Hi there.
I got my computer last Friday, looks amazing and works really well. Cable management is great as well. I've had a couple of issues though. First one is solved. That was terrible screen flickering, and I just plugged my screen to the second card and it stopped the flickering.
- Wondering if the first card is damaged or if that is a common issue with SLI and gtx580?
Second problem and this is what really worries me, is that the 3rd and 4rd hard drives suddenly disappeared when I was copying some files to them. I had a screen error message something like "can't copy this file because the drive is not connected". And when checking it was 2 of them gone. One caviar black and one caviar green (2tb both). And I did one reset and they were back. Now, this caviar black is where I plan to store the files I'm working on at the moment and the caviar green is where I will keep copies or store the finished work. So if they are faulty and I lose my work I will be in trouble with my clients etc.
- Is this normal? why is it happening? Never happened to me before so I have no clue about this.
Any help will be much appreciated.
Case
CORSAIR OBSIDIAN SERIES™ 650D GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V PRO: USB 3.0, SATA 6GB/s, NVIDIA®SLI™, ATI®CrossFireX™
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
2[SUP]nd[/SUP] Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1[SUP]st[/SUP] Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 510 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 450MB/sR | 210MB/sW)
2[SUP]nd[/SUP] Hard Disk
750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
3[SUP]rd[/SUP] Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
4[SUP]th[/SUP] Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD20EARX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
1[SUP]st[/SUP] DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
10x LG BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£65)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1200W PRO SERIES™ GOLD AX1200-80 PLUS® GOLD MODULAR(£208)
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E CARD (£16)
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£109)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor
ASUS VG236HE 23" 120Hz 3D LCD, HDMI/DVI-D HD, 1920x1080 (£229)
DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables
1 x 2 METRE GOLD PLATED V1.4 HDMI CABLE (£8)
Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® MK520 WIRELESS KEYBOARD & MOUSE COMBO (£39)
Speakers
LOGITECH S220 2.1 SILVER/BLACK SPEAKER SYSTEM (£18)
Surge Protection
6 Socket Compact 2M UFO Surge Protector (£9)
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£69)
I got my computer last Friday, looks amazing and works really well. Cable management is great as well. I've had a couple of issues though. First one is solved. That was terrible screen flickering, and I just plugged my screen to the second card and it stopped the flickering.
- Wondering if the first card is damaged or if that is a common issue with SLI and gtx580?
Second problem and this is what really worries me, is that the 3rd and 4rd hard drives suddenly disappeared when I was copying some files to them. I had a screen error message something like "can't copy this file because the drive is not connected". And when checking it was 2 of them gone. One caviar black and one caviar green (2tb both). And I did one reset and they were back. Now, this caviar black is where I plan to store the files I'm working on at the moment and the caviar green is where I will keep copies or store the finished work. So if they are faulty and I lose my work I will be in trouble with my clients etc.
- Is this normal? why is it happening? Never happened to me before so I have no clue about this.
Any help will be much appreciated.
Case
CORSAIR OBSIDIAN SERIES™ 650D GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V PRO: USB 3.0, SATA 6GB/s, NVIDIA®SLI™, ATI®CrossFireX™
Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
2[SUP]nd[/SUP] Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1[SUP]st[/SUP] Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 510 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 450MB/sR | 210MB/sW)
2[SUP]nd[/SUP] Hard Disk
750GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD7502AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
3[SUP]rd[/SUP] Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
4[SUP]th[/SUP] Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD20EARX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
1[SUP]st[/SUP] DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
10x LG BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£65)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1200W PRO SERIES™ GOLD AX1200-80 PLUS® GOLD MODULAR(£208)
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI-E CARD (£16)
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£109)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor
ASUS VG236HE 23" 120Hz 3D LCD, HDMI/DVI-D HD, 1920x1080 (£229)
DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables
1 x 2 METRE GOLD PLATED V1.4 HDMI CABLE (£8)
Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® MK520 WIRELESS KEYBOARD & MOUSE COMBO (£39)
Speakers
LOGITECH S220 2.1 SILVER/BLACK SPEAKER SYSTEM (£18)
Surge Protection
6 Socket Compact 2M UFO Surge Protector (£9)
Warranty
3 Year Gold Warranty (2 Year Collect & Return, 2 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£69)
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