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Sanrith Descartes
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Maybe someone can help me out with this. I have some random Dell SFF pc that I use in my office. It works fine for about a week at a time, until at some point it downloads a windows update. After downloading whatever this update is, the pc will reboot and then say there is no hard drive detected. The hard drive shows in the shitty Dell bios but no matter what I do it won't boot into windows. I am unable to use windows restore or anything to get it to work again (constant boot loop after repair or reinstallation). If I reformat the hard drive and do a fresh install of windows, everything will work again until it once again randomly downloads the update, at which point the circle begins again. At first I thought it was a firmware issue on the hard drive (Suneast SE800 SSD), but I connected the hard drive to my home pc and the firmware is up to date (and the drive works just fine when connected to that pc using an SSD to usb converter). Obviously the simple solution is to somehow disable windows update after formatting and reinstalling windows, but I already tried that and somehow it forced the update anyway. Anyone have any idea what could be causing this issue and how I can resolve it?
TJT
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No but I already ordered a new CPU and a Corsair H100i so whatever I guess!
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TJT
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Ok so im back in action.
The CPU actually survived despite being turned on three times until I realized the problem. I was shocked by this. I spent a few hours dealing with BIOS and CMOS, installing the H100i... it sure is a lot quieter too.
Good experience but I am getting too old for this shit yo.
The CPU actually survived despite being turned on three times until I realized the problem. I was shocked by this. I spent a few hours dealing with BIOS and CMOS, installing the H100i... it sure is a lot quieter too.
Good experience but I am getting too old for this shit yo.
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TJT
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I just did something similar... I changed the BIOS boot option from UEFI to CSM and it booted again.
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TJT
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And why are so many people so anal retentive about this? The paste on there was whatever came preapplied with the out of the box heatsink. I haven't touched it since I bought it 5 years ago.is that how your thermal paste looks after 5 years?
maybe you want to try a different method
actually wait, if youre getting a h100i, it'll come pre applied
TJT
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This liquid cooler sure is quiet. Shit has come a long way since I was younger and more interested in PC builds other than today when "it works" is what I want the most lol. I remember in 2005 or so liquid cooling being very expensive and a massive pain in the ass. This thing was a pretty painless install.
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Despite the good software/features, MSI uses such poor plastic + QC that those brackets will often break from normal use (happened to me.) Luckily CPUs have had decent thermal protection since at least the 2500k.
Sorry you spent x hundred dollars for what could have been a $10 fix, for something MSI lets by to save 2 cents on production.
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Yeah, I was almost positive my old board used metal brackets... where this would have never happened. I was using the out of the box Ryzen Heatsink in a very standard desktop case where it sat vertical.
I had no idea thermal protection has come so far since I last thought about it. But I am not overly sad about upgrading. Was nice to learn a bit about the current ecosystem.