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Further update - Recuva now gives me unrecognised file system error Disk management now sees it as a healthy working drive, unfortunately it isn't!

Update - I have tried using Recuva on the drive but it gives me an "invalid drive size" error message?

Anyone??

Hi All I have an issue with my SanDisk 120gb SSD that has stopped working properly. Bit of background - it is not my windows drive, BIOS recognises it fine as does device manager. My computer sees it and I can open it and see the folders but all the folders are empty. If I click on...

Ok fitted the 8GB stick and all is well. It didnt work in the non working slot which is no surprise. One thing i noticed, if I fit a stick into the working slot slightly unseated or incorrectly, I get the constant boot 3 second loop normally associated with bad/missing ram. If I fit it into...

Just as a back up I have ordered this http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/r.html?R=2YMLJHHWCLOQV&C=11P1MGQVK7Z7I&H=DHBJC5DX16MYILMEEDO4KIQIQIUA&T=C&U=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fdp%2FB00A14ZTWE%2Fref%3Dpe_385721_37986871_TE_item Will try hav one last go at getting it fixed on Thursday

No unfortunately there are only 2 slots on this board. One thing I haven't checked is to see if cpu-z detects both sticks. Edit, is it worth resetting the cmos?

Ì guess an alternative if I cant get it working is to swap my 2x 4gb for 1x8gb but ideally would be good if I could get it working again!!

Hi again I have loosened the screws both sides but still nothing. I tried it with thr screws snug as suggested. Any looser and the cooler was wobbly to touch. I have even tried re flashing bios just incase but nothing. Anyone any ideas?

Thanks for the quick answers everyone. I dont really want to put the stock cooler back on now. It will mean completely reapplying the tim and it was a rubbish stock cooler, my temps were running high. I will try loosening the screws a little tomorrow - I did tighten them to the max I could...

Hi all I have fitted a artic freezer pro 13 today and I have a strange problem that has arisen from doing so. One of my ram slots, slot a which is closest to the cpu has stopped working. I have 2 4gb ram sticks. I can confirm the ram is working fine, both sticks work in slot b. But slot a wont...

Ive ordered an article cooler freezer 13 so will install this over the weekend and see how it goes! Should sort the temps out 

Ok I will look into an aftermarket cooler. Does it come with a heatsink? Should I also buy thermal paste and reapply? I will probably look into an air cooler rather than liquid, any recommendations?

Hi all. I am hoping for some guidance regarding temps on cpu. My 3570k on stock heatsink and cooler (I think,bought the system pre built) seems to be running hot. Using hw monitor, at idle it reads around 35c across all cores. During fsx use this gets up to mid 80s even touching 90s. If I run...