Recent content by hc5000

Hey guys, sorry in advanced for the long winded post, but I've been contemplating a mobo upgrade on a PC I built just a little over 2 years ago now, and I'd really like some thoughts and opinions. First off my current Hardware; MSI B550 A-PRO Ryzen 7 3800x 64GB Kingston Fury Beast DDR4 (2X32GB)...

Hey guys, I found a Cooler Master MB510L for next to nothing at a local thrift shop, for $17.00. lol Its like new, came in its origional box, so I grabbed it with the intent to dress up my sons pc a little bit. Then I found the issue.... The front I/O wiring. the USB 3.0 is intact, the HD...

I'm honestly not sure, that's something I'll have to look into tomorrow, but it kinda falls inline with another issue that has turned up since I first posted this. long story short its a GPU issue, but I think its being caused by a power issue as well. I see now that I didn't mention in the...

I did try several different sets of cables when I tried the drive on the additional sata ports. and as well as connecting the drive via usb dock with no successful detection

No, sorrry I should have specified. the HDD doesn't show up anywhere, including the BIOS. my mention of the BIOS was in terms of all 4 sata ports are turned on, and any other settings regaurding storage drives seemed to be correct. to the best of my knowledge anyways. But no the HDD isn't being...

Hey all, I'm Chris, long time reader, first time posting. So heres the deal.... About this time last year I picked up a cheap Dell Optiplex 9010 for a xmas gift for my son. Before he recieved it, I cloned the HDD it came with over to a new SSD, and wiped the HDD and moved it down the line to...