Recent content by William

My father had some problems with HDD in his computer. I bought for him new one (Toshiba 2TB, DT01ACA200) but it was DOA (click of death). Today I got delivered new one, but when I connect it to PC nothing happens. Neither his or mine computer detects the drive. I am unable to see it in BIOS...

I want to permanently* reduce speed of some molex case fans (2x 120, 1x 80). I have them connected on a single PSU wire in a queue one after the other. I think that the best way would be to switch wires (12V for 5V) on the first molex which would change the whole queue to be powered by 5V and...

Since I am running quite ancient computer I am thinking about making my first PC build where I would actually put the components together. I am thinking about buying i5-6600k but the fact that it is missing CPU cooler is kinda scary to me since I have no experience with stuff like this. I've...

Can I use "Surveillance HDD" for my desktop system? What is the difference between these types of disks? I did a quick google search and it looks like it should work without any problems. From what I found out, the only difference is that "Surveillance" has lower power requirements and are...

I was wondering how, can I check HDD and SSD drives for errors? Just to make sure I did not get broken piece / damaged during shipping process or when I want to check older drive. I would prefer a way to test this in Linux environment but I also have an access to Windows machine.