Recent content by ashleylynch

I just had to replace a failing PSU in my box and put in a new Coolermaster 1000W PSU. (previously had a ThermalTake 750W) Everything is back up running fine except now both ethernet and USB3 external drives will randomly disconnect. It's only for a moment, the drive remounts itself right...

Thanks for the help. New stuff I did: - updated by BIOS from 3009 to 4608 - fresh install instead of an upgrade but still didn't solve the USB3 problem - purchased a new Seagate External Backup Plus to see if it responded better - same issues Attached are screenshots of errors I get...

I have the exact same hardware, so I bit down hard and followed your guide and it worked perfectly. Except for one thing.... USB 3.0 seems to be misbehaving. It appears to function fine, except my Lacie Porsche USB3 drives cannot copy to or be copied from, nor can I partition them without...

And seem to have just solved the situation. :p I moved the USB key to (yet another) slot and got success getting to the installer. In case anyone's wondering, the USB key is currently 1 row down from the top USB slots, 2nd from the right.

I'm going nuts getting this build to even get into the ML install screen. No matter what combination I try, I keep getting hung up at "still waiting for root device" I've got: Asus Sabertooth x79 (came preloaded with BIOS 3501) 3930K CPU Corsair Vengeance 4x8GB DDR3-1600 EVGA GTX580...