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kwokman
Joined: 09 Aug 2009
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As far as my limited knowledge on the whole Sandy Bridge issue goes, it is only affected on the motherboard side. As others have mentioned before, it has to do with the Sata2 ports and their controllers crapping out over a certain period of time. As long as you run 2 things that require SATA, you can just use the SATA3 ports instead of the SATA2 ports. Even if your hard drive isn't SATA3, it'll run just fine.
On a side note, I was planning on upgrading my computer with a i5 2500k. Unfortunately, this recall will just end up delaying the whole upgrade(or at least making the parts cost more).
For the person that mentioned ram and ram speeds, I believe that the standard ram speed for the LGA 1155 boards are set at 1333mhz. Therefore, anything higher would be considered an "overclock" but if your ram is capable of higher speeds(like those of the 1600 speed), then most if not all motherboards will gladly accept the faster ones(although you might need to make some adjustments in your bios). |
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Slowmotion
Joined: 15 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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| If the processor isn't affected, why did they pull it off the market? It sucks that I have my motherboard sitting there, because my new ram won't fit into my current motherboard and don't feel like installing everything else and uninstalling it. |
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tatertot
Joined: 21 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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| If the processor isn't affected, why did they pull it off the market? It sucks that I have my motherboard sitting there, because my new ram won't fit into my current motherboard and don't feel like installing everything else and uninstalling it. |
Well, it's pretty hard to use a processor without a motherboard, isn't it? How do you think all the customers that buy CPUs will feel when they can't buy a motherboard to use it with? Do you think they might want to return the useless (because you have no motherboard that supports it) CPU? I think that's why some retailers are pulling the CPUs. |
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Slowmotion
Joined: 15 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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Ever since I put that new HD I bought as a secondary HD, I get problems where I'm playing music, and all the sudden the music pauses and I can hear like my hard disc respinning, then the music will play again. What the hell is up with that?
To be more specific the song is still stored on the old drive, but on a separate partition.
Any ideas? |
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zhanknight
Joined: 24 Mar 2010
Location: Yangsan
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| Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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Ever since I put that new HD I bought as a secondary HD, I get problems where I'm playing music, and all the sudden the music pauses and I can hear like my hard disc respinning, then the music will play again. What the hell is up with that?
To be more specific the song is still stored on the old drive, but on a separate partition.
Any ideas? |
That's the second drive spinning up, sounds like. Is it in an external enclosure, by chance? |
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Slowmotion
Joined: 15 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:30 am Post subject: |
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Ever since I put that new HD I bought as a secondary HD, I get problems where I'm playing music, and all the sudden the music pauses and I can hear like my hard disc respinning, then the music will play again. What the hell is up with that?
To be more specific the song is still stored on the old drive, but on a separate partition.
Any ideas? |
That's the second drive spinning up, sounds like. Is it in an external enclosure, by chance? |
Nope hooked up internally with a Sata cable or whatever it's called |
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zhanknight
Joined: 24 Mar 2010
Location: Yangsan
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:51 am Post subject: |
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| Slowmotion wrote: |
| zhanknight wrote: |
| Slowmotion wrote: |
Ever since I put that new HD I bought as a secondary HD, I get problems where I'm playing music, and all the sudden the music pauses and I can hear like my hard disc respinning, then the music will play again. What the hell is up with that?
To be more specific the song is still stored on the old drive, but on a separate partition.
Any ideas? |
That's the second drive spinning up, sounds like. Is it in an external enclosure, by chance? |
Nope hooked up internally with a Sata cable or whatever it's called |
I wonder why it's spinning down, then? Hope it's not crapping out on you somehow.
I read something a while ago about hybrid hard drives spinning down all the time and causing trouble with media streaming. If it's a hybrid, that might be it .. but seems like you would have noticed that before now. |
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Nuggets
Joined: 23 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:10 am Post subject: |
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Get a disk scanner to check if it's failing.
Try Spinrite. Slow, but thorough. |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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| My pc crashed accompanied by a burning smell from the power supply unit. It won't start up again. Are these easy to replace or should i just buy a new one? I bought this pc for like 500,000 won about 3 years ago. Maybe its time to move up.. |
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Nuggets
Joined: 23 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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| My pc crashed accompanied by a burning smell from the power supply unit. It won't start up again. Are these easy to replace or should i just buy a new one? I bought this pc for like 500,000 won about 3 years ago. Maybe its time to move up.. |
That depends on your needs and what you do with it. |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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My current pc covers my needs fine. I really only use it for browsing and playing a few text based games.
I guess i should be more specific. How much would a typical psu unit cost me in korea and are they easy to replace? Could I read an online guide and do it..or is it tricky for the novice? |
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Nuggets
Joined: 23 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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| JMO wrote: |
My current pc covers my needs fine. I really only use it for browsing and playing a few text based games.
I guess i should be more specific. How much would a typical psu unit cost me in korea and are they easy to replace? Could I read an online guide and do it..or is it tricky for the novice? |
OK, I believe they are dirt cheap in Korea. They are a piece of cake to install. You'll need a philips driver, and 15min.
This is kinda wordy, but it has pictures.
http://www.fonerbooks.com/r_power.htm
Just make sure to match the same wattage as on your current psu, it'll say on the sticker. |
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Slowmotion
Joined: 15 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 1:53 am Post subject: |
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| zhanknight wrote: |
| Slowmotion wrote: |
| zhanknight wrote: |
| Slowmotion wrote: |
Ever since I put that new HD I bought as a secondary HD, I get problems where I'm playing music, and all the sudden the music pauses and I can hear like my hard disc respinning, then the music will play again. What the hell is up with that?
To be more specific the song is still stored on the old drive, but on a separate partition.
Any ideas? |
That's the second drive spinning up, sounds like. Is it in an external enclosure, by chance? |
Nope hooked up internally with a Sata cable or whatever it's called |
I wonder why it's spinning down, then? Hope it's not crapping out on you somehow.
I read something a while ago about hybrid hard drives spinning down all the time and causing trouble with media streaming. If it's a hybrid, that might be it .. but seems like you would have noticed that before now. |
Its weird cuz this only started happening when I installed the secondary drive. It happens to both of them. Sometimes I'll go to my computer and double click on one of the drives, and there's a delay then I hear the secondary drive spinning.
I was watching a documentary just now, stored on the same hd and partition where my os is, and the documentary just paused all the sudden and again I heard the drive spinning. wtfff |
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tman88
Joined: 14 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 2:33 am Post subject: |
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| Slowmotion wrote: |
Its weird cuz this only started happening when I installed the secondary drive. It happens to both of them. Sometimes I'll go to my computer and double click on one of the drives, and there's a delay then I hear the secondary drive spinning.
I was watching a documentary just now, stored on the same hd and partition where my os is, and the documentary just paused all the sudden and again I heard the drive spinning. wtfff |
Go into your power options and make sure that the hard drives are always on instead of turning off after 20 minutes or so. Do you have anything installed on the secondary drive or a defragging program that would use the drive? |
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archmagos
Joined: 14 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| JMO wrote: |
My current pc covers my needs fine. I really only use it for browsing and playing a few text based games.
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Could I read an online guide and do it..or is it tricky for the novice? |
You will need to pay attention to the specs and plugs of your new supply, but as you're not upgrading your CPU or anything like that it should simply be a matter of making sure that there are enough connectors on the unit for you hard disks etc.
To do this, check the back of your disks (see if they have "sata power connectors", older "molex connectors" or both), your motherboard (does it require a 20-pin or 24-pin ATX connector and is there a separate CPU power cable), your video card (if it is connected to the unit and (if so) how many pin holes are there), optical drives (same deal as hard disks) and anything else that is physically connected to the burnt-out PSU. I am also assuming that you have a standard ATX sized unit btw.
Google should give you plenty of images of these connector types if you need. The wikipedia section on ATX power supplies is also useful too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATX#Power_supply
While there is a good chance that a generic supply will suit your needs just fine, you should at least look at the connectors and confirm that it will work. Although I have been lucky enough to never have one fail on me, you shouldn't skimp on a decent PSU. Antec, Coolmaster, OCZ and Thermaltake are all great and make very efficient units that can be very quiet.
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| Just make sure to match the same wattage as on your current psu, it'll say on the sticker. |
This is fine assuming that you haven't recently added anything that is overloading the PSU. Do you know what the current wattage is? Having said that, it is always easier to add-on say 100W as a safety margin.
Naturally, you should also make sure you are properly surge-protecting your desktop too. |
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