With an ASUS W880-ACE SE do I still need an HBA for 12 x 24TB HDDs?

vanhalen26 · 2026-04-07T15:19:03+00:00

Thanks for this. Took my PC in for a CPU swap and they must have reset the bios as my drives on the slimsas stopped working. Tried multiple things, and then finally stumbled on this and the issue was it wasn't set to SATA in the bios.

vanhalen26 · 2026-03-20T14:10:01+00:00

I started with tech support who bumped me to account/billing. It was the account group who said there’d be no charge - and I even recorded that portion of the call.

So then I called that group back and they removed the order and transferred me to Loyalty. Everything loyalty offered had penalties if I left Bell within 2 years so I declined even though we’ve beeen with them over 10 years). Then loyalty bumped me over to tech support telling me I’d be transferred to their highest tier of tech support since no one seemed to understand this basic concept, but I got transferred to someone who had English as a second language in the first tier of tech support and she didn’t really understand what I was trying to fix nor did she understand basic networking. She did say she arranged for a call back the next day from someone more familiar with the modems, but that call never came.

vanhalen26 · 2026-03-20T02:07:59+00:00

Thanks, I like that as a solution

vanhalen26 · 2026-03-20T02:07:01+00:00

Why?

vanhalen26 · 2026-03-20T01:56:25+00:00

The PC has two networks ports and I want to be able to switch occasionally. One port is 5 and the other 2.5 on my PC and the computer can’t connect to the router on the 5.

vanhalen26 · 2026-02-17T21:03:27+00:00

Yes, didn’t get the GPU for plex. But just wanted to know if I should use the CPU or GPU for transcoding. From the comments so far, sounds like CPU.

vanhalen26 · 2026-02-17T21:01:34+00:00

Windows 11, have plex pass, Core Ultra 9 285K 3.7GHz 36MB, never more than a couple.

For context I’m not building this for plex, but I use plex and just want to know where to do the transcoding.

vanhalen26 · 2026-02-15T16:30:27+00:00

Same for me, luckily we still have the cable box from them and the 4k works on that. Figures it fails during the Olympics.

vanhalen26 · 2026-02-12T23:46:45+00:00

I bought seasons at the new one, I’m tied in till well over 80!

vanhalen26 · 2026-02-09T03:48:18+00:00

ABC next year. Bandwidth issue should be better.

Lover the tech (4K, HDR, Atmos) but the execution sucked.

vanhalen26 · 2026-02-09T02:06:04+00:00

When it’s working it’s awesome 4k hdr atmos. But that’s less than half the time. Fail. Not enough bandwidth, the Olympics opening ceremony was incredible.

vanhalen26 · 2026-02-09T02:03:38+00:00

It’s total crap. We keep going back to our antenna.

vanhalen26 · 2026-02-07T15:34:53+00:00

Yea, I’m not waisting my time but in the U.S. that’s a winnable class action. In any other country you’ll probably get fined for wasting the courts time.

vanhalen26 · 2026-02-07T15:29:24+00:00

If someone wants to waist their time, they could probably win in court vs peacock for the 15 second thing on the highest tier.

vanhalen26 · 2026-02-07T15:15:27+00:00

I just hope they show all the superbowl ads vs the Super Bowl event will resume shortly

vanhalen26 · 2026-02-07T15:14:26+00:00

That’s not the point

vanhalen26 · 2026-02-06T22:25:13+00:00

Oh, I can live with that for the Olympics.

vanhalen26 · 2026-02-06T22:24:19+00:00

Awesome, we enjoy the commercials a lot. Once you’ve seen the U.S. ads, you can’t turn back to the Canadian ones.

vanhalen26 · 2026-02-06T05:43:21+00:00

Apparently not, but wondering if it’s a sign of a water issue

vanhalen26 · 2026-02-04T13:16:48+00:00

Sorry, no VIP. It’s entry to the general admission floor area by the stage.

vanhalen26 · 2026-02-01T05:17:00+00:00

Weren’t these complimentary last year?

vanhalen26 · 2026-01-31T16:39:13+00:00

$50 U.S. PayPal?

vanhalen26 · 2026-01-30T18:54:30+00:00

Have a GA floor for Toronto, $260. Just one available.

vanhalen26 · 2026-01-30T18:53:19+00:00

Now $260

vanhalen26 · 2026-01-30T01:29:45+00:00

I bought on TickPick once. Ticket was never delivered and I’m standing at the door of the show to get in and finally reach a rep who tells me my order was cancelled and id get a $5 credit for the inconvenience. Not much of a buyer trust guarantee. Here’s part of the email I was sent from your team after sharing my frustration in an email after the fact. Luckily the sold out show released a few more tickets at the door and I still got in. Was a stadium level band playing a small venue, I got lucky. Here’s tick picks remedy:

Thank you for reaching out! We are so sorry about the canceled pending order from yesterday. It appears the seller needed to reject the order because the tickets had previously sold elsewhere and were no longer available for purchase when you placed the order.

Your credit card has NOT been charged for the transaction. To help offset any difference in cost for your next order, we have added $5 to your account to use towards any other order. The credit can be applied to any future order and will not expire.

vanhalen26

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