intial fire up

[attilathehun1]

I'm about to fire up and see if this works. Should I have all the devices
plugged in, and fire it up, with the sound card, video card, wireless
adapter, hard drive and floppy drive?
Thanks, attilathehun1

 

[Paul]

I'm about to fire up and see if this works. Should I have all the devices
plugged in, and fire it up, with the sound card, video card, wireless
adapter, hard drive and floppy drive?
Thanks, attilathehun1

I thought you'd already built a computer. What did you do the last time ?

I test the hardware as I go, adding components and testing again.
If you wish to start with the machine "full", and then unplug
stuff until it starts to work, you can do it that way as well.
Always remember to turn off the power, when adding or removing
components. (I unplug the power supply, to be doubly safe,
before I make a change.)

With regard to the BIOS version, check for a sticker on top of
the BIOS chip. Some manufacturers put a release number on the label.
(And some don't). There may be a "CPU Support" page on the
web site, that tells you what minimum BIOS version is needed
for a particular processor.

If none of that information is available, then just turn it
on and see what happens. Maybe you get a pleasant surprise,
and BIOS text appears on the screen. Success!

Try pressing <Del> or <Delete>, to enter the BIOS and
make changes. You can only enter the BIOS, if the computer
starts for you.

If the processor is not compatible with the BIOS release
currently in the motherboard, you may need a different
processor installed, to do a BIOS flash. Your local computer
store can help, if that is the case. There are more options,
if the BIOS chip is socketed, and is removable, but for
boards where the BIOS chip is soldered to the motherboard,
you'll need help from somebody.

Paul

 

[Big_Al]

I'm about to fire up and see if this works. Should I have all the devices
plugged in, and fire it up, with the sound card, video card, wireless
adapter, hard drive and floppy drive?
Thanks, attilathehun1

What are you trying to prove?
You start in the middle of a subject, you could be firing up that old
'57 Ford for all I know.

That aside if this is a PC, if you think you have hardware issues, then
yes, boot up with a few things at a time. Otherwise put the whole PC
together and turn it on.

 

[Bill in Co.]

What are you trying to prove?
You start in the middle of a subject, you could be firing up that old
'57 Ford for all I know.

I think you got it!

 

[attilathehun1]

Ok, I'm about to turn the darn thing on, and lets see what happens, first I
go into BIOS. if it fires up, and then choose sata as my hard drive and hit
and safe. Then I blow my nose and see what happens?
Ok, I'm going to hook all things up now and put in the OS asa I choose SATA
in BIOS.
Thanks, attilathehun1

 

[peter]

well............dont keep us in suspense....its been weeks

peter

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[Bill in Co.]

LOL!!

well............dont keep us in suspense....its been weeks

peter

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[peter]

well its been 24 hours and we still haven't heard if the darn thing works...
OR if he blew himself up with it.............
mmmm which one should we hope for???

petr

 

[attilathehun1]

Well, the reason why I haven't gotten back to you is obvious, it bombed out.
Nothing happened when I hit the power button. I then switched over the power
front panel connectors or connector 180 degrees and nothing still happened.
No fans turned, a noise did happen I think to the sound card, but that was
nothing too, I guess. I then switched it back, the front panel connector for
the power button, and then raised the motherboard up out of the tower, to see
if there was a short or something shorting it out, and tried it that way, and
still nothing. I unhooked all the devices and tried it that way, thinking
maybe too many devices and not enough power, but nothing happened still.
I figure the mobo that newegg.com sent me back, unsealed, was the same mobo
I had sent to back to them. I think they did nothing. I say unsealed, because
when they sent me the first intial package it was sealed. This time, no it
wasn't. If it was a new mobo it would've been sealed with plastic, right?
Ok, I have a new RMA number and newegg.com is taking it back again. I have
to get it ready to go. Last time I didn't wait for the second e-mail and sent
it off with the RMA number and when I got to the post office they charged me
7 bucks to send it to newegg. This time I've waited a day and now I have 2
e-mails, one with the instructions on how to send it back with the RMA
number, and the other with the UPS stamp so it won't cost me anything, that
also has an RMA number.
I got them this time, I put a black mark on the mobo to see if the one that
they send me back is the same mobo that I'm sending to them now.
Ok, I still have to get this other mobo the Elitegroup going, I have the
heatsink now. Ok, again, model #GF6100-M754. People are having problems
because this mobo says it can use DDR 400 RAM and there is an addendum saying
it can't use DDR 400 RAM. The funny thing about this, or weirdo thing about
this, is that they sent a promotional DDR 400 Kingston RAM stick with it.
I've bought a DDR 333 Kingston heat spreader RAM stick for it, Kingston
Hyper-X 512 stick. So, I'm ready to go on this other PC. This living room PC
started the domino effect and now I've bought a dump-load of stuff from Dell,
newegg, and best buy.
Alrighty, going to get this packaged for the UPS carrier and then I can
start on the other PC.
Thanks, attilathehun1