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I finally built my PC, well my first ever PC from scratch. Buying parts
from newegg.com , compUSA , and the PC Club, right off the San Diego Fwy. and
Rosecranse offramp, for this new PC. When I first hit the power button
nothing happened. Then with another look at the mobo manuel, oh , switch
the power button switch from 8 to 10 to 12 to 14 and whammo! Almost whammo,
everytime I'd hit the power button now the PC would start up, fans would
start turning and then quit, finally nothing at all would happen when I hit
it. Well, I needed to elevate the mobo from metal on metal. This is my 3 rd
PC class that I'm taking right now and I had to take my PC into the PC Club
and have the tech tell me that's probably the problem, or I can leave it for
a fee for them to check it out. Nope, I thanks them and took it home and
whammo! Once I elevated the mobo, things started looking up, except for one
thing, no sound device detected. WTF, I've always plugged in PC speakers, two
Bose PC speakers and nps. After a check of every gizmo to see that everything
was plugged in right, I decided to take a shot in the dark and download
multimedia onboard audio drivers. Now, when I boot the PC I hear the familiar
sound of Windows XP coming throught the speakers. Ok , my first PC built with
only a few minor speed bumps to overcome. Ok, to my question. All is fine
except the DVD driver can fall right out if you tip it a certain way, but for
the IDE strap and molex power connector holding it in. I bought the plastic
rails that hook up onto the sides to secure it in place, but it doesn't seem
to fit inside when I hook them up. What gives? Someone said the whole front
panel has to come off then you can hook up the rails. I don't see how without
a real hassle of taking off the whole front part of the tower. Is there an
easier way or is the information I heard correct?
Thanks, Daniel
from newegg.com , compUSA , and the PC Club, right off the San Diego Fwy. and
Rosecranse offramp, for this new PC. When I first hit the power button
nothing happened. Then with another look at the mobo manuel, oh , switch
the power button switch from 8 to 10 to 12 to 14 and whammo! Almost whammo,
everytime I'd hit the power button now the PC would start up, fans would
start turning and then quit, finally nothing at all would happen when I hit
it. Well, I needed to elevate the mobo from metal on metal. This is my 3 rd
PC class that I'm taking right now and I had to take my PC into the PC Club
and have the tech tell me that's probably the problem, or I can leave it for
a fee for them to check it out. Nope, I thanks them and took it home and
whammo! Once I elevated the mobo, things started looking up, except for one
thing, no sound device detected. WTF, I've always plugged in PC speakers, two
Bose PC speakers and nps. After a check of every gizmo to see that everything
was plugged in right, I decided to take a shot in the dark and download
multimedia onboard audio drivers. Now, when I boot the PC I hear the familiar
sound of Windows XP coming throught the speakers. Ok , my first PC built with
only a few minor speed bumps to overcome. Ok, to my question. All is fine
except the DVD driver can fall right out if you tip it a certain way, but for
the IDE strap and molex power connector holding it in. I bought the plastic
rails that hook up onto the sides to secure it in place, but it doesn't seem
to fit inside when I hook them up. What gives? Someone said the whole front
panel has to come off then you can hook up the rails. I don't see how without
a real hassle of taking off the whole front part of the tower. Is there an
easier way or is the information I heard correct?
Thanks, Daniel