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I have finished all my upgrades and just wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone that helped. I couldn't have done it without this forum. My computer is so much faster and I have played Civ: Beyond Earth & Sims 4 both super quick, civ used to take about 5 mins of lag between each turn...

No buttons in the software, I have downloaded the latest version of it from Samsung 4.9.7. Nothing to say it is genuine :(

If its just slightly slower speed I am not too bothered as it is currently a massive improvement over what I had and I am happy with it. Will have another look but couldn't see a button to check its genuine.

I have installed my SSD and installed a clean copy of Windows 10 on it. It is running so quick now. However I cannot see if it is genuine or not as I am getting the following message? I have read something about AHCI? I checked my BIOS and I can only choose between IDE & RAID. Is this not a...

Thanks guys, I was a bit worried about opening it up as the seller may get funny about taking it back but I suppose if it is fake the seller doesn't have a leg to stand on and if its genuine then I will be happy with it. The model number is MZ-75E250B/CN. It was bought from eBay. From what I can...

My ssd has just arrived, it looks genuine Samsung but all the packaging is in Chinese, does anyone know if I am going to have an issue with this or is it literally just the packaging in a different language?

I went into the BIOS and there was an option to change the setting from auto to 1600. CPU-z now shows 800 DRAM frequency :) will I need to manually change the settings youve put above aswell?

I have just installed my new RAM, 2 X DDR3 4GB 1600mhz. I checked to make sure they were compatible with my mobo and CPU and also made sure my mobo supported 8GB of 1600mhz which it did. Below are my screenshots from cpu-z before and after the change. It is still showing DRAM frequency at...

Thanks again for all the help guys, this forum is great and has helped me from knowing nothing to replacing parts in my computer myself. Seen as I was about to spend £500 on a new computer I was thinking I may also upgrade my graphics card a bit. My current RadeonHD4870 just meets the...

I have seen one of them on eBay but my issue is I only have the ability to mount one 3.5" unit where my current HD sits.

I have no idea on the case, no brand names or numbers anywhere on it. I understand what you mean by vertically now I will have to wait for the SSD to arrive to see if I can mount it like that. I just assumed you could buy another piece of metal which attaches to the existing 'ledge' creating...

I suppose it could mount vertically but then I am still stuck with the same problem of only 1 side of the hard drive mounted with screws, just in a vertical position.

With my SSD due tomorrow I opened up my PC and noticed I only have space for one hard drive. As you can see from my poor sketch I have the space to mount 4 in total. However I only have 1 ledge on the other side for it to sit on. This is probably a stupid question but I assume there is...

Ah thank you for that, if my existing one is 1600mhz I will just get one the same as my existing and save myself a bit of money, thank you. Just a replacement hard drive to get noe to go with my SSD

CPUZ showed me it is DDR3 4GB 800 but I figured if my mobo can take 1600 I should just get 2 x 4GB sticks of 1600 and remove my old stick. Or is that a bad thing to do? The corsair sticks I have found are XMS3 or Vengeance. Both priced around £30 for 2 sticks

Thanks for all the help guys, I will run a deep scan and check event viewer tommorow and report back. Can you reccomend a decent brand RAM to purchase? I've checked my mobo specs and best it can take is 2 x DDR3 4GB 1600, Corsair is the cheapest brand I recognise at £30 for two sticks. I checked...

I managed to get it working earlier, I only ran a quick scan though, it said "operation complete - disposition code 0x00. I will run the extended one tommorow, although I think I might just buy a new one to go with my SSD instead of risking keeping a dodgy/infected one.

The text file is too large to copy and paste into a message but 0 threats found, perhaps it is just the hardrive dying as opposed to a virus?

Thanks for the help John, I will try this tommorow and post the results here

Ah right thank you I will give that a try