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Hi, My laptop has 2 nvme SSDs. I put a new ssd, Samsung 980 Pro 2TB. My OS is installed on the other SSD (Not Samsung). I haven't done any operation (Copy or Delete) on the Samsung SSD. Yet, when I open Samsung Magician, to see the Total Bytes Written, it is showing an increase of around 225 GB...

I have an old Acer proprietary, I basically salvaged everything in it for my new PC, I have since gave that computer to my sister so I'm trying to get it back and running, the problem is, the PSU inside this thing has no SATA power cables. I remember it had a weird six pin to sata power cable...

Hi all, Recently my PC has stopped reading my portable 2TB Silicon Power SSD. It used to be fine for years but now it does not show up in the file explorer or disk management. The only place where it is visible is Device Manager. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the device, updating...

Hi everyone I've been working on a design for a small form factor, high-reliability, all-SSD storage enclosure, and I would love to get your expert feedback on its feasibility and overall design choices. The goal is to create a compact and affordable JBOF (Just a Bunch of Flash) for prosumers...

Hello Tom's Hardware Community, I'm hoping I can get some expert advice on a long-term and very frustrating performance issue with my PC that has made it unreliable. I'm dealing with what I can only describe as a system drive "stroke." System Specifications: OS: Windows 11 Pro (Recently...

Hello. Im building a system with a Ryzen 9900X3D CPU and 5080 GPU. I have an Asus Rog Strix X670E-E Gaming WiFi board that i was planning to keep bue i do have another newer board, an Asus Rog X870E-E Gaming WiFi that is for another build but i could use it for this PC if it improves things in...

According to their website 990 Pro's random read is 1,200,000 IOPS and 9910 Pro's random read is 1,850,000 IOPS (For 1TB and 4KB, QD32). Would this have any noticeable difference when booting up the computer?

Hello everyone. I have two computers. Is there some way to copy files from the 2nd PC to the 1st one ? The 1st PC has only one internal SSD. I connect the SSD to the 2nd PC using a SATA-to-USB external enclosure. When I connect the SSD back to the 1st PC, I see the following picture before...

Greetings I have MB - MSI B760 Gaming Plus WiFi CPU - 14700KF Windows 10 installed on an ADATA SU800 SSD Yesterday I have updated my BIOS, which went well, looked up official site, downloaded newest bios and installed through USB flashdrive through the motherboard port. Update went smooth...

From my understanding, SSD's should not be more than 80%. Over provisioning sets an amount of the storage for the SSD for performance and longevity. So if I set the over provisioning to 20% would I be able to tick both of these boxes? Or should I prevent my SSD from hitting 80% of its remaining...

I left my Samsung T7 SSD in exFAT format, as it was out of the box, so I can use it with my android devices. It worked well on my Dell laptop Windows 10 for a year or so via USB-A 3.1. I even could play GoW and the newest Ratchet and Clank from it with levels loading super quickly. I've also...

Hi all, I'm having an issue with my system, possibly the SSD. Up until yesterday, all was well, then a random BSOD. These happen from time-to-time, but rarely, but yesterday it happened, then again shortly after, then again within minutes of Windows loading. After that, the PC would just cycle...

Hi I am building a PC for my dad who primarily wants it for Microsoft Flight Simulator, and I am kind of rushing because I need to get everything before I flight back for the summer. I have never built one before and am worried I royally f'd something up. Is there anything wrong with this...

I have been having issues with a corrupt hard drive, and unplugging it from my PC it seems to be working fine. However, my ethernet speed which is usually >90mbps has decreased to <15mbps, dropping to 1kbps. If I'm being honest I'm not sure exactly what software was on that hard drive, as I...

Hi all, I recently bought a SanDisk 1TB SSD to use as a secondary internal drive in my Dell Inspiron 2019 laptop. It already has a SATA 256gb M2 drive plugged in. I installed the SSD, it is connected to the motherboard by a ribbon cable, which was provided inside the laptop. Everything worked...

Recently after an upgrade to one of my PCs, I ended up with a leftover Samsung 980 (non-Pro) M.2 SSD, so now I'm thinking about what to do with it. My two options are: 1) Put it in my primary desktop PC as a 3rd drive, however that will be a Gen4x2 slot on my ASRock B650 PG Lightning...

I got a newer PC from a friend for my mom to use for work. The “new” PC came with a 128GB NVMe SSD which I put Windows 11 on and was going to keep that as the boot drive. Given my mom has a lot of work and personal stuff on her current PC I thought it would be easiest to just bring that 500GB SD...

I've an Asrock B450 Steel Legend Motherboard and currently i don't have any m.2 ssd installed. I want to upgrade my storage and according to my budget and availability of products the Lexar NM610 PRO 1TB SSD seems like a good one to buy. Now I don't clearly know if this SSD will actually support...

I haven't build a pc in a while and after researching modern SSDs I still have a few questions I couldn't answer so hoping to find some help here. Some background info: I'm planning a mid-tier gaming build and I intend to buy a M.2 Western Digital 2TB WD Blue SN5000 NVMe SSD. 1. My current pc...

Hey all, I need help diagnosing a persistent issue with my PC. The problem is that my NVMe SSD (low budget SSD called RX7 1TB) randomly disappears from the system during heavy load — usually when launching or a few minutes after playing demanding games stored on the D: drive, or when running...

Hey everyone, I'm planning to upgrade the SSD in my MacBook Air 2014 and I know that I’ll need an NVMe SSD along with an adapter (like the M.2 to Apple proprietary one). But I'm still a bit confused about a few things: Does the Gen (e.g. Gen3 vs Gen4) of the NVMe drive matter for...

Hello Friends Two cousins need to solve the following situation: There exists two laptops where each one: Has M.2 NVMe SSD with 500GB and 1TB respectively Has Thunderbolt 3 and 4 respectively Laptops cannot be opened to increase the SSD, as they are new and is not wise lose the warranty...

Hello all, currently at a dead end confused as to what happened. I installed the Samsung 990 evo plus into my system. Note that I used the screw meant for the M.2 WiFi chip, a very small screw, but I didn’t think that would cause any issues. I have this setup, a couple years old: AsRock B550...

Hi everyone, could really use some help troubleshooting an issue I’ve been experiencing recently. Full Specs: Gigabyte AB350M Gaming 3 Ryzen 5 5600 Radeon RX 6700 XT DDR4 2x16GB 3200mhz Adata Gammix d35 Corsair TX750M Gold PSU 256GB 2.5" SATA SSD (Installed windows here) 1TB M.2 SATA SSD...

Hello all -- I have a M2 screw for the internal SSD slot that's not coming out. I tried the following thread's solutions (hammer, rubber band. pliers) but those didn't work. So I finally arrived at drilling out the head with a 2mm drill bit thinking it would split the shaft. The head has been...

Hello, I've been struggling lately with one of my drives, it's a 1TB NVMe SSD I bought approximatively 2 years ago... and I wonder if anyone could help shed some light on this : It worked fine until recently I started finding corrupted files and getting I/O errors especially when the drive...

Hey so I have a Surface Laptop 2 that's long since dead and wont charge but we need to get all the data off of it. I know these laptops are famously unrepairable. I'm happy to tear up the keyboard and desolder the SSD, i just need advice on how to read data from it. I have this reader...

In my Dell G7 7790 laptop, I need to upgrade the SSD because it ran out of room. The laptop has a 128 GB Toshiba SSD (M.2 2230) and a 1TB Western Digital (WDC) HDD. There's been literally nothing on the HDD. According to Windows Disk Management, the SSD has the OS on it in Partition 2. But when...

I'm trying to install a new SSD into an old ACER laptop, which has a 1TB HDD in it at the moment, and in BIOS the only thing that shows up is the HDD, but when I log in, I can format it, which I did, and it shows up in file explorer, but still won't show up in BIOS so I can't set it as the boot...

Hi All i have my 3.3 V rail reading as 2.968V. can this effect the read write operations of a NVMe SSD when it comes to gaming? I also create content where the video is about 40GB for a 1 hour long video for YT. i use Davinci resolve and when this operation happens I don't get any issues. i...

I was playing some games when I hit a sudden bsod(I didn't catch the code) and when I restarted my computer I found that my secondary SSD (the one the games were installed on) was no longer showing in the pc. It's a Crucial SSD connected to the mobo via sata cable(as opposed to m.2). Can't...

Hi, My PC has an ASRock X570 Taichi motherboard with an AMD Ryzen 7 3700X CPU. It's been running brilliantly for years but a few days ago I let it do a Windows update (I didn't check what it was) and shut it down. Since then it's not been able to start, with a "Windows operating system not...

I wanted to power up my PC yesterday and noticed that the password screen froze. Once I restarted it, the BIOS screen informed me that the G Drive (SSD) needed to be repaired, but about 4-5 minutes later, Windows 11 (latest version) started. I did notice that the file system felt quite a bit...

Just recently got a 4TB SN850X and decided to test it with CrystalDiskMark and found something a little bit peculiar. My sequential write speeds are consistently faster than my sequential read speeds. I've never had a drive of any kind behave like this. Is this normal or a sign of something not...

I want to breathe some life into my old laptop that has an HDD. What would be a good budget SSD that will actually make a difference in start-up times and maybe responsiveness? So far I've come across the Kingston A400 in 240gb, which seems solid, and is a good price for £24. Is that a decent...

So i bought this ASUS Vivobook 16 something non-OLED (RTX 2050, i5-12500h) to replace my trusty old Thinkpad that had a faulty fan, and while doing some light gaming usage (geometry dash and web html games) I felt some lag spikes. Looking at Task Manager, when the lag comes back, the SSD usage...

I am trying to keep both my SATA SSD and HDD while I install a extra m2 SSD, would it be possible? Just wanted to make sure!

I just built a new system and I’m having a hard time with my M.2 storage drive, Samsung 990 Pro, not showing up in my Boot Options and Boot Sequence/Priority on my Motherboard. System specs are as follows: Windows 11 Home AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Gigabyte x870E Aorus Elite Wifi7 Gigabyte Windforce...

Hi there I've reached my PC and Google knowledge with finding the best way to increase my sons ssd storage and need your help He has the Asrock b450m r4.0 motherboard currently with a 256gb SSD and 1tb HDD. His ssd is always full and after running wiztree app there's lots there were not sure...