Recent content by mattss5o

i Will give that a try, i believe it is already in legacy/uefi setting the only other setting is uefi only, i will have to check

Hey thanks for the reply, i already did that and cannot boot, i just get black screen and it cycles to the BIOS, like i said there seems to no longer be a windows boot manager

Hi i have a system that was left sitting for a while and when i try to boot it i get a "no disk found issue" or the BIOS cycles goes to a black screen and cycles. I can enter BIOS and change settings but cannot enter windows. the bios sees the SSD but not the Windows Boot Manager. The SSD is...

I looked at the prime, and the gigabyte is only $15 more than the prime. The asus strix on the other hand is about $30 more than the prime but i have had better experience with asus in the past. As for the crosshair and taichi they are at least $50 more than the boards i am looking at right...

Can't decide between the Asus X370-f Strix and the Gigabyte X370-Gaming k7. Planning to pair the with a ryzen 7 1700 which i already own. The reason for not going with B350 is VRM heat issues. The k7is actually cheaper at the moment and it seems like the k7 is a tier above the Strix, usually...

Hi all, I am looking at a few kits and definitely want to get 3200mhz (hopefully at cl15) out of them if possible. right now it seems a little cheaper to get 2* (1x8gb) kits. the first is: GSKILL V F4-2800C17S-8GVR does not seem like the best ram to begin with, but they are on sale. for $105...

Hi, i know that age does not necessarily mean it's worn. I used Crystal disk info and had the same result of the Aida 64. I Ended up running WD's Data Lifeguard software and then the drive was completely fine in both aida 64 and crystal info. I just upgraded to an ssd, decided to go with a...

So i am getting a warning when looking at the SMART values in Aida 64 under the data section it lists a value of 8. that was my old OS drive and i have moved to a SSD. i did not have aida 64 at the time but before formatting it seemed like everything was fine. Furthermore, with the Western...

Figured it out the power supply was having issues powering all of my hard drives

yes reseated the gpu, removed my nic all together and the 8 pin is connected in both test systems **UPDATE 2: when i reseated everything it worked, after clearing cmos, just in case. now i booted into my computer everything is good. i did a normal shutdown and then plugged in my other hard...

Just transferred my cx500 into my current setup from my old setup. i had a asus z97-pro "gamer" i5 4670 (non-k) & CM212 plus cooler gigabyte r9 270 gskill ripjaws X (2X4gb) CM elite 550w psu that was one system my other which was just scraps was asus h87m-e pentium g3258 (stock cooler...

^ so then why is it that lg changed the "universal" computer power connector?