Recent content by darxider

Thanks a lot. I replaced the PSU and RAM this past weekend, so I had to redo all the cables. I had one BSoD the same day (with the new parts) and non since; to be fully certain, I am planning to do a clean install of Windows 10 and test with the minimum possible number of USB peripherals...

guys, i am asking help from the collective M1 owners: i have been having trouble with my system since day 1; it would randomly crash, torment me with many many BSoDs with different bugcheck codes, or shutdown during sleep or after waking up from sleep. to recap: at first, i had a ASRock...

is it at all possible to buy the power switch and the wires that connect it to the motherboard? today i was plugging my headphone/microphone into the front audio/microphone jack of my M1 and as i was pushing the connectors in, my computer shut down! my guess is that the power switch is faulty.

so, basically, i can't use the Silverstone cable out of the box, correct? i don't have any soldering equipment; does Corsair sell any slimline SATA power cable that could be used with their SFX PSUs?

if i get a Corsair 450W or 600W SFX PSU, can i use, say, the slimline SATA power cable that comes with the Silverstone 450W SFX PSU instead of the one that comes with the Corsair? is the pin layout of the power cable (the part that connects to the PSU) the same between the Corsair and...

but can i use, say, the slimline SATA power cable that comes with the Silverstone 450W SFX PSU instead? is the pin layout of the power cable (the part that connects to the PSU) the same between the Corsair and Silverstone PSUs? i'm asking because i have a SSD and a Blu-ray writer with slimline...

does this PSU (or its 450W sibling) have slimline SATA power cables or regular (large) ones?

i have that problem, which happens intermittently. i have built my M1 two years ago, and since then i've changed one motherboard (ASRock Z97E-ITX to Gigabyte B85N Phoenix WiFi) and even though it helped reduce the frequency of the system not turning on, it never took care of the problem. i am...

i finally got the time to take out the piece-of-s**t ASRock Z87E-ITX motherboard out of my M1 and replaced it with a Gigabyte GA-B85N Phoenix WiFi (thanks iFreilicht for suggesting it), and everything is working flawlessly now. with the Gigabyte board, i got to keep my mSATA drive, and i am able...

my system (which is dead now) used to do something similar; not exactly the same, but similar. once in while, it would shutdown by itself during sleep or while it was on, and restarting it would cause the system to cycle on/off for two or three times (not for a minute) before before finally...

what about this mSATA to M.2 connector? would it fit if the M.2 connector is on the back-side of the motherboard?

wait, you can overclock with a B-series chipset? i'm guessing it would be just a limited overclock, am i right? also, does it at all come with a Windows-based utility to define/change fan curves?

thanks. but i'm looking for something internal, but i appreciate your help.

thanks for the list. yes, that's what i found as well, that if i want mSATA, i should stick to the 8-series chipset products. would you mind elaborating a bit about your experience with your Gigabyte motherboard? how is the BIOS? can you set a custom fan curve for the CPU and chassis fans...

yes, i was thinking of getting a mSATA to 2.5"-drive adapter and just use it just as a regular storage drive. i think that'd be the most cost-effective solution, given that i have to buy a new motherboard as well; that just adds to the cabling mess though, but i know i won't be buying an M.2...