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Hi. Laptop Model: Lenovo Z575 This is an old (2012) laptop on which I'm doing a few jobs for sis-in-law, and I feel a swap to an SSD will help its sluggish performance quite a bit. The existing HDD is a 500GB Seagate, and the new SSD is a 250GB Samsung 840 EVO. I'll probably use Macrium as I...

Hi! So, I play DCS, and for those of you who know how big that game is, where a single map can use up to 150gb of storage, two 512gb drives are not gonna cut it. I already have an DRAM-less SSD and i use it as a boot drive, it honestly is pretty fast and I haven't had any problem with it, now, I...

[Moderator note: No technical questions or issues. Moving discussion from Storage to Opinions and Experiences.] After 8 years of service, my trusty (but slow) 256GB sata ssd (which was my main ssd and later my server's boot drive) will finally be replaced. Its power-on hours equal to 5 years...

Hello all. I run a small project studio where do a lot of video and audio production work (recording bands with external audio interfaces, shooting higher bitrate video with pro camcorders and rendering footage in new edits, ect). I do a lot of this on the go where I meet clients and partners...

I just upgraded my CPU today and all of a sudden my secondary SATA III SSD doesn't show up. However, it does show up in the BIOS. Things I've done already: Updated MOBO to the latest BIOS Reset CMOS "deep" Updated the CPU's chipset driver Enabled UEFI and TPM in BIOS The SSD in question...

Hey Everyone, I have 3 SATA SSDs in my system right now for 1-2 years now, the ssd running just fine, but after i play some game my gpu driver crash and it affect my ssd write speed, after i shut down my computer and i boot it up the loading takes 10-15 minutes usually it takes only a few...

Looking to upgrade my NVME SSD and was wondering does it matter in which slot I put the new one? When I look at motherboard spec it says it has 3X PCIe 4.0 M.2 Slots and only difference it mentions is that the first slot is with built in Thermal Guard, considering the Samsung 990 pro I'm...

Hello, I usually can read peoples posts and figure out what my problem is and today that could not be replicated. As the title says I have a 860 evo ssd and it is a m.2. I took it out of my older motherboard and put it in a newer motherboard hence the asus tuf b560m mentioned in the title. It...

A week or so ago, I noticed that my PC kept restarting randomly for some reason. After waiting a bit, it went away, and I assumed all was fine. Now it happened again, and this time, when it attempted to restart, it failed and made a lot of clicking sounds every time it tried to. I tried...

Hi Guys, I purchased a new build and everything worked fine until i restarted the PC, when restarting i will go straight to the BIOS and the SSD I boot from is no where to be found, however, when i shutdown the PC and turn it back on all boots exactly as it should. I have tried reseating the...

As said in the title, the boot si already a cointoss as to if it will work, but if it does boot, everything seems fine, until stress is applied onto anything the ssd (The biggest offender is steam updating games) task manager says 50% of the ssd is being used, while the actual speed of it is...

My drives are performing well from what I can tell, and I thought they were good to go at 100% health, but today I updated HD Sentinel and came up with these results. I checked on Crystal Disk info to make sure it was not some bug, and no, it's showing the right number. is this normal? the one...

We just built a new pc but when we go to install Windows to the boot drive, there is nothing showing in the list of available drives. We are running the following components: Motherboard: Asrock B450 Pro 4 GPU: GeForce RTX 2070 Super CPU: Ryzen 5 3900x PSU: Corsair RM750X SSD: SK hynix Platinum...

Hi everyone! First time posting on this forum. I'm planning to upgrade my old 1TB HDD, which I've been using since 2017. It's gotten old and is getting really slow. My option is the "Nvme Pcie 4.0 M.2 Snv2s/1000g Kingston," and my motherboard is an MSI Z270 Gaming M3 (a 2016 motherboard, if I'm...

Hi all I exchanged my 2nd m2 ssd into a bigger si ze but now its not recognized anymore by win11 and also in the bios it says n/a Its exactly the same PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 just more capacity. any ideas?

It came from my dead 2014 MBP. What form factor or whatever is this? The connector on it does not look like all my other M.2 drives. What kind of USB enclosure do I need to connect this to my new Mac?

I am thinking of upgrading my SSD but I don't know the compatability. What is its max capacity? What is its PCIE generation/version; is it gen 3 or gen 4? Thanks.

Hello I recently updated the firmware of my XPG Gammix S50 Lite NVMe SSD using the official ADATA tool. During the update process, I encountered a blue screen error (BSOD), and I had to manually turn off the computer. After restarting, the SSD is no longer detected in the BIOS or Windows. I...

Hello so i need help deciding on what storage i should choose. I don't know is m.2 is better for gaming than a normal ssd. either this, https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-black-sn770-2tb-ssd-m.2-2280-nvme-pcie-4.0-solid-state-drive-wds200t3x0-hd-58g-wd.html or this...

I have a system from around 2007 with a Radeon Xpress 200 chipset. I want to find out what the fastest storage is that it can use. It has PCIe 1.0 and SATA II. Currently, I have a SATA III SSD in it, but the slot is limited to 300 MB/s instead of 600 MB/s which the SSD is capable of. According...

I have a Gigabyte B760 DS3H AX mobo. It has 2 M.2 connectors for SSDs: 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 22110/2280 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_CPU) 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P_SB) I have a 1 GB SSD in the first connector...

SORRY FOR THE LONG TEXT Hello, for the past 4 days I've been trying to get my new 970 evo plus 1tb nvme drive to work properly on my pc, my configuration is: CPU: i5-10400F, RAM Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB Dual Channel CL32, Motherboard Gigabyte H510M K V2(rev 1.0), GPU RTX 2060, I have had for...

Hello, I'm about to begin my first PC build, but can't seem to find a definitive answer for this. I've got 2 Samsung 990 pro ssds, 1tb which I plan to put the OS on along with smaller files, and 4tb which I plan to use for gaming/storage. I have a Gigabyte B650 Aorus elite V2 motherboard. There...

I am using MSI B550 gaming plus motherboard. The problem is the M.2 slot 1 doesn't detect SSD when tested with Ryzen 5600, 5600x and 5700x processor. But the M.2 slot 2 is working fine with these processors. But when I tested with Ryzen 5600G processor both the M.2 slots are working fine. M.2...

Placed an order with Amazon, and they elected to put electronics in a box with magnets for shipping. Only proposed separation was a bit of wadded paper. When I previously ordered less intense magnets from overseas, they wrapped them in about 8cm of foam (aside from the magnet packaging...

Hi everyone! I am looking to revive a gaming pc that never really worked. I am looking to be able to run Windows 11 and run games like Hell Divers 2 and Hell let loose. These are the specs I currently have below and I believe one of the problems is that I never got an SSD? Or more of a CPU...

Desktop PC HP Prodesk 600 G5 SFF So I want to add a second SSD to this system correctly, however, the Sata cable that's currently installed(L12241-001) only allows for one SSD and power cable for CD-ROM...

Hi everyone, I recently found a Samsung 860 EVO 500GB SATA M.2 SSD listed on Flipkart (e-commerce platform), and the product description indicates it was manufactured in January 2018. I’m considering buying it to upgrade my laptop for running Windows 10. My current setup includes: Laptop...

Hello there, Long time reader / user, first time poster. Apologies in advance as I have tried to read threads that are similar to my issue but I am out of my depth and don’t really understand. I will be discussing three storage devices in my systems,: m.2 which I refer to as m2 My...

I have an X79 motherboard from AliExpress and a SATA m.2 SSD The default configuration is for NVME m.2 and I am not sure how to change these connector clips on the motherboard so that the SATA m.2 can work. Images are attached here: View: https://imgur.com/a/kBDF6d0 If it's hard to see...

Hello all, I have a 1 tb HDD with only about 60GB's used I just bought a 250gb SSD to upgrade to for speed and longevity. I go to disk management to try and split the "60gb out of 940 partition" below 250GB but it stops me at 500GB every time and I cannot split a partition any smaller...

Hi all, I have a PC that I made a year ago. It has a 2TB NVME in the MOBO and the operating system is on there. I have just purchased a 4TB Samsung EVO V-NAND SSD. I'm assuming this will be plugged in to both the PSU, and the MOBO. In terms of the PSU I have a Corsair SF600. Part Number...

Hello, I recently bought an M.2 480 Pro SSD without a heatsink, and I'm using it with my MSI B660M Mortar motherboard. Since installing this SSD, I’ve noticed a few issues: High Temperature: In idle, the SSD temperature is between 45-55°C, and under load, it goes up to around 70°C. I’ve seen...

Got a new drive and I want to clone my OS to it since it is faster than my current boot drive. I get an "error 9: reached the end of file (38)" no matter what i try. I have run chkdsk, ccleaner, turned off AV, checked drive for bad sectors, gave it more free space, checked sectors (all fine)...

I was gifted a large lot of Intel 3500 480 gb SSD's and they all worked fine descent health no bad sector no error's except for one that had one bad sector. I used Disk genius to scan surface and it memorised where the bad sector is, I went Repair... and it did no more bad sector... disk works...

So I assume this is motherboard an issue but I might wrong so I'm sorry if this belongs somewhere else. Also it's gonna be a longer post so thank you anyone who reads trough this and tries to help. So, my issue is that my SSD's keep disconnecting when I'm installing larger files. I have 4 SSDs...

Hello, I purchased a Fanxiang S880 2tb SSD drive. I ran into a problem. Problem: I installed the B650M PRO AX v1.2 into the motherboard.2 - the disk is not displayed in the BIOS - as if the slot is empty. I tried different ways, then checked the SSD in another motherboard (Gigabyte A520m) - the...

Hello, my 2TB Kingston XS2000 Portable SSD doesn't work. On Mac It appears in disk utility but does not perform any operations, no problems were found in first aid. When connected, it gives eject and ignore warnings, but the icon or it's content does not open. In Windows It shows as unknown in...

Hi guys, I faced a Software Issue yesterday and had no option but reinstalling windows, but the problem is that all 3 SSD Partitions were encrypted by Bitlocker. after installing the OS the Partitions other that C:/ are not showing up, I also accidentally deleted one of them in OS installation...

Hello, my pc has been freezing to a halt for a while now, and a friend tipped me off that it might be something to do with my drive. I've only had this for about a year, and it's already reading as "Bad". Was wondering what I can do and if this truly is a thing to worry about? What are...