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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?
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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