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Have to build a new desktop..grrr

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So, I have an issue with my current desktop, for some reason, the motherboard's SATA has been weird for a while...a few months ago it stopped recognizing the DVD drive, so I unhooked it, then, every once in a while, it would try to boot from the HDD instead of the SSD (boot drive), so I would have to just unhook the HDD and restart, then shutdown, then attach it.

Then, last week,windows stopped seeing the HDD. So, I just got an external case and hooked it up via USB and it worked. Then yesterday it just went kooky.

All the while, I was unable to get in to the BIOS (found out why.....cordless keyboard, I can get in now, sometimes). When I got onto the BIOS today, and plugged in the HDD to the SATA controller, it showed up, however, it still wouldn't show up in windows. I got it cobbled together, made a backup of the SSD (but not a clone) onto the HDD so the files are duplicated.

I am looking at yet another build (I looked at off the shelf PC's but they have really craptastic motherboards, my graphic card does best on a 16x sli, they all have 1x, plus, I'd need to replace power supply, and get an adapter to make it work on their mother board.

So, the big question will be: Will a new motherboard with new processor and...grrrr....DDR4 memory (I have DDR3, lots of it) recognize the bootable SSD and put in the drivers, and will my Windows 10 license be transferable (it should, I have the product key, and it was upgraded from a non OEM Windows 7 CD.)

Going to cost at least $650 for: a motherboard $120, I5 8400 processor ($180), and about $150 for 32 Gig of DDR4, about 50 bux for a new case, going to use a spare 400W power supply...and maybe another SSD ($130) that I may have to clone.

Giant PITA, but that is life when you have a gaming PC. Any suggestions on whether its my motherboard, or power supply, or what?
 
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beefheart said:
So, I have an issue with my current desktop, for some reason, the motherboard's SATA has been weird for a while...a few months ago it stopped recognizing the DVD drive, so I unhooked it, then, every once in a while, it would try to boot from the HDD instead of the SSD (boot drive), so I would have to just unhook the HDD and restart, then shutdown, then attach it.

Then, last week,windows stopped seeing the HDD. So, I just got an external case and hooked it up via USB and it worked. Then yesterday it just went kooky.

All the while, I was unable to get in to the BIOS (found out why.....cordless keyboard, I can get in now, sometimes). When I got onto the BIOS today, and plugged in the HDD to the SATA controller, it showed up, however, it still wouldn't show up in windows. I got it cobbled together, made a backup of the SSD (but not a clone) onto the HDD so the files are duplicated.

I am looking at yet another build (I looked at off the shelf PC's but they have really craptastic motherboards, my graphic card does best on a 16x sli, they all have 1x, plus, I'd need to replace power supply, and get an adapter to make it work on their mother board.

So, the big question will be: Will a new motherboard with new processor and...grrrr....DDR4 memory (I have DDR3, lots of it) recognize the bootable SSD and put in the drivers, and will my Windows 10 license be transferable (it should, I have the product key, and it was upgraded from a non OEM Windows 7 CD.)

Going to cost at least $650 for: a motherboard $120, I5 8400 processor ($180), and about $150 for 32 Gig of DDR4, about 50 bux for a new case, going to use a spare 400W power supply...and maybe another SSD ($130) that I may have to clone.

Giant PITA, but that is life when you have a gaming PC. Any suggestions on whether its my motherboard, or power supply, or what?
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I'd say motherboard...your BIOS, to be specific.

Now...it's possible there is some kind of update to your BIOS available. Most people don't check that...ever. Since you seem to be aware of what the BIOS is and what it's used for, you are ahead of the game compared to most folks. A bit of research to find out if an update is available and how to update it on your particular MB should be easy for you.

If you go through all that and the problem isn't fixed, then I'd say it's time for a hardware upgrade. Yeah...it can be a pain in the butt, but on the bright side, a brand new system is always a sweet-running experience. (assuming you built it correctly)
 
Mycroft said:
I'd say motherboard...your BIOS, to be specific.

Now...it's possible there is some kind of update to your BIOS available. Most people don't check that...ever. Since you seem to be aware of what the BIOS is and what it's used for, you are ahead of the game compared to most folks. A bit of research to find out if an update is available and how to update it on your particular MB should be easy for you.

If you go through all that and the problem isn't fixed, then I'd say it's time for a hardware upgrade. Yeah...it can be a pain in the butt, but on the bright side, a brand new system is always a sweet-running experience. (assuming you built it correctly)
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I tried to flash the BIOS.....wouldn't work said the file was for Windows 10 32 bit. Besides, the last bios update was in 2014, its an older motherboard, I5 4670, 4th gen.

I've built a lot of PC's, hell, I even swapped out a Commodore 64 motherboard once...

Part of me thinks it could be the power, but I took off all my oculus hardware today, and ran it with very few USB inputs, and still the same thing. I know that the SSD won't be recognized unless you put it on the first SATA connection.

Bios is weird on this one, sometimes on boot up, it flies by so fast that you can't even see it, I was surprised I got into it today. I still can't do the F9 entry to set the boot order though.

Typically I update graphic cards about 3 times for every motherboard/processor update.
 
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