Recent content by Sambo42

Hi folks I'm pretty new to all this but hoping someone can help me. My son and I put together a build at the beginning of this year (parts list here: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/xbQKcc). We installed windows 8.1 on the SSD so as to boot from the SSD, with the HDD as an extra drive...

OK - baby steps.. The Z97 bios was a little tricky to negotiate for a noob like me... Despite the mobo working out what RAM was installed and what frequency to use, having the DRAM settings set to auto still only resulted in a frequency of 1333mhz. Switching the frequency to 2400mhz manually...

Right - possibly problem solved but not 100% sure yet. - Following the 8.1 install onto both devices and the BSOD crashes I did 2 things: 1) ran 3Dmark - stable all the way through and a pretty high score (10000+) 2) removed one stick of RAM - and so far (touch wood) no more BSOD even with Ark...

hmm.... Two steps forward, one step back... - I managed to boot from CD and install 8.1 to the HDD. For some reason the SSD was not visible in the bios boot menu at the time - but visible for the windows install? WTF? - I updated the bios via the HDD install. Also checked the mobo and...

Could be - although that would suggest that classic shell and/or steam is not compatible with win 8.1 (and my hardware). The other issue I've discovered is an out of date mobo bios - the most recent bios is 2.1. Could that be the issue? Next plan: - try removing one stick of RAM to see if...

Update - still not solved Ok - in answer to the previous question - I couldn't boot from DVD rom to windows with the SSD removed (same blue screen of death) Here's what I did: -Removed the SSD and wiped it on my old pc using parts magic (I WISH I could do that from the bios instead of having...

Hi all I'm mostly a noob but this is my second build and the first that I've done with windows installed onto an SSD. All has been working fairly well for the 4 weeks I've had it running but today it crashed when son no. 2 was playing Ark and now it crashes on startup every time. The...