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Seems like a lot of users on this forum are using older hardware.

Most of their CPUs no longer have coolers. Future proof is a myth. (how many retired a 4790k?) If my motherboard ever dies I'm screwed when it comes to a replacement. A Z97 board would cost about $300 brand new. I guess the alternative would be a new CPU, 300 series board- the most affordable thing, DDR4 RAM - not cheap these days. I wish AMD would make a more serious dent in the market. The rumor is Apple is going to make their own CPU, even they think Intel is pricey. I'm sure only the fanboys will buy a loaded Mac Mini at $4K. I have yet to see how bad it would be if my AMD system with an FX6300 goes bad. CPUs never go bad. I have a box of those leftover AMD AM2 sockets. My Intel Q6600 machine is still running, too bad I don't have a board that can overclock it to 3ghz, I still have an AMD 945 on an nForce2 chipset.

Which now makes it an easy pass. After what Jim went through I don't trust Magix business practice.

What coupon is that? bloom does not work.

I see the same thing on Image-Line and Reason Talk forums. Threads like these are nothing new under the sun. Some DAWs just work better for different genres. I've seen all sorts of strange ideas to get more users. An odd one was to make Reason as a VST. Then there are the FL users who think one day Image Line is going to go belly up over lifetime updates. Some people just feel the need to have insecurity issues over the DAW they use.

Few vendors have the Pro upgrade.

That seems to be unique to that site. I've never seen a bad review.

Pro 7 still works great. This biggest complaint about 8 is the dark "no you can't change it" GUI. I doubt the included loop content is not near as good as when Sony put out loops.

Did anyone by chance get 2 serials of Turmoil? I did. I think they messed up.

I'd be all over it if it also included Acid Pro.

Still waitin on that license.

My bonehead solution would be to buy Pro Tools.

I noticed that recent Windows there is now a hibernate in the shutdowm. I have desktops so no need for that but I always disabled that in power management. Odd that it is brought back . Sometimes I fail to look at the drive space which seems to decrease. Hiberfil.sys was taking over 20GB, I found this solution, https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/15140/what-is-hiberfil.sys-and-how-do-i-delete-it/ If you use Live which is in the program data folder, older versions will leave large chunks in its data folder. I removed 10gb from Live 9.

Use what you have. One I would like to have someday is the old ProjectSAM brass. https://projectsam.com/libraries/orchestral-brass-classic/

I guess I could use it for gaming but that's why I got a 500gb in the first place.

The One Knob series is underrated. Check out some reviews.

I might go for the MCombMB.

How did you find this site. Too bad there's no newsletter. I like Metal drum midis.

I did most of the yada yada command line stuff. The night before I put it in a dock and did the WD 3 hour drive test. Everything was OK. I popped it back in the system and ran Intel SSD Toolbox, everything was OK and then it removed the drive from Windows. Deleted all of the partitions. So the only possible failure is that it gets removed in the BIOS. I let support know I will keep it in their as a storage drive and if it get removed in the BIOS I want it replaced. I guess I can throw a library on it temporarily to get that SSD performance. It's only 460GB. I'm still sticking with my sets of 2TB platters.

I am going to try those steps. My drive shows no errors even after the lengthy test. Odd that after the Intel SSD Toolbox finished it removed my drive from Windows.

I have 32cv4. It was a waste of money since I will never take time to learn it.

I doubt that would change for being underwhelmed. The GUI and everything about it has "Linux developer" written all over it.

The reason I'm posting all of this is how well manufacturers respond with faulty hardware. Warranty is a priority when I buy but so is RMA service. If service in unsatisfactory I broadcast it on forums, Facebook, Newegg, Amazon, pretty much leave no stone unturned. I don't want to go through another set of hoops for this drive. I've read similar responses on the Intel forum.

My response: I cannot perform most of these requirements. This was my OS drive. After booting up the crashes were more frequent. My only solution was to replace the drive (not Intel this time) and hook up this drive on a USB dock and be fortunate enough to retrieve the info and put on the new drive. The support suggestions are not the most practical for most people. I do not want to open the case back up and chance this drive locking up my system. After transferring everything to the new drive I deleted all the information on the faulty Intel drive. I can't run a diagnostic using the SSD toolbox since it won't recognize the drive now that it is now on a drive doc. I can use the one by Western Digital but drive errors are not always detected using a drive dock. SMART is always enabled in the BIOS. I scan all of my drives each week. I minimized writes to the drive. It was at 75% health. There was never any firmware released either. I just want the drive replaced. This is the first time I've ever had to request an RMA with the Intel name on it. This is the first time I ever had an OS drive fail. The system would not be stable long enough to do any testing. When an OS drive fails they only practical thing to do is get an immediate replacement instead of waiting on support. I now even have to restart the drive dock for this faulty drive to show up. If I were dealing with Western Digital a replacement would be on the way instead of doing more testing. This drive is faulty. I have no confidence of ever wanting to do more suggestions. Just replace the drive please!

Is this a drive failure? Sure I can format it and it appears everything is OK scanning from a drive dock. I don't want to open the case back up and put it in and test it since all SATA ports are used. If it were a WD drive one would be shipped by now instead of this type of trouble shooting that the average person could not do.