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@Gunsmokingman If you had 4 sticks, two of them are probably paired and the other two are also paired. The memory controller then "interleaves" these pairs so it can communicate with them in parallel to speed things up. Depending on which two sticks you took out, you may have disrupted the interleaving feature.
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One other thing to try is re-seating the front-side USB connector on the motherboard. It should be number 12 in billsey's diagram.
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@DonSmythe13 If you can't find a button to push, your computer probably doesn't have a DVD drive. You probably received all the hardware you need to put one in (faceplate, bracket, wires) but no drive. Any slimline SATA drive should work.
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Can you elaborate further on "noisy"? If it is making a rattling sound, it might be defective and could be replaced under warranty. If it is just speeding up and getting louder at its "moving air" sound, you might be right that it could use a more efficient and quiet cooler.
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"I believe the BIOS looks to see if the slot is populated and disables the onboard GPU if there is a card there, even if the card isn't a GPU." I was going to say "BINGO, that explains it". Then, I remembered that I can boot from the primary M.2 drive if I move it from the mobo to the PCIE slot and leave the mobo slot…
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I'm giving up on the PCIe card idea. I've put that card & drive into another computer that serves as my NAS. They work fine in that computer. When I need more storage, I will have to switch out the 1GB NVME for a larger one. Billsey, since you say "the design assumes any card in there is a GPU" can you share any mobo…
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#16 PCIe socket is a single lane connection to the rest of the mainboard. The adapter is a 4 lane device. I'm putting it into #17 the X16 slot.
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Is the original boot card also a WD NVME Greenie? Yes, the original ssd is a greenie.
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So now what happens when you insert the new card in the original boot socket? Beeps once then sticks here. Doesn't respond to any keys or mouse activity. Also you keep mentioning "PCIe adapter". What do you mean by "adapter"? What "adapter"? There should be two back-to-back m.2 card sockets that don't need an adapter? On…
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Yep, it boots from the primary drive that's in the PCIE adapter and the motherboard socket is empty. I'm writing this message with it configured that way.
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Does the old m.2 also boot from the PCIe SATA m.2 socket with the NVME socket empty? Both drives are NVME. I haven't tried to put the primary drive into the PCIE NVME adapter yet. I'll give that a go and get back to you. I'm pretty certain I will be able to get into the BIOS but I don't know if it will boot or not.
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I bought the computer from Amazon but it appears to have been shipped from PCOnline in Newark DE. Yes, I connected the case fan to the fan socket labelled Sys_Fan1. Excellent idea! BTW, both primary and secondary drives are Western Digital. Able to get into BIOS with no drives present. Able to get into BIOS with secondary…
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A SSD in the M.2 slot is part of the stock[ power budget, so there's something else going on if it's not working. No, the SSD in the M.2 slot works perfectly. But, when I try to add a second M.2 SSD onto a PCIE adapter, it fails.
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However, power to the case fan pinouts on the mainboard might be limited if trying to add fans to the existing factory fans. Also the existing factory case system fan might be controlled by PulseWidthModulation (PWM) or DC voltage. See if you can tell from the labels which type of factory fan you already have. There is no…
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I just went through changing my picture. Try this: Click on your system-assigned avatar at the top right of the screen. Click on "Account and privacy settings". You should see "Change Picture" in the list of items on the right side of the screen. You should be able to scroll down through many avatars and choose one. Scroll…