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  1. Amurensy

    High Disk Usage on SSD for No Reason

    Hello, I'm desperate about this issue. I've formatted my PC several times because I can't find a solution to this. It turns out that the PC (usually after downloading something heavy) becomes excessively slow, and I see that disk usage rises above 70% even when absolutely nothing is being done...
  2. Trenton Okkonen

    Second M.2 slot not reading NVME SSD

    I just built a new ITX build, and had a 500GB SSD already before building but wanted to upgrade my memory. Ordered a new SSD but after I installed it my computer could not locate it, it wasn't in the BIOS or Disk Manager either. But when I swapped my old SSD to the second slot and moved the new...
  3. Sadistic_Cannoli

    Solved New PC SSD?

    Hey I'm new to PC building and my friend gave me his old one to start with. He said I need a solid state drive that is "SATA". I have no clue what that means. And that i need to put windows 10 on a flashdrive for the operating system but I'm not sure how to do that either. Any suggestions/help...
  4. Harper

    Solved Some component in my laptop randomly stops working an it freezes.

    I don't know how to explain it properly. Sometimes my new laptop (half year old) stops working for no reason. All videos and music stop playing, fans stop working, I can still minimaze and open some windows but gradually all that functionality also goes away. I have to reboot it every time. I...
  5. M

    Zephyrus G14 freezes while on battery

    I have had problems with my G14. When it is connected to power, nothing bad happens. But when I run it on battery, the laptop sometimes freezes. It has happened over 20 times already but I haven't been able to come up with a more specific pattern than running on battery. The problems started...
  6. ehsan esfandiari

    Solved Boot from NVMe SSD

    Hi. I have Asus Z97-pro motherboard which has M.2 (M key, socket 3) on it, but I don't know wether i can install and NVMe SSD on it or not? And if so, can i install OS in it and boot the windows from it or not? (I mean without updating the Bios) Thanks for your help.
  7. ThePiePieper

    3 dead Kingston NVMes in 1 year...why?

    I built a new AMD rig back at the end of 2022, all my specs and parts below. And since then, I've had my boot drive die 3 times. I have been using the Kingston KC3000 1GB as my boot drive and can't find anything, anywhere as to why or how it would die 3 times. I've OCed the CPU through BIOs (3.5...
  8. Nathan Ramon

    Possible to enable PCIe 4x4 support with only PCIe 3x4 on a X470 Gaming Plus Motherboard?

    I understand that PCIe 4x4 NVMe's can run in a PCIe 3x4 Slot at reduced speed, I just wasn't sure if there was an option to boost or make it run closer to the speed advertised in PCIe 4x4 slots. I had heard that MSI might have released some kind of support for PCIe 3's to run close to 4's...
  9. V

    Solved M.2 caused internet to break?

    Hello, recently I got a WD Black Sn850x 4tb M.2 drive for my computer. After putting it in the slot and getting it allocated on my pc I noticed that 5gb internet connections wouldn't show up on the menu, just 2.4. I tried resetting the router, taking the m.2 drive out, updating my drivers...
  10. C

    Why wont Windows load feom m.2 NVME SSD?

    I've installed windows 10 onto my SSD. It was a clean install. After restarting I expect to be able to see my m.2 as a bootable drive but I do not. I've disabled CSM and have tried a few other basic steps following a few tutorials but nothing works. Can someone please help?
  11. M

    Solved SSD stopped being detected

    Hello, So the SSD is working again, but Im still worried about the ocurrence. So I booted up a game and it immeadiately crashed, followed by a Windows Error and a reboot. I thought nothing by it, and tried to start the game again, when I realized the SSD is gone. Neither Diskmangagement nor...
  12. J

    OS drive no longer shows in BIOS

    Hi all, When I boot my laptop, it boots directly into bios. The laptop is 5 years old. The issue is new. The PC is described below. Asus ROG Strix GL502VS i7- 6700HQ GTX 1070 GeForce SSD M2 Micron, MTFFDDA v512TBN Windows 10 The only drive in the PC is the M2 SDD drive. No particular event...
  13. C

    Having strange error on pc cant tell if its due to components or windows error

    I recently decided to overclock my ram by using msi's memory try it! . I overclocked it and when the pc restarted i got automated fix message and then says pc couldn't be fixed. I decided to go into advanced troubleshooting and running a diagnosis and I got the error (srttrail.txt.) that was...
  14. So_Uncivil1zed FPS

    Very weird hardware problem

    Hello, First of all I will try to write the best I can, but I just spent 5h on my pc and english is not my mother tongue so be nice <3 My config: OS a custom Windows11 ( up to date via windows update) and also tried a fresh Win11 install Motherboard: ROG Strix B550-A Gaming Processor : AMD...
  15. A

    SAMSUNG 970 PRO OR 980 PRO?

    I'm working on a gaming PC build and I'm new to this and this forum has been helpful. I'm looking at what SSD to buy and I've been looking at the Samsung 970 Pro 1TB and the 980 Pro 1TB. My motherboard is a Gigabyte B360 HD3 and it only has Gen3 M.2 Slots and I just saw this note on an article...
  16. A

    Solved Do I need an OS

    I was recently gifted 75% of a gaming PC (everything except for the SSD and the GPU). I am in the process of ordering the GPU and SSD and it just now hit me that the OS is usually saved on the hard drive. Since the person took the SSD with him to his new build am I going to have to purchase and...
  17. R

    SSD stopped working

    My second SSD that I installed around two months ago had been doing totally fine but a few days ago uninstalled half the games I had installed on it, and then the other half later in the day and then it disappeared completely from file explorer. After that I tried swapping the SATA and power...
  18. DUDEIMDEAD

    Solved SSD Drive Stopped Working - Help! (:

    -Specs and Parts Listed Below- I bought the Lenovo Legion Tower 7i (34L, 5) from Box.co.uk and installed an additional 2tb Firecuda SSD into it. For the last month I've been using the computer and filled up the 2tb SSD with 1tb of programs and files - it was working fine. Although, a...
  19. K

    Moving Windows to SSD

    Hi! I've tried doing this myself through Google but I have no idea what I'm doing and at this point I'm super fed up! Basically, I'm trying to move Windows over to my SSD, which I think I've done, but I can't get my PC to boot from the SSD and it's not letting me format the HDD. This is my...
  20. V

    PC keeps crashing

    I have a pretty basic gaming pc (ryzen 5 3600, amd radeon rx 570, 16 gb ram, asus tuff b450 pro gaming motherboard). A little while ago i bought a new ssd to put in my system so i was not limited with only my Kingston A400 SSD 480GB 2.5'' . My new ssd was a TEAM GROUP MP34 1TB NVME PCIE GEN3 X 4...