Posts by Benjamin King2

Got any bright ideas on how I should go about swapping out a laptop power supply?

I’d honestly just try a fresh install of Windows XP and go through the drivers—if that doesn't do the trick, then we're looking at a hardware issue. It could be anything, really... maybe those USB ports aren't pulling enough juice to power the drives properly. I'm tapped out on ideas, honestly. 🙂

Motherboard - $400
CPU - $700
Cooler - maybe $200-$250
RAM - $300
GPU - roughly $700-$800

Look, just pop open the Comp Management -> Control panel -> Admin tools and head over to Disk Management—can you actually see the drives listed there? If they're showing up, try right-clicking the drive and changing the drive letter.

swiftfalcon89 said:Just thought I'd bump this thread back to life—I'm looking for a quick reality check on what an NVIDIA GeForce GTX series card would go for. It’s the full bundle, still got about a year and a half of warranty left through Best Buy... Cheers!

700-$267.

Look, for $3,500 you can basically grab a whole new rig that blows yours out of the water. 🙂

Yeah, what I was getting at with my second point—the one involving the device manager.

Kyle Martin67 said:Hey, could someone give me a ballpark estimate on what my rig is worth?

Case: NZXT Guardian 921
Panel: NZXT Sentry 2 fan panel (alarm, auto fan optimization, etc.)
Fans: NZXT 4*120 fans hooked up to the panel
PSU: Chieftec 650 W modular power supply
CPU: Phenom 9850 4x2.5 GHz
CPU Cooler: Thermaltek Big Typhoon
RAM: 4x1 Corsair Dominator 1066 MHz DDR2
GPU: Asus ATI radeon 4870 512 DDR5
Motherboard: Abit AX78 (actually a solid board)
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 250GB SATA2
DVD/RW: Samsung

I'm looking to sell this to a buddy—just wondering what kind of price I should expect for it.

I'd say somewhere around $2,300 would be a fair price.

That’s perfectly normal—we're talking about 3.6 TB of actual formatted capacity here.

Nah, you’ve got nothing to worry about—it’s pretty much foolproof. If things don't kick into gear, just pop open the Admin tools -> Comp Management -> Control panel -> Admin tools -> Comp Management and head over to the Device Manager. Scroll down to those Universal Serial bus controllers at the bottom, expand the list, and just wipe out everything sitting in there. Once you've uninstalled them, give the machine a quick reboot—the system will handle reinstalling all those USB drivers automatically.

You're just splitting hairs at this point—if you overclock that chip even a little bit, you basically end up with an i5-2400, maybe even a 2500. Honestly, buying any CPU that isn't a "K" series is just flushing money down the toilet. I mean, what are you planning to do, play Minesweeper on a 3770K? 😁

Could you maybe open up a little help here? 😁

Look, just start by grabbing the chipset drivers directly from the motherboard manufacturer's site—which board are we actually talking about here? Also, what version of Windows are you running? Did this whole mess just start out of nowhere? Like, were the drives working perfectly fine until suddenly they weren't?

So you're telling me an AMD Radeon HD 7770 OC is actually the better card? Give me a break... seriously... 😁

Cca $267.

Are you really dead set on grabbing that dual-drive model for some reason? You could honestly pick up this one for way less cash:

@wanderingwalker3

Maybe look into something like this instead:

— this one’s got that "armored" vibe with a slightly more rugged casing.

And if you're looking at $193, if you don't mind stretching your budget just a tiny bit, you actually land 750 GB:

Honestly, though—all these drives are pretty much performing at the same level. It's not like those cheap USB thumb drives where you see massive jumps in speed.

That’s totally expected since the controller supports hot-swapping—it’s built for it. Besides, those speeds are perfectly fine for a SATA III controller.

CPU - roughly $500 to $600
Cooler - maybe $150 or so
Motherboard - looking at $300-$350
RAM - about $150 per stick

Did you actually toggle the AHCI setting in the BIOS?

You won't even have to deal with a reinstall.