RAM compatibility
Hi, I am planning to upgrade my PC soon and my question is: will Patriot Patriot Patriot DDR4, 8GB, 3000MHz, CL16 be compatible with ASRock AB350M PRO4 mobo?
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hi all, I’d like to upgrade my ram My board is B85–HD3 Currently I have G Skill 8gb ddr3 8-8-8-24 timing I’d like to get 16gb total. Any advice on what to get? Thanks!
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I have a Western Digital My Passport 2TB external drive that I can't gain access to, regardless of which operating system I use. I've tried accessing it by using a cell phone cable to connect to the...
View Articlewanting to upgrade to 16 gb ram
currently i have 8gm ram on my pc. i want to get another 8gb stick of ram but want to know if getting 2 different brands and speed of ram will affect it in any way. my current ram: XPG adata ddr4 dimm...
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I make regular cloned full backups of my hard drive every couple of weeks to an external hard drive using the excellent Casper software. The drive is then held elsewhere for safety reasons. However,...
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I have a Dell XPS 8700 pc. I have a 256kb SSD & a 2Terrabyte HDD. I read so many conflicting articles & posts on this issue that I don't know which one to use for my bootup drive. My HDD failed...
View Articleexpand volume grayed out
And so the saga continues. I was going to reinstall windows, but this guy (the one whose computer I'm working on) has a partition (let's call it the E drive). I unallocated the volume, but when I went...
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Seagate ST2000LM007 2TB 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive for $65.09 Seagate 2TB BarraCuda 5400 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 2.5" Laptop Internal Hard Drive ST2000LM015 for...
View ArticleI guess today is my birthday, even though it isn't...
So I just received a shipment from Amazon this morning containing several of my gaming PC upgrade items, which included a new Samsung 970 EVO NVMe drive. I ordered (and paid for) a 250GB version from...
View ArticleI need to install a bigger SSD drive in my desktop PC
Hi friends, Let me explain my situation. I am not too computer literate so bear with me. I have a desktop PC that is about 3 years old. I am running windows 10 professional. This laptop has two drives....
View ArticleNetwork Drive with USB 3
I'm looking for a Network Drive with USB 3 where I can import and export on the USB 3 to and from my computer and on the ethernet to other computers. Is there such a drive?
View ArticleAdded ram now i get 5 beeps on Gigabyte mb
I recently bought 2 new ram sticks for my pc, which is a home built pc. My mb is a Gigabyte GA B250 hd3. My ram was working in the 2 & 4 slots but it took about 2 minutes to boot up. So I bought a...
View ArticleCan't Transform StoreMi HDD
I finally fixed my hdd with partitioning and I went to combine my hdd with my m.2 I did it ages ago but it cant remember for the life of me how I did It and I cant find anything helpful online please...
View ArticleAre SSHD's worth it yet?
Hey guys.. I found some old threads referencing SSHD/Hybrid drives from 2016-2017, but haven't seen anything recently here. It's time for me to upgrade, and I have a few contenders I'm trying to decide...
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i lost 1tb of hd space on laptop, need help, please
hello, thanks for your time and please forgive my ignorance. so i have an alienware gaming laptop that needed a new battery. since it was under warranty from where i bought it, i had them replace the...
View ArticleHow to erase data on an external hard drive
I have Drive Erase and it won't erase data on an external hard drive so does anyone know how I can erase or zero my external hard drive?
View ArticleHow to trim a drive to minimum?
I have a 500gb SSD C: drive that holds the OS and program. A separate D drive is to hold the data. Overtime, the C: drive is over half used. I have a similar set up with another laptop and the C: drive...
View ArticleHard drive form old computer in new one, some files can't be found
My old desktop gave up the ghost a few weeks ago so I bought a new one and removed the hard disk from the old one and fitted it into the new one as a second hard drive. I looked up videos explaining...
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