Recent content by MarkChia

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    Question 2 drives disappeared in a day - Mobo issue or unlucky?

    I've been running a small Minecraft server for friends on my Nvme ssd(HP ex900 1tb) for about a month now, and 2 days ago I woke up to find that my drive had disappeared. So I reseated it, and it appeared in read only mode. I managed to backup a few folders before it started saying something...
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    [SOLVED] Windows randomly restore down and maximize + a myriad of other scaling issues on 4K monitor

    My main monitor is a Dell P2415Q(4K), and my 2nd monitor is an ancient Philips 220SW(1650x1050). Over the years i've had a a few scaling issues especially in games, however around 2 weeks ago after a windows update everything just started getting worse. Its so erratic I don't even know where to...
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    [SOLVED] Motherboard Nvme SSD compatibility importance

    So I have a Aorus Gaming K5 Z270 and I've been looking at getting a 1tb Nvme SSD, either the hp ex900 or a transcend mte220s but I realised they're not on my motherboards compatibility list. However I was reading a similar thread and people were saying it's fine and the only downside is not...
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    [SOLVED] Bad_pool_caller bsod then unable to turn on

    Ok so this morning I took out one of the ram sticks and it managed to turn on so I ran memtest and no errors were found. I shut down so I could run memtest on the other ram stick as well but it couldn't boot up. So I switched back to the ram stick that previously worked, and it also couldn't...
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    [SOLVED] Bad_pool_caller bsod then unable to turn on

    Hi all. A couple days ago I got a bad_pool_caller bsod. Restarted, and the PC hung shortly after booting up so I long-pressed the power button to turn it off. Waited a few mins then tried to turn it on again but it hung on the boot screen where they show the MB logo and all. Again, I shut it...
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    BSOD bootloop system_Thread_exception_not_handled

    This is the 4th time i'm refreshing my PC in 2 weeks and its driving me crazy. I got this desktop built for me last year and I ran into a lot of problems last dec(http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3583975/killer-network-manager-update-screwed.html). Eventually I gave up trying to diagnose...
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    Does kernel power 41 63 guarantee faulty psu?

    My pc has been having some serious problems lately and i had a look at tbe logs and noticed I have about 15 critical errors and all of them are caused my the kernel power thingy. Does this guarantee a faulty psu or could it be something else?