Recent content by johnleonard

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    PC Turns on for 3 seconds, then off for 3-4 seconds and then ON again. No beeps

    your memory obviously supports the XMP otherwise you would have issues already so leave it on. The TUF is a great board, almost took one myself after reading the reviews but have used Gigabyte for over 12 years and never a problem so stayed with what I know. I had a similar issue a while back...
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    SSD/Motherboard/GPU Issues - BSoD: Driver PNP Watchdog + Inaccessible Boot Device

    Sometimes it is just an issue that cannot be solved by trying to use software. You mentioned that the window boot tools on your USB drive no longer let you do anything. But you did not mention if you tried the USB since the monitor issues. I would do the following. Unplug the PC. Remove the ssd...
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    WD Black 2TB showing as Sata 2

    Yes and it passed the tests. After the tests I copied over 1TB of data. My Steam games library as it was split over two other drives. The WD Black is my security should one of the older drives fail as they have been in constant use for almost 6 years. Interestingly they also passed the tests but...
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    WD Black 2TB showing as Sata 2

    Thats is not the issue. My MB does not even have Sata 2 but 6 x Sata 3. That the Brand new WD Black Product manufactured February 2018 touted as a speed king is currently running 26MB/s slower than my old November 2012 WD Blues is the isssue. WD Black Spec sheet says Read and Write speeds of...
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    WD Black 2TB showing as Sata 2

    Interesting issue. My New WD Black is the WD2003FREX and WD does not manufacture a Sata 2 version. They are all Sata 3 My Motherboard is the Gigabyte Aorus 370 Gaming 7 and I have tested the drive in every sata port. Speccy, Crystal Disk Info, Intel RST and Samsung magician all show the correct...