doing the same thing. Brand new, from the store with Windows 10 factory installed. Intel graphics 530 driver crashes, and recovers. I have tried different drivers and a could of fixes that I saw on the internet. Nothing has worked so far. I have new Ram coming...

Mod Monster is right. You dont have enough power to support that computer.

There is absolutely no doubt about it. ANY SSD will out perform that WD Blue hdd. Absolutely go with the ssd. There is n known hdd that comes close to the performance of an ssd.

I would never recommend fixing that................There are lots more capacitors and electrical items that are also getting close to the end of their life cycle. It will be nothing but a problem from now on. You would have to replace All of the capacitors and electrical items to possibly...