[H] Does it matter?

2014-08-06 Thread DSinc
Does it matter 'where' a SSD is plugged into a SATA m/b portto have it shown in bios? Does the OS (win7pro-32bit) pick it up and give it a 'drive #'? WTF? Sorry. I am still trying to learnWindow 7pro and Windows 8.1pro. I have read and re-read the traffic of the past 2 weeks. I accept that the

Re: [H] Does it matter?

2014-08-06 Thread Winterlight
At 01:01 PM 8/6/2014, you wrote: Does it matter 'where' a SSD is plugged into a SATA m/b portto have it shown in bios? no Or is SSD now being used as a way to divide the collective? what??

Re: [H] Does it matter?

2014-08-06 Thread DSinc
Winterlight, Thankyou.I will spend this evening 'windingup' my Crucial MX100 SSD. That 2d question was more about 'ego' and 'inclusion.' My Bad. Duncan On 08/06/2014 16:15, Winterlight wrote: At 01:01 PM 8/6/2014, you wrote: Does it matter 'where' a SSD is plugged into a SATA m/b portto have i

Re: [H] Does it matter?

2014-08-06 Thread James Boswell
When you initialise an SSD you've plugged in, windows will ask what drive letter you wish to assign it. This happens under Control Panel > Administrative tools > Computer Management > Storage > Disk Management (which is exactly the same behaviour as a spindle) the one thing that DOES matter is, is

[H] display port cables ?

2014-08-06 Thread FORC5
Bought a new video card because my existing card would not support native resolution on my new UHD monitor. I still get all kinds of squiggles when I kick it up. Was able to move up a notch and for some reasons my gadgets got fubared.( another day) can the display port cable be the bug ? sugg

Re: [H] display port cables ?

2014-08-06 Thread Jim Maki
Is this native display port on the video card to native display port on the monitor? I had a Radeon card with native display port and tried a display port to HDMI cable (monitor did not have native display port) and could never get it to work. HDMI to HDMI (or DVI) and DVI to DVI worked fine. Jim

Re: [H] display port cables ?

2014-08-06 Thread FORC5
display port to display port. Thanks fp At 08:09 PM 8/6/2014, Jim Maki Poked the stick with: Is this native display port on the video card to native display port on the monitor? I had a Radeon card with native display port and tried a display port to HDMI cable (monitor did not have native displ