Nothing in my life seems to ever be easy...they say it builds character, but it tends to just make me really grumpy.
Anyway, the new SSD arrives today. I unplug my system, take the thing down, open up the case, find the second M.2 slot and eventually realize that the M.2 screw is missing from the standout. God damn it! What the heck!? I'll skip a lot of the boring details, but I spent a lot of time taking other things apart on the MOBO to see if it wasn't just someplace else. There isn't one loose in there, or taped to the bottom of the case, or anything else. I call CLX...again...and they tell me it should be screwed into the standout. At least they are nice enough to mail me one. So, the thought of putting everything back together again only to have take it apart again when the stupid screw arrives is not sitting well with me. I go on the internet and find local computer repair places. I finally find one who will sell me an m.2 screw. I race out the door, get the damn screw, come home, put everything together, plug everything in and....no signal on any of the monitors. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!
As an alternative to throwing my poop and putting holes in my walls, I calm myself down, unplug everything, open the case up, take things apart, reseat the GPU and try again...this time...monitor. Thank God. Now, it didn't detect the new drive upon booting up, but when I went into the BIOS, I saw it, so I know its there. I do a little research and see that I need to run the windows partition application to set up a simple volume. So far, seems to be working! I haven't tried to transfer my DCS installation to the new drive yet...that comes tonight. Fingers crossed. DCS better cook when loading now. I'm sick of the wait, which can be anywhere from 5 to 20 minutes!