No, I wasn't able to test it any other way. Would testing on another mobo show different results for smart? I'm not really sure how exactly it works, I assumed the data is stored on HDD somewhere.
I have a Sapphire R9 290 with Elpdia ram as well. I am getting the random black screens as well. At first I thought it was the Win8.1 installation as I remember a time before the new gfx card where I needed to do a hard reset while watching a youtube video.
I just noticed the trend of black...
Nah, I tried to use online updating through the bios. But that didn't work properly so I just left it. It seems like the firmware update has fixed the problem.
Also, this time I used speedfan to check for smart data, it still shows the same spin up time failure but the hdd fitness and perf...
I've backed up everything on it. It's been over a week now with not a single problem. No noise, and normal performance.
I won't bin it but probably use it store non-essential stuff. Not sure what that is though!
Hello,
I've had a weird problem that I have almost solved but I need some help on understanding what happened. I moved my whole system (lynnfield i5, p55 chipset to fx piledriver, 970 chipset).
Everything was fine except the HD103SJ being undetected most of time in BIOS and OS. Sometimes it...
i have checked them many times. They seem like they have seated properly but as this is my first build i cant really compare it to anything else.
Everything works though, such as fans, dvd drive, hdd so they must connected properly ?
any other suggestions plz.
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I have just build a new computer last night. The first time I tried to boot there was no beep and the monitor said no signal detected. So, at first I tried other pci-e slots, that didn't work so i tried my older 6600 gfx card that did not work either.
I had the triple channel ram...