Recent content by ricky2014

Hi, Thanks for that link, not one I found when searching. The driver is v 10.0.16299.15 and its a EJ168A. Looks like there is nothing as such that can be done to this board, seems I will just have to accept the front usb3 ports as usb2 / not reliable and be aware of Etron when I buy a new...

Hi, Have a 8gb Kingston Data Traveller 100 G3 usb3 , with a folder containing a lot of mixed sized files. To copy the folder to the SSD from the front USB3 port about 6 mins To copy the same from the rear USB port about 2.5 mins. Formatted the drive each time and repeated the exercise but...

Hi, Have an Asrock HM81M mobo what has two USB 3 connectors on the rear panel and they seen to work fine. Recently added a front panel USB3 caddy which plug into the mobos front 19pin usb3 connector. It works, but only at half the speed of the rear ports. The typical test is writing out a...

Hi, Would be interested in views on the best way to upgrade my W8.1 and SSD W8.1 registry has some problems thats stopping Microchips Mplab IDE from running so a clean install would cure that, plus is over a year since I did one. Also I now have a new larger, faster SSD ready to replace drive...

Hi, Often said desktop Linux is a much safer sysytem vs Windows, but having looked and read many recent posts and articles etc I really begin to wonder if there is any real benefit in moving to Linux. If you take out the human error factor of being careless with what you download/phish etc I...

Hi, While there are lots of comment on the web about the pros and cons of W10, have not really read any thing about what Microsoft is really trying to achieve ? Strange how all the press pundits have not ventured any thoughts in this direction; or very few at best. So far W10 its a free...

Hi, Been a long time user of Outlook Express and since upgrading windows and moving to Gmail accounts have been using Thunderbird as I really like its ability to show multiple accounts on one page. Just been reading in a Uk mag, Computer Active, that says I should be uninstalling Thunderbird...

Thanks all, Will use it like Mark W suggest but will partition the SSD in two for Windows system and Data, so its easier to back each up separately. Keeping the HDD for backup images and the large volumes of data from my DVR security camera system. ps - is there a " Thanks / Likes button "...

Originally with the smaller SSDs it was said that typically, Windows should go on the SSD and Documents on the HDD. Its also stated that you do lots more Writes to the Documents on the HDD, so saving the SSD write cycles. Now that SSDs are so much larger for the same money I could easily get...

"I see, good you got it solved. " Well not quite, seems I had suckered myself. Had the drive working ok on the old USB2 mobo and had a 2m usb2 extension cable on the drive which I now realise is the cause of the problem with it not working on the new mobo USB3 port. If I plug the drive into...

Thanks, but found other usb /data problems so ended up having to do a clean install which cured all the problems.

Thanks all, thought it was running ok, but seems usb etc was failing so had to do a clean install; everything works fine now.

opps - wrong thread

Have had the M3 running ok on my old Asus usb2 system without a problem. Have just upgraded the mobo to an Asrock H81m with USB 3 but the Samsung M3 , though recognised by the Device Detector and shown in Device Manager, will not show up in File Explorer, be it connected to a USB3 or a USB2...