Recent content by Helios-vmg

Well, guys, I managed to get it to work, with help from Gigabyte. Here's what I did: Flipped the BIOS switch to "single", disabling the DualBIOS functionality. I don't think this made a difference, but I'm noting it anyway. As instructed by Gigabyte's technical support, I installed the CPU and...

The PSU is rated for up to 130 W on the CPU rails, IIRC. As I type this it's running an overclocked 1700 that under load can draw up to 96 W (measured by software). Even if it's not quite up to snuff to handle the 3950X under full load (from looking at tests I'd say it's right on the...

Yes, I did the research. This was a big purchase for me, more than an entire month worth of wages (obviously not implying you should have known that, just pointing it out). Again, I bought the CPU specifically because Gigabyte specifies that it supports it. I don't care about any of the new...

I got the 3950X because it was an easy upgrade path. The manufacturer specifies that it supports 1000, 2000, and 3000 series Ryzens and specifically lists the 3950X in the list of supported CPUs, with the minimum BIOS version required. So regardless of how old the board is or how cheap new...

I did that already. Installed the CPU, didn't work, pushed the CMOS reset button, still didn't work, reinstalled the old CPU, confirmed that the BIOS had gone back to its factory version, reupdated, retested with the new CPU, still didn't work, reinstalled the old CPU, still in the latest...

Of course. I confirmed the version from the BIOS setup before trying to install the new CPU.

Yes, I have a spare crappy Radeon that I use on systems without integrated graphics.

Hey, guys. I have a GA-AX370-Gaming 5 and had seen months ago that it's supposed to support the 3950X with a BIOS update. Yesterday I finally got the CPU, and when I installed it after updating the BIOS, the computer failed to POST. I've already sent a support request to Gigabyte, so that's not...

Alright, thanks. I've already started the RMA process. Turns out WD has an office a few blocks away from my workplace.

Thanks for your answers. I have the drive connected to my router, so I can't run any Windows utilities on it, but I can post the output from smartctl: http://pastebin.com/g5vrKeLA When I had it connected to my desktop and I ran Crystal Disk Info, it returned "caution" because of the non-zero...

I have a 4 TB WD Caviar Red (WD40EFRX) that keeps misbehaving. It's not even two years old, but it's already failed at least one self-test Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Short offline Completed: read failure 90%...