Recent content by marcus24

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    Is my motherboard fried?

    Okay, so I tested the card with another PC and there's nothing wrong with it. So it's definitely a dead PCI E slot and a stuffed LAN port on my motherboard. Well, time to buy a new one.
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    Is my motherboard fried?

    Unfortunately, there's only one PCI E slot on the motherboard. I'm gonna test the card on my friend's PC tomorrow to see if it works. Anyway, could it be just a faulty power supply that's causing the problem?
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    Is my motherboard fried?

    Last night my PC turned off due to a lightning strike. This morning when I turned it on, the graphics card wasn't being detected by the monitor but it's fan was spinning. So I used the onboard graphics which were working fine. After logging in, I noticed that the onboard LAN wasn't...
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    Does it matter which SATA port I use on the motherboard?

    This might be a silly question, but can I use any SATA port for my hard disks on the motherboard? The motherboard I'm using is a Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P.
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    WD Blue or Green?

    I'm looking for a 1TB drive just for storage purposes. I got a WD Blue last month, which started showing bad sectors and failed just after 2 weeks. Maybe it was bad luck but I'm not sure if I can trust the blue drives again. I've also heard that the green drives are slow and have low transfer...