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Recent content by kaijufondler

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    Harddisk may be failing

    looking at solder irons. it may be a while before anything happens
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    USB not working on new motherboard

    im waiting on a usb card to see if that bypasses the motherboard drivers. i think it will because it has its own drivers but ill have to wait and see
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    Harddisk may be failing

    my voltmeter got here and i gave the pcbs a test. im not sure whats what but the thing highlighted in the picture read 1.121 on the new working board and 0.345 on the old board so im thinking i should swap them over. does anyone have any electrical experience and can tell if this is a good idea...
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    USB not working on new motherboard

    yes i have installed the new drivers and tried other mice, keyboards but it made no change. mouse and keyboard plugged into usb port work fine in uefi but not in windows. i saw on forums that others have experienced this and it is because microsoft no longer support windows 7 usb drivers on new...
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    USB not working on new motherboard

    Hi, I recently built a new computer for my brother, processor, graphics card and motherboard. the mouse plugs into a usb port and works fine in the uefi but nothing plugged into a usb port works in windows. its windows 7 and everything was working fine until the upgrade. For now iv put the...
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    Harddisk may be failing

    ok, so i plugged in the new hdd and it worked then i swapped the pcbs round and neither worked, old hdd new pcb, new hdd old pcb and they both spin up but are not detected. the new hdd worked when i put the new pcb back though. both disks have the same model number and both pcbs have the same...
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    Harddisk may be failing

    iv ordered another drive from ebay, same model. should arrive in a few days then ill have a go at fixing it and report back.
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    Harddisk may be failing

    Its a Toshiba, i dont know what the model number is, theres: disk drive DT01ACA300 and S/N X35669HKS TZ6. Im assuming that if i replace the pcb it will have to be from an identical drive, same serial number, capacity, etc?
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    Harddisk may be failing

    i have tried the usb enclosure on another computer and the same thing happens. i can hear the HDD spin up but it wont appear anywhere. Also the light on the usb enclosure comes on indicates something is connected and with the HDD spinning up i think this means it is receiving power so i think...
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    Harddisk may be failing

    Hi, this morning i turned my computer on and one of the harddisks had disappeared from my computer. I checked disk management and it wasnt there either. Then i checked the bios and it wasnt there eitherer, (thats a real word). I plugged it into a different sata port, plugged a different harddisk...