Recent content by Moe024

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    Serious problem with PC - Windows 7 x64 bit

    So I built this PC last year and everything been working fine until last night when out of nowhere I suddenly couldn't click on anything. Shortcuts, taskbar, start button, nothing worked, so I had to hit the power button to shut it down. When it fired back up I could click on the taskbar, but...
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    Strange problem - dying SSD?

    You are awesome kind sir. So relieved to know that it's not my SSD. Now I just have to reinstall Windows and all the drivers. Not exactly how I wanted to spend my afternoon, but hey it's a million times better than a bad SSD. lol Thanks for the help. :)
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    Strange problem - dying SSD?

    Hi, I had a rather strange problem and I'm afraid it's a sign my SSD is dying... It started about two weeks ago, shortly after I updated to the 14.6 beta drivers for AMD. I crashed to a bsod while playing Watchdogs (installed on my HDD) and when it restarted I got the dreaded black screen...
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    Why does everyone recommend an SSD?

    ss202sl pretty much summed it up perfectly. Once you have one you will never want a system without one. Also you may not be able to install your entire library on it, but your most played games (for me that's BF4 and NS2) can go on it for drastically improved load times.. Both games went...
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    DVI-D plug won't fit in DVI-D port???

    I upgraded my GFX card to a R9 290x (MSI Lightning) which says plain as day that it has two DVI-D ports. Went to hook everything up and low and behold my monitor plug won't fit (It's VGA with a VGA to DVI-D adapter on the end) I thought that maybe it was because my adapter was old and that...
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    R9 290x power plug position?

    Yep that's the card. Thanks again for the answer, really didn't want to drop $600 and find out that it wouldn't fit. lol
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    R9 290x power plug position?

    I've searched the web high and low for the answer to this question and come up empty handed, so apologies if this has been covered in another thread. I recently built a new tower (my first ever) and after getting everything together decided to also upgrade my video card to a R9 290x (one of...