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4 minutes ago, TylerD321 said:

Evidently 38 people have seen this so far!! I’m curious what the issue was though.

I looked at the BIOS update changelog for that MSI motherboard, and the most recent revision mentioned something about "fixed SATA definitions". Flashed that and I was good to go. Still odd that one specific drive tripped it up when three other identical ones didn't, but, whatever, I'm just happy my data is safe.

UPDATE: I'm an idiot, I fixed it, hopefully no one saw this post.

1 minute ago, TylerD321 said:

Have you tried using different sata cable in that computer or a different port?

Yep, swapped around ports and cables, pulled the cable off another drive that was detected fine, and as soon as I boot with it plugged into the problem drive, same issue.

Got a bit of a bizarre one for ya, I have four Seagate Constellation 4TB drives that were part of a RAIDZ array in a server that just recently died. I put together a temporary system with an old FX8320 and MSI 970 Gaming board just to get the array going again and access its data.

One of the drives *really* doesn't seem to like this particular motherboard. With the problem drive plugged in, the system will power on, turn on the display, but only output a black screen with POST code A2 in the corner. According to Google that's a drive detection error, which nearly made me shit myself at first cause I thought one of my drives was dead.

However, the problem drive worked fine in the HP server, and as a troubleshooting step I plugged it into my main PC and it booted fine, Windows detected the drive and CrystalDiskInfo reported it as healthy.

The FX board posts fine with all three other drives, but absolutely will not get past A2 with that drive connected, even if it's the only storage device plugged in.

Any ideas?

19 minutes ago, Splashboy3 said:

As a professional that would be using this daily, is there any disadvantage to using this method? Any bottlenecks with regard to read/write speed since its reading the drive through the chasis? 

Yeah, since it's a usb 3.1 gen2 connection (10gbps) you won't get the same speed you'd get with an internal SSD in an m.2 slot. But it's no more of a bottleneck than any other external SSD out there.

Seems like a dead/failing AIO pump to me. If you put your ear up to the CPU block, can you hear the pump working/water flowing?

Have you considered getting a usb 3.1 NVME enclosure that can accept any internal drive? They're super cheap:

https://www.amazon.com/SSK-Aluminum-Tool-Free-Enclosure-Portable/dp/B0892BK5L6/ref=sr_1_14?keywords=usb+3.1+nvme+enclosure&qid=1677609585&sprefix=usb+3.1+nvme+e%2Caps%2C131&sr=8-14

Then you can pick whatever your preferred brand of high-end NVME ssd is. I love my WD SN850X but it might be overkill for an external drive.

1. Car rentals at YVR are going to be the same or within a few dollars as anywhere else in the city, just rent at the airport and save the hassle.

2. Yes, your European license should be valid in the US or Canada as long as you're not staying more than 90 days.

3. Public transit within Vancouver itself is pretty good (Skytrain, buses). What "other cities" do you plan to visit exactly? If you're planning to leave Lower Mainland area you'll likely either need to drive or fly.

5 minutes ago, The_Vaccine said:

why not get a super cheap discrete gpu instead? you can get a much better cpu that way and use that money you save towards something like a 1050ti (which you can get for like $80 ish. 

Jesus, where are you finding 1050tis for less than like 200-250? 

On 2/16/2019 at 5:27 PM, JLMazzella said:

So ive been clicking around this part picker for a couple hours now and ive messed it all up lol. If u dropped the SSD (I have a 960 pro already) and had a budget of 1,000.00 what would you change? Sorry if im making ya work but your way more better than I am. I was thinking a better ram solution and....?  

If you respond to this thanks alot youve been a big help.

Honestly, 16GB is plenty unless you're doing serious video editing/3d work/other content creation tasks, and 3000mhz should be sufficient... With a higher budget I'd maybe add in an R7 2700 to give you a bit of a CPU performance boost, but either way I'd definitely grab an aftermarket cooler so that you can do a bit of overclocking.

7 minutes ago, consolepeasent16 said:

Ok so Im trying to build a pc but I cant choose between AMD ryzen and intel. A lot of the people I've spoken to tell me that AMD is unreliable and will give out in 1-2 years. Im hopping that isnt the case. Anyone with a ryzen cpu help me out? 

Yeah that's total BS... the Ryzen 5 2600 is one of the best values in PC hardware right now, and you won't regret going with AMD.

1 minute ago, hackgod said:

I have a netbook so only one sata port 

In that case the linux LiveUSB route would be a better option for you

2 minutes ago, MooGamer said:

I've been looking around for a motherboard that can run a rtx 2080 ti and a i9 9900k CPU and also ddr4 64gb ram I don't really know what I'm looking for could use your opinion 

What's your budget for the board?

Just now, hackgod said:

It was same as in the video

So you tried to boot off the broken drive? That's not a good idea

 I was suggesting to connect the drive as a secondary drive to a PC that already has an OS on it.

Just now, hackgod said:

I tried on the second machine but no good

What do you mean by "no good"? The drive wasn't detected at all? The drive was detected but no data was on it?
 

If you want help you have to be more specific about what's going on.

Just now, hackgod said:

How do I recover data

You could try making an Ubuntu live USB and booting off that, or maybe pull the drive and stick it in another machine as a secondary?

Just now, Slottr said:

Probably a shitty hard drive or SSD

If it's an XP machine I doubt it's running an SSD

Yeah your windows install is fucked, as is possibly your HDD. 

Although I question why you're running XP in the first place? 

1 minute ago, NiiiKK. said:

its a little bit overpriced to what i asked about before, this seems nice. Link:https://www.amazon.in/Ballistix-Single-PC4-24000-288-Pin-Memory/dp/B07HP87R9J?th=1

but i dont know if it performs the same or what is MT/s

Yeah that kit would be fine, MT/s is the same as MHz in the case of RAM.

(just a tip: next time you make a post asking for hardware recommendations; mention the country you're in so we know where to look for hardware)

15 hours ago, MrFixitBlankFace said:

Cat channel??????

The best Linus channel and the only one that really matters

Linus accidentally leaked his address on stream, so they pulled it in order to censor that.

Here's an example of what you could get with the budget you're working in:
 

Just now, NiiiKK. said:

sorry i didnt mention, i was going with 16gb 2x8

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233852&Description=ddr4 3000&cm_re=ddr4_3000-_-20-233-852-_-Product

This is what i'd go with personally 

12 minutes ago, TheDeathDragon said:

I’m going to Hawaii soon and I want to take good photos and attempt to edit them. I was wondering what the best phone camera app is that can capture in RAW. Would halide or motion pro work well. If so which one would be better?

What phone do you have?

3 minutes ago, bindydad123 said:

Capacity doesn't matter. 

I mean, yeah it sorta does

I'd get at least 16gb with that setup but that's just me.