Hi,
Background: So about 2 years ago I built my first gaming computer and everything was running fine (No CPU OC and memory defaulted @ 1333hz). It has the following specs:
CPU - Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz
Mobo - GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD4-B3
Ram - CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
GPU - EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1563-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti
PSU - CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX850
OS - Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit - OEM
Boot - Plextor PX-M2 Series PX-128M2S 2.5" 128GB SATA III
Storage - Hitachi GST Deskstar 5K3000 2TB
Problems: Last week, I decided to upgrade the boot drive for a larger SSD, so I could put a few more games on it. I ended buying a refurbished SSD because I thought for $100 it was worth the risk, but now I'm not so sure. I went with a Refurbished Corsair Force Series 3 CSSD-F240GB3/RF2 2.5" 240GB.
The first problem occurred when I attempted a fresh install of Window 7 onto the new SSD. The BIOS/Windows couldn't recognize my new SSD and went into BSOD, so I shut everything down and reconnected the SATA cables and SSD power cord. It began working properly and I completed the fresh install. I thought everything was fixed.
Since the install my computer has frozen up 2 or 3 times in just a weeks time. However, I'm not sure this was the SSD but just stating that it has happened more than normal.
Then yesterday, I turned on my computer and noticed my POST beep was sounding a little off. I timed it and my POST beep was now around 2 seconds long (still one beep but longer), prior to the new SSD it was around .5 seconds. Today, in an attempt to confirm it was the new SSD, I unplugged the SATA cable and let the computer boot into the BIOS and the POST beep was normal again.
Questions: So is my new SSD going bad? I mean it's still only one post beep, it's not a continuous beep, and I can still boot into windows.
My friend told me one beep is usually a ram/memory issue but I've run memtest for 24 hours (8 passes) on my memory with no errors.
Could it be a motherboard error or incompatible with the new SSD?
Should I RMA it to be safe?
Also, I don't have another desktop to test the SSD on.
I'm not very computer savvy so any feedback or ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Background: So about 2 years ago I built my first gaming computer and everything was running fine (No CPU OC and memory defaulted @ 1333hz). It has the following specs:
CPU - Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz
Mobo - GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD4-B3
Ram - CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
GPU - EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1563-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti
PSU - CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX850
OS - Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit - OEM
Boot - Plextor PX-M2 Series PX-128M2S 2.5" 128GB SATA III
Storage - Hitachi GST Deskstar 5K3000 2TB
Problems: Last week, I decided to upgrade the boot drive for a larger SSD, so I could put a few more games on it. I ended buying a refurbished SSD because I thought for $100 it was worth the risk, but now I'm not so sure. I went with a Refurbished Corsair Force Series 3 CSSD-F240GB3/RF2 2.5" 240GB.
The first problem occurred when I attempted a fresh install of Window 7 onto the new SSD. The BIOS/Windows couldn't recognize my new SSD and went into BSOD, so I shut everything down and reconnected the SATA cables and SSD power cord. It began working properly and I completed the fresh install. I thought everything was fixed.
Since the install my computer has frozen up 2 or 3 times in just a weeks time. However, I'm not sure this was the SSD but just stating that it has happened more than normal.
Then yesterday, I turned on my computer and noticed my POST beep was sounding a little off. I timed it and my POST beep was now around 2 seconds long (still one beep but longer), prior to the new SSD it was around .5 seconds. Today, in an attempt to confirm it was the new SSD, I unplugged the SATA cable and let the computer boot into the BIOS and the POST beep was normal again.
Questions: So is my new SSD going bad? I mean it's still only one post beep, it's not a continuous beep, and I can still boot into windows.
My friend told me one beep is usually a ram/memory issue but I've run memtest for 24 hours (8 passes) on my memory with no errors.
Could it be a motherboard error or incompatible with the new SSD?
Should I RMA it to be safe?
Also, I don't have another desktop to test the SSD on.
I'm not very computer savvy so any feedback or ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks.