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    Question A disk read error occurred after fresh install

    I found the solution to my problem. I had to connect the hard drive to my modern PC and reformat it completely using Disk Management (erasing the partition and making a new NTFS, then not formatting it from the Windows installer)
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    Question A disk read error occurred after fresh install

    Could there be a BIOS setting causing this?
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    Question X79-ud3 PCI slot how to connect PCI card with 3cuts in pci connector?

    Can you share some pictures? I can't seem to understand what you're trying to say.
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    Question Recommended Adapter to connect multiple monitors to a Laptop?

    I believe that display over USB-C (the physical port) is only available over Thunderbolt, but I might be mistaken. I believe there is a USB class for Displays (USB type that allows a display to be hooked up through the USB protocol, compatible with classic USB type A), as kanewolf said: But...
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    Question SSD 100% used most of the time and computer keeps freezing

    From what I can see, your motherboard doesn't have an NVMe slot, but it does have a 4x PCIe, which is basically the same thing. I can see that you have a Wi-Fi adapter. Is it plugged into the 4x PCIe connector on your motherboard, or is it USB? If it's the former, get an NVMe SSD and an NVMe to...
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    Question A disk read error occurred after fresh install

    No, it's a SATA -> IDE adapter. IDE plugs into the motherboard and SATA into the hard drive. The adapter will make it behave like a standard ATAPI HDD.
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    Question Are there any reasonably quiet RTX 3060 Ti 's out there?

    What about the Gigabyte RTX 3060 Ti EAGLE OC D6X 8GB GDDRX6? I just made a build for a friend using that card, don't know about the noise, though. He hasn't built it yet.
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    Question A disk read error occurred after fresh install

    I just installed Windows XP on my Pentium II/Celeron system and when I finished installation step 1 (the part where you boot from CD then format and copy files) after the reboot the message "A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart" appears. I have tried two discs, one was just...
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    Question Computer not starting after saving any change to BIOS settings.

    Hello. I have a QDI Kudoz 7x/400a mobo and the CMOS seems to have some issues. Whenever I change any settings (I want to change boot order) and press F10 to save, the computer resets and after the boot logo only a flashing cursor at the top left corner shows up instead of the normal Detecting...
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    Question Motherboard not posting (QDI KuDoz 7x/400a-6a)

    I might post a video on YouTube about the problem
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    Question Motherboard not posting (QDI KuDoz 7x/400a-6a)

    Unfortunately, I don't have a donor system, neither someone with a computer that old. I know that one of the GPUs is an nVidia MX440 (vdata ram chips) and what I know about the other one is that it is an ATI card with 128MB of ram.
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    Question Motherboard not posting (QDI KuDoz 7x/400a-6a)

    Hello. I have this old motherboard and I think the problem is the AGP slot. There are 3 bulging caps and one of them is close to the AGP slot. I have two gpus: one idk if it works, the other one works for sure. The problem is that the board will spit a post code about gpu error. I have tried...