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    UEFI Firmware Update available for "blank screen on boot" for RTX 4080/4090

    I prayed and decided to try to boot it again and one monitor worked! Specs said no integrated graphics I thought?! So I was able to check for the update (already updated it said) and install driver, and install bios update from nvidia. It is working now! I don't understand it. I went from no...
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    UEFI Firmware Update available for "blank screen on boot" for RTX 4080/4090

    Thanks. I firmly seated the GPU in the MB slot and the power cable. My power supply has the special 40 series connector for the GPU and I securely attached it. The GPU has RGB lights which light up so it is getting power but isn't outputting a monitor signal at all apparently. As soon as I...
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    UEFI Firmware Update available for "blank screen on boot" for RTX 4080/4090

    Thanks but my MB ASUS Prime trx40 -pro has no integrated graphics to switch to. My screens are totally black all the time so I cannot see POST, BIOS anything so I cannot select or change anything. I gave all my RTX 4080 info & serial to ASUS support and they are no help - check cable, unplug...
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    UEFI Firmware Update available for "blank screen on boot" for RTX 4080/4090

    Thanks but how do you run the update tool if your monitors are blank and you cannot see anything? I installed a new 4080 yesterday and my screens are black (no signal) but the card lights up. The 3060 I removed was working fine. I have ASUS 4080 TUFF and ASUS MB TRX40 Pro. If I were to remove...
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    Anyone went strictly to SSDs only yet ?

    The only machines that still have any spinners are my old ones and a win98 P2 gaming that I was trying to convert to SSD after the HDD failed but haven't been able to get it to work and gave up for lack of time. My newest machines have a pair of NVME + several SSDs but now that Samsung has...
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    A disk read error occurred Press control alt del

    I used it a while last night and then shut it down. Today it started up fine. I'm very confused but happy
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    A disk read error occurred Press control alt del

    So i waited a little bit and then hit ctrl alt del and it rebooted straight to windows with no errors or no selections just fine. even my desktop icons are in the right places which I've never seen happen after booting to safe mode ??!!??
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    A disk read error occurred Press control alt del

    After a few more attempts, I put all the cables back as they originally were and rebooted. Sometimes it boots to the select windows startup screen. I selected normal startup and it went to a single screen low res OS. It worked for a little bit while I looked at some settings and then it...
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    A disk read error occurred Press control alt del

    I had a GTX Titan 6GB I suspected was the problem with the graphics suddenly going crazy and then freezing and causing a driver error message (see 1st pic) so I ordered a new exact replacement titan GPU. In the meantime I put the computer through a number of hard reboots via reset button or...
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    additional RAM causing crash?

    True. either way I am hopefully through with that problem and they will be refunded. You are tremendous help and I am grateful!
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    additional RAM causing crash?

    Well drat. I'm sorry I wasn't able to do this troubleshooting earlier. The silver ones gave a ton of memtest errors running with the gold ones but perhaps if we went at it backwards with CMOS cleared do the silver first and then add the gold to the silver they might have adjusted...
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    additional RAM causing crash?

    Thank you again. Darn oh well my return period was almost up so I shipped them this morning else I would have tried this. Question : since the sticks are all identical (same model/specs/timings) why is it that your idea would work? Not doubting the idea - just trying to learn. I realize...
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    additional RAM causing crash?

    A huge thanks to everyone. You guys are always graciously helpful. I took the silver kit out and put back in the gold kit and it was able to boot again. I'm sending the silver kit back. Too many problems to track down and they all go away once there is no silver RAM in the PC
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    additional RAM causing crash?

    I removed the silver sticks out of both PCs and ran memtest for 10 hours on both with just the 4 gold sticks in each one. No errors so far. So the two gold kits may be good. Then I removed the set of 4 gold sticks from one PC I put the kit of 4 silver sticks in and it only boots to a black...
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    additional RAM causing crash?

    PC1 has a set of 4 gold PC2 has a set of 4 gold Then I bought a set of 4 silver and put 2 sticks of silver in each PC. All same specs
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    additional RAM causing crash?

    memtest in progress: on the original PC it has 28 errors so far, 6hrs into it I also have a 2nd PC with similar MB, same CPU and same RAM situation as original - a matched kit of 4 gold sticks plus 2 silver sticks added later. This one has more errors already. Each of the two PCs got a matched...
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    additional RAM causing crash?

    Thank you. The AIO blocks a slot which caused me to use the 6 slots/channels I'm using. I added more memory because of "seems like a good idea" since I am using this for 3ds max renders and 4k video editing and wanted to buy the same RAM while it was still available versus waiting til all...
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    additional RAM causing crash?

    Thanks I just noticed its DDR4 and was about to reply but you beat me :)
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    additional RAM causing crash?

    thank you I see memtest86 and memtest86+ 2 different sites? - memtest.org , memtest86.com lists DDR5 but mine is DDR6
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    additional RAM causing crash?

    Hello. I bought this RAM https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-128gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820232965?Item=N82E16820232965 and it has been working great for 2+ years Recently I bought another set of the silver version of it...
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    PSU 850w enough for Threadripper and RTX 4080?

    Thank you again. interestingly the PC has been running at high loads during renders without the one cable connected since I bought it... I'll check the other cable to see if it matches before plugging the disconnected one in. Can the GPU plug into 3 of those 8 pin ports too? That would mean...
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    PSU 850w enough for Threadripper and RTX 4080?

    Thank you yes at the time I ordered the PC there were almost no AIO options so it came with that 360 one which covers 1 of the RAM slots so I cannot install 8 sticks. I bought another set of 4 sticks recently and added 2 to this threadripper and 2 to my other threadripper so they both have 6...
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    PSU 850w enough for Threadripper and RTX 4080?

    So..about the 4080 GPU that needs (3) 8 pin at the PSU. Where should I plug those in?
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    PSU 850w enough for Threadripper and RTX 4080?

    Thank you. That makes sense. It should have both 8 pin cables connected in addition to the 24 pin, but one of the 8 pin was left disconnected for some reason.
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    PSU 850w enough for Threadripper and RTX 4080?

    The only thing it says is 34-0 and 00277 on the PSU end. It goes around the back and ends up plugging into the top left of the MB. Looks like a matching one plugs into the top right of the MB. So it appears only the top right one is actually connected to both PSU and MB whereas the cable in...
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    PSU 850w enough for Threadripper and RTX 4080?

    I do not want to OC. 3 cables like this? https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Accessories-%7C-Parts/PC-Components/Power-Supplies/Type-3-Flat-Black-Ribbon-Cable-PCIe-6%2B2-pin%2C-dual-connectors%2C-Compatible-with-all-type-3-pin-out-PSU/p/CP-8920129
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    PSU 850w enough for Threadripper and RTX 4080?

    Thank you. While on this subject, since I originally received my PC it has the boot message attached below. And there has always been a cable not connected. I'm not sure if it was supposed to be connected or what the deal is. The GPU shipped and installed in the pic is RTX 3060 though I am...
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    PSU 850w enough for Threadripper and RTX 4080?

    Hello. I have this: PSU: Corsair RM Series RM850 80 PLUS CPU: Threadripper 3970X (280watts) 192GB 3200Mhz RAM Several SSD drives I want to install this GPU: RTX 4080 (320watts) Apart from not having a native power connector do you think it will work? Or should I get another PSU that is ATX...
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    Splitting RAM kit between 2 PCs?

    Hello. I have 2 PCs, one has this motherboard: PRIME TRX40-PRO S The other has this motherboard PRIME TRX40-PRO. I bought a 128GB RAM set for each PC. Working great. G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 128GB (4 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Desktop Memory Model F4-3200C16Q-128GTRG...
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    ye olde blast from the past IDE HDD failed - adapt to SSD?

    Well. I did a fresh install onto an SSD via IDE adapter. Got Win98SE installed and started installing some drivers. All seemed well. Now it hangs at "Verifying DMI Pool Data" on boot and it will not boot to windows anymore, though it did numerous times earlier. If I boot to floppy it...
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    Swap c: drive from another computer?

    I've done it with Win7 several times and with 3 different machines. Keeping a clone system drive ready to swap in saves a lot of time.
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    Swap c: drive from another computer?

    I I would clone to a new disk
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    Swap c: drive from another computer?

    I have 2 Win98 PCs. One is a P3 and the other a P2. Besides CPU they have much different hardware GPU, sound, monitors, ATA card, etc. Can I hardware bit by bit clone the C: from the P3 and install it in my P2 and once booted install the correct drivers? Or will that cause damage to my...
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    ye olde blast from the past IDE HDD failed - adapt to SSD?

    Victoria actually detected and identified the drive (WD 40GB) and has been attempting a test and repair for about 12 hours so far. attached is screenshot
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    ye olde blast from the past IDE HDD failed - adapt to SSD?

    Unless I'm missing something Victoria seems to only work on XP and up? Or can I run Victoria on a newer machine and attempt to connect the IDE drive via a dock?
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    ye olde blast from the past IDE HDD failed - adapt to SSD?

    Don't know if I added this or not but the c: IDE drive in the WIN98SE machine does spin. I can hear it and feel it move, but the data cannot be accessed via anymeans I've tried so far. I think maybe MBR problem? Unfortunately I hurt disks in my lower back getting it out from under the desk on...
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    ye olde blast from the past IDE HDD failed - adapt to SSD?

    Thank you. The Win98SE machine had 3 IDE drives in it C, D E. My external hardware dock has a direct port (no adapter) for IDE as well as SATA port that outputs USB cable to a connected computer. Drives D and E are thus accesible via that USB cable to connected Win7 computer. But when I try...
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    ye olde blast from the past IDE HDD failed - adapt to SSD?

    Thank you. The old 98 PC had 3 IDE drives in it. SpinRite did work fine on the other IDE drive (E:>) I tried it on, using freeDos. After the black screen above that shows freeDos and initdiskIllegal it launches Spinrite program. When you select the drive in spinRite it goes to another screen...
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    ye olde blast from the past IDE HDD failed - adapt to SSD?

    The c:> says this when I boot "initdiskillegal partition table - drive 00 sector 0" Spinrite won't seem to work on it, it seems to hang on "working" for 40+ hours. I put the drive in a startech external IDE / SATA dock connected to newer PC and windows beeps like it connected but I cannot...
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