Recent content by blackhaus99

Yes I have updated the bios

So I tracked down my issues to bad ram. When i removed one module the system was stable. I rma'd them and got a new pair. I was still getting blue screens with the new Ram but when I slowed the ram down to 2133 and installed the Nvidia 387 driver the system has been stable without crashing for...

I didn't intend to post the partial list. Here is the remainder. Windows Installation - I had an unused/never activated OEM license of Windows 8.1 Pro. I intended to install it and upgrade it, free upgrades to windows 10 are still available. However installing windows 8.1 was very...

It's hard to believe it's been nearly 2 months since I ordered everything and now my system is finally up and running. Here is my synopsis of the pitfalls and challenges I went through The first Asrock AB350 itx board was defective. It took about 3 weeks to get a new one from the...

This is good albeit discouraging information. I sent back my board so I'll know soon if the board is bad or not. I've never heard anything about these sorts of incompatibilities.

I got my hdplex 160 which fit in the case nicely. I connect everything up and I get no power to the system. They sent me a second hdplex and still nothing. I've rma'd the motherboard. Hopefully a new board will get my system running. Any other ideas on what could be the problem?

I can also confirm the heatsink plus fan is 70mm. It's about 2.75 inches to the top of the fan. I've ordered a Noctua to replace it.

It seems the HDPLEX 400 is not going to fit in the Streacom F7C Alpha case I purchased. There is a ledge that the PS is intended to be installed on and in that location, the PS is too tall. At least HDPlex is being cool and letting me exchange for the 160W model. More annoying is the...

Streacom confirmed a single slot gpu I'd needed so I just ordered an MSI geforce 1030.

Thanks for the feedback. From what I read in the build guide of the F7C Alpha on the streacom website, the 2 mechanical hard drives can go on the upper side of the tray and not effect the choice of cpu cooler. I'm not planning on using the lower side of the drive tray as the only other storage...

I've ordered everything for my all purpose box. I will be using this for Video Editing, Light Gaming, Plex server and to run some data analytics tools (MySQL, Oracle, R, Python, various Apache tools) that I'm teaching myself. Case - Streacom F7C Alpha (non-Optical) After not geting the Lone...

Great thanks

Is there anyway I can find out where I fall on the order list and if I can reasonably expect to get one of the cases in this run? Thanks!

I'm curious if anyone has used the Inwin BQ656 case for their SFF build. The volume is only 3.3 liters and uses a 120W external AC adapter for power. it looks like the power internals could be swapped out for the hdplex 300 and combined with a beefier external adapter to support a higher power...

So the HDPLEX 300W DC-ATX will fit inside the case? It is 6"x2.5"x1.6" I'm going to go with the HDPLEX 160W DC-ATX as that will provide enough juice for this rig and pair it with an HP 230W power brick I learned about on tekeverything. I'm new to this style of PC building so it's taken me...