Recent content by mhildeb

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    RAM issues on MSI Z170A Gaming M5 - won't post with all 4 slots populated

    Howdy, I got me an MSI Z170A Gaming M5 and originally installed 2 x 8GB of RAM in slots 2 and 4. The RAM I use is Kingston HyperX Fury Black PC4-19200 2400MHz 8GB CL15 (DDR4). MSI says the mobo supports this RAM. So I had 16GB of RAM and the system posted fine. Some months later I got another...
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    SSD: Bad alignment after clean install. Please help!

    Hi, I recently bought an SSD (Samsung 850 PRO -265GB) and the place I bought it from offered to do a clean install of my OS (Windows 7, 64-bit). Everything is working fine. However, after running AS SSD Benchmark, that program told me, "15406335 K - BAD". I understand that my SSD is not aligned...