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(shakes fist at info left out) ;). If you had said that you were intending to buy there due to the gift certificate, could have recommended better ones for $90 CND that that shop carries. That "Enermax" is far from the best you could get for that money. At least it received an average "Pass"...

Yep, not reassuring. Also doesn't answer whether you still have a warranty or not on the rest of the system if you do replace the power supply. I'd contact them again and try to get a definite answer to that. If you replacing the power supply does not affect the warranty, get a new one. And...

:rolleyes: Its called "regurgitating" experiences working with multi-million dollar clients. Clients who actually deal with machine-check exception logs and know what (fucking) risk assessment means. Overclocking (seriously?) and running without ECC memory to do CAD in a business just makes...

And you seem to be blindly applying your sample size of one to this ;). And no, I'm no "blindly repeating" anything. Servers and workstations in reliable businesses--and CAD businesses/departments--don't use ECC just to spend (usually extra) money. Its called investing to reduce risks...

I'm saying that the thought of not using ECC memory for CAD simulations that you perform for clients that are part of a money making enterprise is absurd. Not that you are. "I think flipped bits/memory errors haven't happened to me yet" just isn't a valid reason in a business where accuracy...

^^^ Hardly. Doesn't look like you understand what ECC does. If you are running CAD simulations as part of your job (for the company to make money, for you to have a job), doing without ECC is absurd. Especially so with large memory quantities. 4 socket SuperMicro boards are here. E5-4600 or...

So does Macrium Reflect Free Edition, as noted previously. And Clonezilla for straight cloning/backups/recovery. And PartedMagic if you want to combine Clonezilla and Gparted (for expanding partitions after cloning). And other options. No need to pony up dough for a reliable cloning solution.

The free Sysinternals ProcessMonitor is one option. A bit unclear to set up to see disk activity exclusively, however. Have to "unclick" all the icons on the right side of the toolbar except "Show File System Activity".

The scroll wheel is often the first thing to wear out on a mouse. If you have any other mouse with a scroll wheel around, plug it in and see if it exhibits the same behavior. If not, look to either replace/return for a RMA that G510...or clean it. As in blow with compressed air around the...

Its an anti-overclocking sentiment. Intel's statement: "Intel recommends using memory that adheres to the Jedec memory specification for DDR3 memory which is 1.5 volts, plus or minus 5%. Anything more than this voltage can damage the processor or significantly reduce the processor life span."...

Wanted to ask: how's the build quality on your Unicomp? Any deformed keys or odd clicking, etc.? I have one from many years ago and its pretty decent; not up to Model M (or Lexmark Model M) standards, but OK. However, have heard their overall quality has gone downhill in recent years. So...

Didn't realize the second sentence; I've never personally used Macrium, just received positive feedback locally (as well as the web). Like Old Hippie, Old Coffee Slurper here follows traditional logic. In my case, that you can only adjust partition size of the clone after doing it, not before...

Heh. "Economical" isn't the only consideration for reliable backups ;). I used to think that too. I have literally hundreds of backup DVDs (and CDs) floating around here. If commercial software DVDs can still be read years later, DVD writables should be just as reliable, right? Wrong...

After doing an extended (or quick) test, fully shut down your system properly, then turn it back on (to make sure everything is recorded properly). Then look at the SMART data in Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows. Click select a drive, right click, then select "Show SMART Disk Info". It...

Sorry I wasn't able to come in earlier to help before you gave up. That 100MB system reserved partition--as pointed out by Old Hippie above--shouldn't have been touched at all. The _only_ partition to work on was was the second one on the new drive. The bootrec commands that you tried should...

Yah, it all depends on the quality & "overhead" of the RAM chips used by the assembler, the flexibility of your motherboard (in terms of electrical stability, not how "flexy" it is ;)), the circuit board used by the RAM assembler (in your case, Team) and so on. Some memory on some boards can...

Echoing others, yes, lucky. I've had two WD Green running drives inside computers dropped here over the years from a height no more than 3 feet. Neither were being written to at the time. They both received reallocated sectors (and big warnings in SMART, among other things) immediately...

:D Yes, a definite wtf. But naw, not anything atypical really. Very often one or more of the JEDEC timings returned by CPU-Z for various memory are a bit "off" of what you would expect to align with common memory timings. You can consider that 1370 to equal 1333 and don't worry about the 1218...

Team Group what model and size? You can verify the model # through the free CPU-Z if you don't want to open the case. Before that though...yikes. Normally RAM with high XMP overclocks of 2133MHz (or more) has at least one default JEDEC timing of 1600MHz. If the top JEDEC timing of yours is in...

Certainly it can. That "2133 MHz" RAM (of unknown brand) is in effect being overclocked when you run it at that XMP profile (at an unknown voltage). ASRocks aren't the highest quality boards; overclocked RAM and/or stuff running at non-standard voltages can cause issues. Just the other day...

Not good generalizations to make there. Many other things can cause out-of-spec drive issues (and SMART values increasing that should not be) beside mechanical failure of the whole drive. Reallocated sector counts above 0, however, are one of the signals of increased risk of future failure if...

Tom's Hardware is no longer considered a reliable review site by most currently. For a better idea, check out [H]ardOCP's review (won its Gold award). The questions some bring up about the regular 840 is because it has been released recently and uses a new type of NAND memory never before...

^^^^ Of all the system components you list, its only the power supply that sticks out like a sore thumb as being a monumental POS. The fact you can run regular programs for hours without a problem, but encounter problems only when you are stressing the power consumption (running games on...

In terms of quality of the drive controller & firmware (as in reliability of your data during its life), no difference. The Pro has somewhat higher performance; the highest performance of any SSD currently out there (the non-Pro has "average" performance). It also has a longer warranty (5 years...

Not exactly. On that particular board it has both the Intel Z77 chipset providing USB 3.0 (4 ports, 2 out the back) & 10 2.0 ports as well as an OEM "ASMedia" chip providing another 4 3.0 ports (2 out the back). Same as other boards that natively provide USB 3.0 through either the main Intel...

Naw, but ty. I did make the mistake of not suggesting trying to manually reduce the voltage step-by-step until you hit a stable point, as you have done. When you brought up the strong point of why would you buy 1.35v memory to run at 1.5v, I bypassed that opportunity and suggested the...

Glad you were able to get an RMA. Well basically, its going to pretty much be a roll of the dice with those 8GB sticks as to what will work with two of them properly at 1.35v (or less). Among quality desktop (non-workstation/server) motherboard makers (Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, Intel), only Asus...

Ah damn. Unfortunate that my suspicion is sorta confirmed...looks most likely that either the motherboard is defective or (more likely) it just can't deal with running that particular memory in dual-channel mode at low voltages. Checking out the specs of the only 8GB memory on the board's...

Haven't answered my first two questions, but if you haven't confirmed the proper memory slot installation or that you have the latest BIOS, do so before anything else. Not run, test. So you can have a better idea if it may be that the motherboard can't handle those sticks at their rated...

Ok. Have you installed the Crucial memory correctly (page 20 of the manual)? Either DDR3_A1 & DDR3_B1 or DDR3_A2 & DDR3_B2 slots only, no other slot combinations. Have you got the latest BIOS installed (v2.80)? Some motherboards have issues with using (high capacity) 8GB sticks. And/or...

You haven't listed what your motherboard is anywhere, which would help assessments considerably.

In exchange for the increased potential for failure if you do not do that firmware update on a SSDNow V100S2 (pointed out by evilsofa above). Out of the two potentials, I'd go for the firmware update 10 times out of 10 (after backing up/cloning the drive; the update will wipe the drive). Be...

The RE4 is the previous generation (with SATA 3gb/s connector). The RE (without the "4") is the current generation with a SATA 6gb/s connector (same as current Blacks), with larger sizes available than the 4. The connector is only difference between those two that I can see if you don't go for...

That's not a SSD, that's a 500 or 750 GB 7200 rpm spinning disk hard drive with 4 (in 500) to 8 (in 750) GB only of NAND cache (for applications that are allowed to cache to it). Still nowhere close to the speed of an affordable, modern SSD in anything.

Sure it can. Reallocated Sector Count is a "pre-failure" indicator in SMART. Its also one of the values that most manufacturers use to determine if your drive will be replaced under warranty. Thus my recommendation to return such a drive if in warranty. As to out-of-warranty drives, as noted...

Version 12 is still buggered; those drivers remain behind and active after normal uninstall and its downloadable special uninstaller still leaves those drivers behind (as noted later in that thread). Many programs don't leave junk behind that cause BSODs as it does. Or have drivers remaining...

All CPUs from the beginning of time (well, 486s at least) will run with ECC memory installed on the motherboard. However, only memory controllers that actually support ECC memory (in Intel's case, the controller is in the CPU) will actually enable ECC functionality on that memory. If it doesn't...

You should of, but didn't tell us what Windows you are using. A free option not mentioned: Vista and 7 both have a built-in pre-boot "Memory Diagnostic Tool" that's fairly decent. Has a few options for how complete/long the testing is (best to use "Extended" with multiple passes). For further...

"Depending on your needs" is the operative statement there. Not a lot of affordable options for home users needing gigantic backups, besides more (and more) hard drives. And yes in fact it can be relatively economical, depending on your definition of such. 160GB DAT 160 tapes at $29 (Amazon) =...

Just wanted to bring up that tape can even be viable for home users. If you want backups more reliable than DVDs and have massive data to store that hard drives won't cover. LTO drives, as mentioned above, are expensive. But moving into instead "DDS/DAT" tape types, the drives (and tapes) can...