New computer build.

Right found it under integrated peripherals =/ Anyway changed to AHCI and then its brought up SATA 1-6 Hot Plug saying disabled against all of them. Is this OK?

Also should I change the External SATA 6GB/s Controller mode to AHCI? And the onboard E-SATA controller mode to AHCI?

Does this mean I should have the front panel ESATA connected to a SATA III port? Or is this only the ESATA on the motherboard I/O panel?

Thanks!!
 
Hey guys I am just looking into buying windows 7 now. I was looking at OEM version of 64 bit home premium but this is still about £65 at the cheapest. I was doing some more searching and found this:

http://www.mydigitallife.info/clean...t-key-on-formatted-or-empty-blank-hard-drive/

Does this actually work? I have found a Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit upgrade version for £35. This is much cheaper but of course I do not already have an OS so was wondering if the above article would work?

Thanks guys :)
 
Hey guys,

I have finally received windows 7 but before I open it I just want to make sure its a legit version. It was not bought from a well known retailer.

It looks perfectly legit says at the top of the packet OEM System Builder Pack. It has the microsoft tape on each end saying if you open then you conform to the terms and conditions. It then has the Microsoft barcode with this description:

WinHomPrem 7 64 - bit EN 1pk DSP OEI DVD.

Does this sound OK? Like I say it looks prefectly genuine, just dont wanna break the seal without knowing.

Thanks guys :)
 
Hey. Just trying to install it now, does it matter that the wrong hard drive says primary and disk 0? Or do I just install it to the SSD anyway?

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Thanks guys :)
 
Oh right OK, is this just until its installed? Is there anything I need to change anywhere else?

Thanks for the response.

EDIT: Also is it anything to do with what SATA ports it is connected too? Should I have the SSD in port 0 of SATAII?
 
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Hey guys, I have now installed windows 7 and installed the drivers etc for the graphics card. I have run windows experience index just out of curiosity, everything is 7.7/7.8 except the CPU. Only 7.5! Don't know if OC genie will bring that up at all or if that's nothing to do with it?

Also is realtemp the best way to get an accurate idea of CPU temperature? Or is there anything better?

Thanks guys :)
 
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Oh and I presume it's OK to connect the other hard drive back up? It does have system backups of my laptop on but I presume this is not a problem?

Lastly is there anything else I need to do to my comp, settings wise or anything else? Anything to do with any of the GPU software, afterburner etc? And should I use OC genie?

Sorry for all the questions, just don't want to forget anything! Thanks a lot guys :)
 
Thanks for the responses. I don't know what to do now, should I hit the OC genie button or do it manually? I have never done it before myself. Do you think OC genie will be OK?

Thanks guys
 
Oh sorry and another thing. I have just run the mobo disc to update/install all drivers. That is all sorted, and the GPU disc has been run.

Also Olivier I didn't want to wipe the hard drive, do I need to or can I just connect back up?

Lastly on boot I am getting this:

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I don't understand because shouldn't it be detecting the SSD or is it only for normal harddrives?

Thanks!
 
Right these are the temps I am getting when I run HW monitor:

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BIOS should be set to AHCI because I changed it and boot priority #1 is currently DVD drive and then SSD. I have the DVD drive in something like SATA port 3 and SSD in SATA port 5. The SATA III ports according to the manual are SATA 1-2 and SATA 7-8 which is why I did'nt connect to these.
 
Thanks for the responses guys. Olivier should I still connect the SSD to SATA III like you said or keep it in the SATA II like everything else? Also I believe thats the marvel controller for SATA III?

Once I press that OC button how am I monitoring what happens? Is it hardware monitor again?

Thanks guys :)
 
Right I have just connected up the drive again. It still comes up as disk 0 in disk managment and SSD is disc 1. I presume this is definitely not a problem?

Also here is what CPU-Z currently says about the CPU and memory.

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Right thanks for the response :) First of all I just wanted to say I am only using SSD for now, going to be a SATA III hard drive shortly. Decided it will be better because I need the other for backups.

Anyway I have pushed the button this is what I have:

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Thanks for the response. Unfortunately I don't really know anything about overclocking. The vcore I can see is higher than what you were saying it should be previously? But how do I reduce it? I don't want to do to much modifying because I have never done it. This is currently just the OC genie button pushed in. And yes this was just on idle.

Thanks :)
 
Thanks for all of the responses. So that does sound easy enough, but for me because I am not an expert overclocker all I want is the best speed possible while being the most stable it can. So would this be just sticking at 4.2 with a a 1.3/1.28V vcore?

Thanks :)
 
Ok right so BIOS, Overclocking, vcore to 1.3V. Then open prime95 and hardware monitor and let it run for 15mins first? I have never used prime either!

Also this is keeping the OC genie button pushed in? It's ok to modify the settings that it has already set?

Thanks :)
 
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