New installed HDD problem
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I've never seen, or heard of, a secondary drive changing the monitor resolution.
so congrats on that one @Cvetković.
I see from Speccy that the BIOS is version F10, Gigabyte is up to F15a for that mobo - so try upgrading the BIOS.
next, I would remove the HDD, and reinstall a fresh copy of Win10 Pro onto the SSD.
back in early Feburary when the OS was re-installed, that was Win10 Enterprise, which isn't legal for personal use, so there is a question mark over it being cracked or similar.
once a fresh Win10 Pro is working, with updated BIOS and drivers all loaded, then turn off, connect the HDD and see what happens.
so congrats on that one @Cvetković.
I see from Speccy that the BIOS is version F10, Gigabyte is up to F15a for that mobo - so try upgrading the BIOS.
next, I would remove the HDD, and reinstall a fresh copy of Win10 Pro onto the SSD.
back in early Feburary when the OS was re-installed, that was Win10 Enterprise, which isn't legal for personal use, so there is a question mark over it being cracked or similar.
once a fresh Win10 Pro is working, with updated BIOS and drivers all loaded, then turn off, connect the HDD and see what happens.
Thanks on that oneI've never seen, or heard of, a secondary drive changing the monitor resolution.
so congrats on that one @Cvetković.
I see from Speccy that the BIOS is version F10, Gigabyte is up to F15a for that mobo - so try upgrading the BIOS.
next, I would remove the HDD, and reinstall a fresh copy of Win10 Pro onto the SSD.
back in early Feburary when the OS was re-installed, that was Win10 Enterprise, which isn't legal for personal use, so there is a question mark over it being cracked or similar.
once a fresh Win10 Pro is working, with updated BIOS and drivers all loaded, then turn off, connect the HDD and see what happens.
Will do when i have time because i have important files on my drives so reinstalling os would be a prob.
Thanks for your effort guys, sorry for wasted time.
@phillpower2
Hi Phillpower2 - to save reading through the post
2nd hdd installed (os sitting on ssd)
With ssd only installed resolution 1360 x768
When 2nd drive attached resolution can only be set to 1024 x 768
Op has updated chipset drivers and graphics (graphics onboard).
Removes 2nd drive and graphics back to 1360 x768
ANY IDEAS ?
Cheers
PeterOz
Hi Phillpower2 - to save reading through the post
2nd hdd installed (os sitting on ssd)
With ssd only installed resolution 1360 x768
When 2nd drive attached resolution can only be set to 1024 x 768
Op has updated chipset drivers and graphics (graphics onboard).
Removes 2nd drive and graphics back to 1360 x768
ANY IDEAS ?
Cheers
PeterOz
@Cvetković
Can you open your display settings and take a screenshot of the settings and attach on your next post
To do a screen capture in Windows 10 press the windows key and the print screen button together. It will put the image in Pictures>Screenshots
Can you open your display settings and take a screenshot of the settings and attach on your next post
To do a screen capture in Windows 10 press the windows key and the print screen button together. It will put the image in Pictures>Screenshots
has the BIOS update been done?
what about a fresh install with only one drive connected?
as well as the above screenshot, can we also have a shot of inside the rig when both drives are connected?
and when this issue happens, with the 2nd drive connected, it changes your resolution, but can you manually change it back to 1360x768?
(which in itself is an unusual top range)
what is your monitor make/model?
what graphics port do you use to connect the monitor to the PC?
what about a fresh install with only one drive connected?
as well as the above screenshot, can we also have a shot of inside the rig when both drives are connected?
and when this issue happens, with the 2nd drive connected, it changes your resolution, but can you manually change it back to 1360x768?
(which in itself is an unusual top range)
what is your monitor make/model?
what graphics port do you use to connect the monitor to the PC?
In addition to what Bruce advises;
Performance of this computer will be poor as it only has the one stick of RAM meaning that it can only work at circa 1600MHz and Ryzen CPUs really don`t like slow RAM, merchants that advertise the RAM as being 3200MHz should be made to use two sticks of RAM so that dual channel can be enabled and the RAM run at 3200MHz.
Performance of this computer will be poor as it only has the one stick of RAM meaning that it can only work at circa 1600MHz and Ryzen CPUs really don`t like slow RAM, merchants that advertise the RAM as being 3200MHz should be made to use two sticks of RAM so that dual channel can be enabled and the RAM run at 3200MHz.
when you click on the down arrow next to 1024 x768 do you get the option to ghange to 1360 x 768
But everything in fullscreen like games is ok with 1 drive.
Sorry for asking what seem repeat questions
Just trying to get my head around it.
It is not making much sense.
Check advanced display settings
Are you set to 60Mhz
Sorry for asking what seem repeat questions
Just trying to get my head around it.
It is not making much sense.
Check advanced display settings
Are you set to 60Mhz
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