Recent content by Martin2014

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    Question quick question: arnt video cards plug and play?

    was upgrading my GPU ASUS PH-GT1030-O2G GeForce GT 1030 2GB Phoenix Fan OC Edition HDMI DVI Graphics Card on a Asrock z97 pro4 mobo. and it didnt lit up when I started my machine. tried the upper slot. and still nothing. It isnt going to work is it? edit: 600watt PSU
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    [SOLVED] Help me with a storage device, Please.

    while I have your attention, Curious about another thing if you dont mind me asking. can you fry/burn up SSD cards, I have a 250 Sandisk I tried to plug in to my PC and the moment I plugged it in it shut my computer down. and it would power back up either, till I unplugged the power to the...
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    [SOLVED] Help me with a storage device, Please.

    so reading a bit more on head crashes, basically the head wore out. would that be correct? just trying to understand why, this HD hasnt had that much use. it was working when I took it out, but it did lay up for a year before I decided to power it back up again... P.s Has already ordered...
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    [SOLVED] Help me with a storage device, Please.

    I have a WD SATA 64mb cache 1TB WS10EZEX. It was a main harddrive in another computer I have taken out and tried to format. History: I have clean the board connectors. It shows in Bios And I sometimes can get it to show in Disk Management The biggest problem I am having is it is causing lag...
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    Question New Mother Board, old HHD

    I have 2 pairs of ram stick, all 4 are 8GB, but one pair is by one manufacture and the the other a different manufacture, will this discount my dual channeling? .
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    Question New Mother Board, old HHD

    because the motherboard asrcok z97m pro4 I installed originally dead somehow. and it laid in ruin for a year now, till I finally had opportunity to rebuild it.
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    Question New Mother Board, old HHD

    well everything went together, no post beeps, but it does flash off and then powered back on and boots, but only to go to windows repair mode. then only to come back to say it couldnt be repaired. so I have to figure out why it is flashing / powering down then back up.
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    Question New Mother Board, old HHD

    And I may do a fresh install when I change cpu, but I need it to fire up as before.... I have some files that are very important to me, I want to get and save on a thumb drive. if not I am going to have to find a way to get them off before I wipe that drive.
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    Question New Mother Board, old HHD

    so worse case scenario, is I might have to buy a key, and I wont lose anything and it will loaded up, look and feel just as before?
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    Question New Mother Board, old HHD

    I recently had to replace my mother board, Asrock Z97M Pro4 - whelp I ordered the Asrock Z97 Pro4. same board, just isnt a micro board. "Z" is the chipset right? the only thing that has changed is the board. same cpu.... Question will my old hard drive still work? will windows10 run just as...
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    Rebuilting OLD Dell Dimension 4550

    Good after Noon, Would someone be kind enough to show me what I can use In this old Dell 4550 case to rebuild a new gameing PC. Not sure hat I can keep if Anything but the case. I want atleast 6m ram, 64bit system, instead of the 32bit it I have now on my main computer I am about to replace...