Recent content by Geekwon

Thanks for your response SkyNetRising and DRagor. I used PCPartPicker to find a compatible MB which states it supports SLI or CrossFire. I think the underlying issue I am having right now is with power. After I sort that I'll post back the configuration that works.

Hello, I had to replace an older motherboard and tried to keep the new component upgrades to a minimum. I have to MSI GeForce GTX 790 cards but MB seems to only boot with one of them. Before going further the board specifies it is SLI compatbile but on further inspection it states AMD...

I found this thread that points to similar problem with the ASROCK Extreme4, the work around got my system booting up again. It fixes the symptom but not the problem. It may not be your issue though. View...

Thanks for the reply.

Hi all, I am hard-wiring some security cameras in my home. The house has cat5e in every room, but I want to run these cameras in the attic where there is no existing wiring. I do not want to run the cameras over wireless. So I found two runs from the basement to the attic (cable picture...

[RESOLVED] For those of you that have a RAID Array with volume information in tact (verified by an installation of R-Studio) and do not have a disk failure but Windows simply won't recognize it, here is the solution that worked for me. Symptoms: BIOS shows RAID array has missing disks and or...

So I'm about to blow away the array but it kills me to know all the data on the disk is intact and the RAID volume information is also in tact. I just need to tell windows how to read it and although diskpart was useful it allows me to create new partitions which I assume may wipe my data...

Here is an update for everyone. I used R-Studio to back things up. That took a full week but the folders are pretty well fragmented and I'm warry of the quality of the files. I went into the BIOS Intel Rapid Storage configuration, dropped the volume and recreated it exactly like the other...

Thanks for the reply. I accept the fact that performing backups is a good best practice, however, I do not accept that reconfiguring raid array for a very common scenario always defaults to the common you should have backed up your stuff answer. Let me rephrase the question. How do you move a...

Hello All, To make a long story short as to why I am asking the question upgrading from Windows-10 1511 to 1607 hosed my machine so bad, I could not recover the disk partitions no matter what I tried. I had to update the BIOS and re-install the OS. There's also no backup (not my machine but...

Thanks Tradesman1 I read your guide several times, very useful. Unfortunately with only the two CPU connectors to the PSU this thing is dead. I will try the RAM game again, but it's a PIA as I have to remove and replace the heat sync each time. The DDR4-c1 failed on my first MB which is why I...

This is the second motherboard that failed, what are some troubleshooting steps before I RMA this board again. Board *will not* power up in any way (PSU is brand new and works fine).

I'm looking at the EVGA 220-G2-0850-XR or the Seasonic Snow Silent 1050, both are listed as tier 1. The Snow Silent is $100 more. Running asrock x99extremeac with MSI gtx 970 graphics cards with lots or RAM 64GB, couple of 3tb HD's raid 0, and an SSD card, nothing special. Applications are...