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_asdfghjkl_ · 16-07-2015 04:08PM

Cheers! So a green drive would probably be a decent choice for storing TV shows, movies etc?

Serephucus · 16-07-2015 04:11PM

Yup, Green would be fine. If it's more important stuff - family photos, etc. - then spring for a Red, but for that sort of thing there should be a backup anyway.

_asdfghjkl_ · 16-07-2015 04:15PM

Great, I won't have anything installed on it per se, so wouldn't need quick access times or anything. That's my line of thinking anyway, thanks for your help!

frozenfrozen · 16-07-2015 04:46PM

Also different warranty periods http://support.wdc.com/warranty/policy.asp
WD purple 3 year
WD Black 5 year
WD Blue 3 year
WD Green 3 year
WD Red 3 year
WD Red Pro 5 year

WD RE 5 year
WD SE 5 year

Mean time before failure is over a million hours for the last two I think

Gumbi · 16-07-2015 04:55PM

Well lads, my brother is in the states for a few months; I may take the opportunity to buy something over there via him. Any ideas? My general PC setup is fine and don't want to spend more than a hundred quid.

A few months ago this would have been a golden opportunity as the dollar was so much weaker vs the euro, but even now I'm sure there are decent deals to be had.

Digital Solitude · 16-07-2015 04:59PM

SSD, Mouse or keyboard are the only items south of €100 I'd bother with

glynf · 16-07-2015 05:08PM

Best buy & Newegg-they can have some decent daily deals. Amazon US is worth keeping an eye on as well.

Serephucus · 16-07-2015 06:06PM

If there's a Microcenter near him they sometimes have amazingly good deals.

16-07-2015 07:24PM

Hi guys just a quick one, didn't see the point in a new thread for this one.

About to pull the trigger on a set of Gigaworks T20 spakers (72 delivered unless someone knows a cheaper place) just wondering are they still considered to be the one the best in that price range? T40's are around 125 but it's a bit more than I wish to spend

Gbear · 16-07-2015 07:32PM

Hmmm..

After a bit of fiddling I've managed to get my Fury set up.

Unfortunately, my Dual-DVI screen isn't getting detected.

They have an active Dual-DVI to Displayport adapter but it doesn't seem to be working.

I have another adapter - Dual-DVI to HDMI, but that doesn't seem to work either, and with only 1 HDMI input on the card I can't use my other screen.

frozenfrozen · 16-07-2015 07:39PM

can you get a display on one screen at a time or does the displayport one not work at all?

glynf · 16-07-2015 08:05PM

Gbear wrote: »

Hmmm..

After a bit of fiddling I've managed to get my Fury set up.

Unfortunately, my Dual-DVI screen isn't getting detected.

They have an active Dual-DVI to Displayport adapter but it doesn't seem to be working.

I have another adapter - Dual-DVI to HDMI, but that doesn't seem to work either, and with only 1 HDMI input on the card I can't use my other screen.

Try rebooting with only the DP > DVI attached, no HDMI for a second screen etc. read that Fury does not support HDMI 2.0.

Gbear · 16-07-2015 08:09PM

glynf wrote: »

Try rebooting with only the DP > DVI attached, no HDMI for a second screen etc. read that Fury does not support HDMI 2.0.

Well I currently have some sort of HDMI cable plugged into the HDMI input (normally my 2nd screen but now my only working one), and I have the other screen plugged in via the adaptor.

I'll give it a whirl anyway and see.

glynf · 16-07-2015 08:20PM

Couple of other things:

Check if Catalyst Control Centre detects the DP > DVI connected monitor, open CCC and then connect it; it should appear on the tab where you configure multiple displays (not sure what its called, been a while since I played with CCC)

Do you get the BIOS loading screen?

Try booting in safe mode-lower res might work if its a dodgy adapter

Might be a driver issue, maybe try older or beta drivers

HowAreWe · 16-07-2015 09:11PM

Alright lads, got a second ssd on the cheap on ebay. When I connect it, my system will loop on the bios splash screen and windows won't load, when I disconnect it its fine....any suggestions? I can't actually get into my bios when it's connected either.

Digital Solitude · 16-07-2015 09:12PM

HowAreWe wrote: »

Alright lads, got a second ssd on the cheap on ebay. When I connect it, my system will loop on the bios splash screen and windows won't load, when I disconnect it its fine....any suggestions? I can't actually get into my bios when it's connected either.

Have you tried with nothing but the new SSD connected

Gbear · 16-07-2015 09:13PM

I currently have 1 HDMI plugged straight into the motherboard (my working screen) and 1 DVI-D to HDMI plugged into my GPU (it only has 1 HDMI input).

With the HDMI adapter, my other monitor isn't on standby anymore and catalyst and windows kinda detect it, but it's still blank, I can't change the resolution and a few of the options are greyed out.

Bleugh.

I have a few quid in the bank. If there's just some lack of compatibility with my screen because it only has a DVI-D, I'd be fairly happy to get a new Freesync monitor, but I'd rather wait a little while before taking such drastic action.

I'll keep tinkering for a bit.

HowAreWe · 16-07-2015 09:24PM

Digital Solitude wrote: »

Have you tried with nothing but the new SSD connected

I get "No bootable device is detected. System will enter the BIOS Setup Utility"... bad drive? I might try it in a different system

Gbear · 16-07-2015 09:29PM

I just did some googling with about the displayport adaptor.
Edit: It's a biz-link KS10009-131

Apparently it's not an active adaptor. Could that be the issue?

Wouldn't explain the HDMI adaptor, but that has no markings on it so I haven't a notion what sort of adaptor it is. It might be the same thing.

glynf · 16-07-2015 09:35PM

Gbear wrote: »

I just did some googling with about the displayport adaptor.
Edit: It's a biz-link KS10009-131

Apparently it's not an active adaptor. Could that be the issue?

Wouldn't explain the HDMI adaptor, but that has no markings on it so I haven't a notion what sort of adaptor it is. It might be the same thing.

Could be but passive should work with <120 hz. There may also be a conflict between the mobo igpu and the fury.

ED E · 16-07-2015 09:40PM

What inputs do both monitors have?

Gbear · 16-07-2015 09:50PM

ED E wrote: »

What inputs do both monitors have?

One's a TV with 3 HDMI inputs and 1 VGA.

1's a Korean WQHD, so it only has a DVI-D.

ED E · 16-07-2015 10:05PM

Gbear wrote: »

One's a TV with 3 HDMI inputs and 1 VGA.

1's a Korean WQHD, so it only has a DVI-D.

Ahhh. Some of the XStars have 3 way input, but the singles tend to have slightly lower input lag AFAIK.

It probably will need to be active. Any connection with bi-directional comms usually do.

Gbear · 16-07-2015 10:34PM

ED E wrote: »

Ahhh. Some of the XStars have 3 way input, but the singles tend to have slightly lower input lag AFAIK.

It probably will need to be active. Any connection with bi-directional comms usually do.

The monitor audio being the other direction?

It seems like a stupid reason for it not to work, given how rubbish and irrelevant monitor-mounted speakers are.

However, that does leave me puzzled as to why the HDMI adaptor kinda works - I would've thought it'd gave the same problem.

raze_them_all_ · 17-07-2015 12:06AM

lads im pulling my hair out here. got the bsod thread exception not hndled error (wpprecorder.sys) uninstalled graphics driver, system restored it back to the day i got the pc done but still not fixed. any suggestions?

Cuddlesworth · 17-07-2015 08:20AM

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

lads im pulling my hair out here. got the bsod thread exception not hndled error (wpprecorder.sys) uninstalled graphics driver, system restored it back to the day i got the pc done but still not fixed. any suggestions?

Look at the blue screen dump to find out what caused it.

Cuddlesworth · 17-07-2015 08:22AM

Gbear wrote: »

I currently have 1 HDMI plugged straight into the motherboard (my working screen) and 1 DVI-D to HDMI plugged into my GPU (it only has 1 HDMI input).

It's been a few years since working with either, but I was always under the impression that it was onboard graphics or discrete graphics, not both.

Gbear · 17-07-2015 09:37AM

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

It's been a few years since working with either, but I was always under the impression that it was onboard graphics or discrete graphics, not both.

Only have 1 hdmi slot on the card.

Tried it with them both plugged into card - 1)hdmi and 2)dvi-d to displayport.
Tried the dvi-d with a hdmi and displayport adaptors on its own.

No combination worked.

Just said **** it and ordered an active adaptor.

raze_them_all_ · 17-07-2015 09:48AM

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Look at the blue screen dump to find out what caused it.

mean anything to anyone?? P.c. is built less than two months so it's annoying the **** out of me

papu · 17-07-2015 09:55AM

HIDCLASS.SYS ( HID means Human Interface Device) usually means some kind of driver error associated with a USB peripheral , get a new mouse , keyboard , external hdd , game controller recently?

you have to dig into the Dump or the kernel-dump file to find the offender

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