Ahh I finally solved the problem and it wasn't even that complicated. I went to device manager, uninstalled the usb mass storage device (the hard drive) and then plugged it back in and PRESTO! It all worked.
Hmm, well i just looked on that list and I didn't see any 4gb(yes it's 2 X 4Gb) modules listed by Crucial, so I guess it's not QVL? I'll try with just one stick and see if I still have the problem.
This happens about 33% of the time when I boot up my computer: All the lights come on, all the fan start up, and then I wait for the screen to turn on but it never does. I look down and see that my RAM didn't start (I can tell because it is Ballistix Tactical Tracer and has lights). I reset...
Well I did initially re-install windows the first time I changed it. It was after the clean install that the Hard Drive stopped showing up. But my performance increase was quite significant actually; it increased the speeds on my SSD by about 25-30%, so its not something I really want to change...
I recently bought an SSD and reinstalled windows with my SATA set to AHCI instead of IDE, but ever since then I can't get my External HDD to show up anywhere, not even in disk management. It makes a noise when I plug it in, but that's it. I tried it on another computer running Windows 7 and it...