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re: My son bought a new graphics card for his alienware..now his computer won't boot
Posted on 12/11/15 at 11:47 am to ILikeLSUToo
Posted on 12/11/15 at 11:47 am to ILikeLSUToo
After POST a message similiar to this came up. Not sure if that was the exact error though.
Tried repairing, but it said I didn't have access to the necessary partition.
Tried formatting/reinstalling, but the hard drive was not showing up in the Windows 10 installation menu.
I also plugged it into my laptop with a SATA to USB adapter. No luck.
Anything other than just a defective SSD that I should be worrying about?
Also...while I am at it...before the SSD replacement, and even after I fixed the no video signal issue, when I would boot up into Windows my monitor would have problems finding a signal and would have to be turned off and turned back on. Know of any reason why this happens?
Tried repairing, but it said I didn't have access to the necessary partition.
Tried formatting/reinstalling, but the hard drive was not showing up in the Windows 10 installation menu.
I also plugged it into my laptop with a SATA to USB adapter. No luck.
Anything other than just a defective SSD that I should be worrying about?
Also...while I am at it...before the SSD replacement, and even after I fixed the no video signal issue, when I would boot up into Windows my monitor would have problems finding a signal and would have to be turned off and turned back on. Know of any reason why this happens?
This post was edited on 12/11/15 at 11:54 am
Posted on 12/11/15 at 12:20 pm to taylork37
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Anything other than just a defective SSD that I should be worrying about?
Not necessarily. I was just curious whether the SSD simply died or started throwing errors beforehand. In theory, premature failure in SSDs would show no warning signs. It would simply be alive one moment and dead the next. Sounds like that's what happened. What brand/model was it?
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Also...while I am at it...before the SSD replacement, and even after I fixed the no video signal issue, when I would boot up into Windows my monitor would have problems finding a signal and would have to be turned off and turned back on. Know of any reason why this happens?
Is it connected via HDMI? I have the same problem, but only with my second monitor, which is connected to an HDMI port on my video card using a DVI/HDMI adapter (primary monitor is connected to DVI and has no issues). Every time I boot (which isn't often), I have to turn off my second monitor and turn it back on for it to be detected.
It's obviously a Windows 10 issue, just haven't really looked into why it's happening and what specific condition is required to reproduce it (i.e., is it only for HDMI-connected monitors, is it because of the adapter, only for secondary monitors, only for SLI setups, only for Nvidia cards, etc.)
This post was edited on 12/11/15 at 12:22 pm
Posted on 12/11/15 at 12:47 pm to taylork37
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