Recent content by joeythecannoli

They had just upgraded from using tape reels for backups on the one system. It was a frankenstein of milspec and COTS items thrown together in a cabinet. If I remember right, the "new" system used HPUX processors operating at a couple hundred MHz only 10 or so years ago, due to how slow the...

That's what I was thinking, I determined that the motherboard is bad on the newer PC and that was where I installed Win10. I had to remove Win10 partitions and reinstall on that drive once already, so I'm willing to bet it did something to the install again and that may be why the drive is...

This is a higher end model and should be faster than 15 seconds just to output video, it's nicer than my older motherboard was 7 years ago haha. Oh it has already tested my patience, I am generally very patient and this thing nearly had me throwing stuff yesterday because it made no damn sense...

OK, so now at something around the 20th time cycling power I'm getting no video output at all and it's been sitting for a couple minutes like that. I definitely wasn't just being impatient.

I wanted to double check to make sure it wasn't just slow even though I must've waited around 20-30 seconds, and I just cycled power at least 10 times and it worked every time.... I'm starting to get frustrated because now I'm questioning my own memory. It's not normal for a newer motherboard to...

Worked fine the first 3 tries, on the fourth try it failed to POST. 1 DIMM, cooler + radiator fans, monitor, and power are all that's connected. Oh and it's on a piece of cardboard outside of the case to rule out any potential grounding issues or shorts.

I suppose it's worth a shot, I have to take the whole thing apart again regardless. I will report back with any findings. Oh, not sure if this helps any but I ran memtest86 on the CPU and it had 0 errors.

I didn't use a jumper or anything but yes I reset the BIOS to default settings, I also updated it to the newest version. No change.

In a way, both the PC and the drive acted strange. With the drive connected, the PC hung up on the BIOS splash screen for 20+ seconds. Also, when I tried booting from the drive the first couple times it booted from the other drive. When it finally did boot, it was not displaying the proper...

Yes, I set the BIOS to default. I did find compatibility issues with Samsung EVO drives, but only with AMD boards and not what I have (intel). I could not find anything online relevant to my issue. I already installed a newer BIOS and SATA firmware yesterday, and no change. I connected one of...

I tested with only one DIMM installed and it worked. Swapped it out to make sure both worked and they did. I decided to test the one SSD on my working PC and it booted but behaved strangely, so I assumed it was the SSD and started testing the new PC with the other drives. I was able to boot from...

I appreciate the help. I guess it can't hurt to repeat what I did before with only one DIMM installed to see if any changes occur. I am currently preparing dinner so I will have to do so a bit later. Thanks.

I have tested with the GPU removed and all drives disconnected, but it is mentioned later in the post where I listed my observations and remediating actions and perhaps I wasn't as clear as I could've been. I have tried everything mentioned and after each configuration change. It worked fine...

Hello everyone, I recently assembled a new PC and a series of very perplexing issues presented when trying to install an operating system. Worse yet, the issues are intermittent and do not follow any pattern that has helped me resolve them or narrow down a specific cause beyond a general I/O...