Recent content by RoystonButhello

And here I'd settled for using bits of my case to creatively angle my phone's flashlight where I needed it.

I do personally know the repair guys and get along with them rather well, so I'll see if they can do me a favour and just do some simple tests to assess the board's condition. If it's beyond hope or if the repair costs are expected to cross a certain amount, I may as well just throw in the...

Welp, I'm afraid I've already tried that. The only thing left is booting the board outside the case. I'll give that a shot tomorrow (it's ~11PM here). In the event that it doesn't work should I just take the board to a PC hardware or repair store and have someone test it out with another set of...

The power supply is a Corsair CX 750M 80+ Bronze certified PSU. When double-checking the cables I made sure to check for any gunk that may have found its way into the sockets. Everything checks out on that front.

Just reseated my RAM and tried turning it on, but this has brought up a new issue. The computer starts up, the fans start spinning and the LEDs turn on, then it shuts itself down after 7-8 seconds and immediately starts back up again, and repeats this behaviour ad nauseam. I cleared the CMOS...

I made sure to avoid that issue when installing the SSD. In fact I've been using it for a few applications and games for the past month so I can confirm that it isn't the issue. And to reiterate one of the solutions I tried, I disconnected both my SSD and HDD and started up the PC but the...

I'll try my best to detail the actions leading up to the incident and the issue itself. Edit: I should mention that I've been using the SSD as a secondary drive for the past month with no issues; there are no problems with the drive itself or its installation. System: CPU: i7 4790K Mobo...

Thanks for all the suggestions. I quit experimenting right after posting since I realised I may have just been worsening any physical issues it might have. I'll weigh my options for now - either I find a technician that can repair the drive, or turn to a specialist to recover the data...

System: MSI GL63 8RD Drive in question: Seagate 2TB BUP Slim SL For whatever reason, my external drive has malfunctioned. It shows up under devices in the Control Panel as well as Device Manager, but it doesn't show up in File Explorer or the Disk Manager. It lights up and the disk is spinning...