Recent content by TigerNightmare

I never said cheap, just not SSDs. I'm willing to pay much for peace of mind, as long as it's not stupid unreasonable.

Hey, all. You know how they always say RAID isn't backup? Well, I can say with absolute certainty that it is not. For the past 5 years, I've run my computer in a RAID 10 with four 4 TB HDDs using my motherboard's RAID controller. The goal was to have fast performance, redundancy, and easy...

Well, I tested with another motherboard and I'm getting a beep code without the memory and blank screens with. Unless someone tells me otherwise, I'm going to have to conclude that both memory sticks are damaged and were fried in the process of swapping data from monitor 1 to monitor 2 and vice...

WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING. Okay, so, I pulled all the expansions out, unplugged all the SATA cables as well as all of the accompanying power cable rails so only the mobo and the fans plugged into it would be getting power. Tried moving one stick of RAM in each bank, and attempting to POST...

Hello, happy Labor Day, everyone. So, I was on my way to getting my computer up and running after a hard drive died. I was almost there. I had spent the past two days reinstalling Windows and my most crucial software. I was so close. I have an old CRT monitor and a TV hooked into my...