PCMasterGuy

Ok so i just rebooted the pc. Everything seems to work fine now and the bios have been updated.

It says A2 = ”IDE Detect” I have no idea what that means...

Hi, I just built my first pc. I started everything for the first time and got in to the UEFI. No problem what so ever. So i decided to do a bios update which i had downloaded earlier today to a FAT32 USB 2.0 drive (latest bios) for my board ASUS X99-M WS/SE it went fine and said ”your system will now restart” or something. It restarted couple times, but then the screen went black and q-code is now showing A2 and nothing happens!?!? What do I do. I’m scared to do anything... Thanks

I'm building a non RGB, non Gamery looking PC in a CaseLabs mercury s5. only have couple white leds on ram/gpu. I'll be very happy with it.

I get quite a fine layer of dust buildup on my desk in a pretty short period of time, so I'm still a bit worried of dust in the PSU, especially since I'm not going to clean it out very often. I will have 2 140 mm fans in the front. The bottom one will blow fresh air directly in to the PSU shroud. Found a good image for reference: EDIT: Now that I look at the images I might not have as much clearance for the fan as I thought, if I go fan up... Hmm maybe I should just install it fan down and not worry so much about the dust?

Problemet med det är att mitt chassi är aluminium, vilket inte är magnetiskt.

Yes it's the one drawback of these cases imo, might look for an aftermarket one, but don't think they're their available in my country (Sweden) also I just want to start building tomorrow, so I don't really want to wait for the long shipping times just for a filter... I think I'm just going to skip it. The question is is it worth putting the PSU facing down and getting a bunch of dust in it (I am not willing to clean it now and then since that just seems like such a hassle) or should I just install it with fans up? I mean will there be any real noticable difference? EDIT: the rest of the case will be filtered.

Connect PSU to a grounded outlet and Touch it to ground any STATIC ELECTRICITY and you're good. Make sure PSU is TURNED OFF.

CaseLabs Mercury s5

Alright, my PC will be on my desk, with plenty of space between desk and bottom of case, about an inch or so. I'm just worried about dust build up, since it was a rather pricey PSU, and I don't really want to have to clean it all the time. That said the fans do turn off when it goes down to a certain threshold, but I'm still worried and don't really know how much dust they tend to build up over time as the PSU on my current PC sits at the top back of the case and pulls air from the inside...

I'm building a PC, but I can't decide whether to place the PSU with fans facing up or down? In my case I do have vents for the PSU, but no dust filter, So I feel like it may be best to place the fans up. But then I see a bunch of people who seem to think this is absolute blasphemy (kind of like not doing the "grain of rice" method when applying thermal paste, lol ) And I can understand that in certain cases, where the fans may be blocked by a PSU shroud, etc. There is a PSU shroud in my case, but I still have about two inches of clearance from the fans. The PSU shroud is not completely blocked either from the main compartment, but only goes about two thirds of the way before opening up to the main area of the case... Would it be fine performance wise to install it with fans up? What about positive vs negative air pressure? I have two 140 mm intake fans and one 120 mm exhaust, so I should be fine right? I can also just ramp up the speed of the intakes if negative pressure occurs. What do you think, fan up or down? Thanks.

Samsung EVO, lätt. för 54 usd är det definitivt värt de extra 260 gig du får, (imo).

Cool, OK, I'll just stick with a SATA SSD then. You just saved me some $, Thanks!

Hmm ok, not even when it comes to boot times?

I'm thinking of getting an m.2 x4 nvme as a boot drive, where I have my os, browser, some games and some programs but my motherboard only supports x2. Will the speed decrease be very noticeable for an average user like myself that's basically only using my pc for gaming and browsing? Will booting times be noticeably slower? Just for reference I'm currently rocking an i5 2300, a gtx 950, 8 gigs of ram and a 6 year old very slow and loud 500 GB hard drive, so I'm used to veeeeryyyy slow boots etc. LOL Will I be fine with this?

Well it's definitely not my sis search history as it was articles about music studies, which is what her room mate does... And I don't think her room mate is doing anythig malicious, she's a 17 year old girl who seems super friendly and has no reason to go into my sisters laptop and search for music related things on HER laptop. Also like I said no shared accounts... So It is not possible that the search history is somehow shared on the WAN? There were some google searches too and other sites that showed btw..

I honestly don't see why that would be the case, nothing was touched on her computer, there was just some random search history about music studies and music bands that was appearing on her laptop, and it's definitely her room mates search history as she goes to music school... My sister says there were some wikipedia articles that she hadn't been visiting. Ok so how do you disable that if possible?

No she is not, my sister just got this laptop and is positive no one has seen her typing in her password... They also barely know each other so they do not share any accounts etc...

I think my sis might be using chrome, don't know what her room mate is using... no they do not share any accounts...

Recently my sister says that her room mate's search history has been appearing on her laptop? Just curious, how is this possible? they both rent a floor in the same house, and they have mobile internet. It's a dongle thing you plug in to the wall. My sister has password on her laptop and no one uses it but her. and her room mate has her own laptop, so she hasn't been using my sisters. Is it possible that the search history is shared via the internet, don't think that should be the case??

Seriously, what the hell? Why did they have to remove the usb type-c port from Asus z370g gaming motherboard? It's on the mini ITX version. WTF? Also seems they removed many features since they made the gene line of motherboards in to strix, like the q-code readout, mem-ok, start and reset buttons, clr cmos bios flashback etc... Now this doesn't bother me personally, since I'm not getting this particular board, but still, why do they keep removing so many features on these smaller form factor boards, especially mATX? Seems to me this form factor is slowly dying, and wouldn't surprise me if there will be no offering from Asus when next gen comes out... Also can't find a single review for this board either.... smh...

Yep, that's what I've got

Actually, Maybe I should mention that the motherboard does supports both ECC and non ECC RAM, since it's a workstation board. but this should not make a difference right?

Cool, Thanks. I figured it might be that. The Motherboard itself is from 2015 (I think?), while the RAM I'm using came out in late 2016, so it might not have been updated.

On the X99-M WS/SE QVL list my RAM is not included. It's the Dominator Platinum DDR4 3200mhz SE Chrome Edition 4x8GB. It should work anyway right? The board itself supports up to 3200mhz DDR4 in quad-channel, and my RAM says it's "specifically" designed for X99 and Z170 chipsets. Could there be a problem anyway that it's not on the QVL list?