built a new pc! nothing seems to work well! compatibility?

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Paolo Mangia

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Hi! i built a new pc, but i'm getting a lot of problems that i never had before.

this is the big list of problems to give you an idea :

1. Can´t select AHCI mode in BIOS- results in Bluescreen when booting Windows. ( Even if you change Name value to 0 in Hkey-localmachine[...]

2. DRAM in BIOS is shown as 1333hz even when selecting the right. (1600 HZ)

3. When Installing USB or MEI driver, after restarting PC all USB ports get deactivated- no way of doing anything. Only possibility is to either reinstall windows or to Recover.

4. After some weeks of running, PC fails to find Harddrive. Only way it actually finds the SSD is by pressing the MEMok Button onboard.

5. GTX 980 Strix oc ASus- loud Coil whine, specialy when playing games. Loudness depends where you look ingame. The higher FPS the higher the Coil whine. Limiting FPS to Monitor Hz doesnt help.

6. Hardware Manager shows problems for :

PCI-Communicationcontroller (simple)
SM BUS-Controller
Unknown Device
USB (Universal Serial Bus)- Controller

Can´t load/find drivers.
By installing e.g. the driver it results in Problem No. 3 -> Recover again.
Usb Devices like mouse, keyboard, headset are useable without driver so they´re not specially installed.

Software:

Windows 7 Professional

Hardware:

RAM: 16GB-Kit Corsair Vengeance Low Profile black PC3-12800U CL9-9-9-24
Motherboard: ASUS H97-PRO, Sockel 1150, ATX
Graphiccard: ASUS STRIX-GTX980-DC2OC-4GD
Core: Intel Core i7-4790K Box, LGA1150
Case: Thermaltake Overseer RX-I
Core-fan: Be quiet! Dark Pro
Harddrive: SSD Samsung 840 EVO 250GB


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I really need some help from someone who's expert in building pcs from 0 because i feel i messed up with some step in the building process or something is not compatibile.
 
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I would start with a fresh install of Windows 7, followed by the installation of the latest motherboard and other device drivers from ASUS for your board. Do the install with only the SSD attached and no hard drives. When you do the install choose custom and delete all existing partitions on the SSD and then install to the remaining single unpartitioned space.

After the OS install then install the Intel chipset driver, followed by all the specific other drivers that ASUS has on the site (sound, LAN, etc) and the latest video driver from nVIDIA and then do all your OS updates.

Then add the storage HDD and if it is not yet initialized, initialize it in disk management and then format it.
I would start with a fresh install of Windows 7, followed by the installation of the latest motherboard and other device drivers from ASUS for your board. Do the install with only the SSD attached and no hard drives. When you do the install choose custom and delete all existing partitions on the SSD and then install to the remaining single unpartitioned space.

After the OS install then install the Intel chipset driver, followed by all the specific other drivers that ASUS has on the site (sound, LAN, etc) and the latest video driver from nVIDIA and then do all your OS updates.

Then add the storage HDD and if it is not yet initialized, initialize it in disk management and then format it.
 
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Right, except there's a *procedure* of how it's gotta be done - so that there won't be a "System Reserved" partition @ the start of the drive.

Basically, you have to let setup make 'em (the 2 partitions) and then click back, delete the second (main) won && then extend the small partition, at the start of the drive, to use the whole disk. 😉 :)

Edit: *real simple, for anyone that may need it; this is what it looks like: postimg.org/gallery/1zlsmo4ny/53df8fd5/
 
IMO there is no good reason not to use an SRP, extra steps for no gain.

 
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