Building My First PC

[n-ster]

wth? can't do without putting some non-caps in the text

 

[JudgeJimmie]

Here it is, should have it by Monday!!

 

[n-ster]

nice 1300$ for a great rig... I am going to buy this probably exactly in a couple months, except maybe another Mobo and GPU... update us (or me) with this rig's awesomeness! We can help you OC it too!

 

[JudgeJimmie]

Ok, got my rig today after some problems with New Egg, tried my best to put it all together, but doesn't work lol. I think it must be the power supply, because when I turn that on, that fan doesn't even start turning. It was just a test run and I haven't plugged it into a monitor yet. Idk what I can do about the power supply, shouldn't it give me signs of working just by plugging it in and flipping the switch on the box? Or am I missing something here?

 

[mlee49]

When you plug your cables into your motherboard(with CPU installed) does the board light up? Do you have the PSU switched on(sorry I have to ask)? Any chance you could test your new psu on your current setup?

 

[JudgeJimmie]

Don't have a current setup, just a laptop. This is my first build. When I plug it in and flip the switch on the PSU nothing happens, not even the fan in the PSU moving.

 

[mlee49]

Are all the cables to the board connected? 24 pin and the 8 pin CPU?

Weird problem. :S

 

[JudgeJimmie]

Let me look, I wasn't sure. Yeah that's why Im thinking there is something wrong with the PSU itself, shouldn't the fan in the PSU work whether it's plugged into the motherboard or not?

 

[mlee49]

Thats a good question, I've never tried just running the power supply by itself.

 

[JudgeJimmie]

Theres a very good chance im missing something though. I couldnt find where to plug in the POWER SW cord and the Reset SW cord from the case into the motherboard.

 

[JudgeJimmie]

What are PCI-E cables coming out of the PSU for?

Ediot Nevermind, for my Vid card

 

[mlee49]

Theres a very good chance im missing something though. I couldnt find where to plug in the POWER SW cord and the Reset SW cord from the case into the motherboard.

That should not matter, in theory your computer will boot when you install the cpu, ram, and power connector cables. It may need a video card if you dont have onboard video. Albeit you'll be booting into your BIOS, but thats enough just to make sure things are allright.

What motherboard do you have?

 

[JudgeJimmie]

Gigabayte GA-EX58-UD3R with a Corsair 750W power supply

 

[aximbigfan]

Wait, if you couldn't find where to plug the front panel power on button into the MB, of course it will not power up. You need to connect that (normally in the bottom right of the mobo), and then push the button to see if it starts.

Chris

 

[JudgeJimmie]

What would that connector be called on the motherboard? Pwr_LEd? F_Panel? CLR_Cmos? Phase_LED? Those are the only ones that make any sense at all

SPDIF_I
SPDIF_O?

 

[JudgeJimmie]

I tired plugging them into the F_Panel, there were 4 pins in a row, and both the Power SW and Reset SW required 2 Pins, still nothing.

I plugged the cables marked +P LED and -P LED into the slot called PWR_LED on the motherboard.

What is Phase LED?

 

[mlee49]

Ok, if your board doesnt have an onboard power and reset button then you will need to connect your case's chassis power connectors. Check page 27 of your manual as it shows that the area to connect your motherboard.

Edit: attached a pic with the circled part for your case's power switch.

Edit 2: Link to your manual should you need it:
http://america.giga-byte.com/FileList/Manual/motherboard_manual_ga-ex58-ud3r_e.pdf

 

[JudgeJimmie]

Thanks so Much!!!! I had it pluigged into the speaker part... ill continue building tomorrow, hopefully I will be able to make a post from it lol.

 

[JudgeJimmie]

Now to check Bios and install an OS. Plan on using Ubuntu 64 bit. Do that tomorrow if I have time.

 

[n-ster]

Why not Windows 7 RC or Vista 64bit? (you can get vista anywhere, anyhow ) Impatient to see how it all works!

 

[mlee49]

+1 for Win7 it takes advantage of multicore cpu's.

Oh and it's time to update your System Specs. Go to User CP and second one down along the left.

Congrats on the new build.

 

[JudgeJimmie]

I'm just a linux kind of guy I guess lol. I will get windows installed on it eventually though. I got to go through how to get my RAID set up properly before I can install anything though.

 

[n-ster]

Sorry but I'm in final exam period so can't do much research, but if you ask anyone who has a RAID 0 by PM they'll happily tell you how to... I know I found a great guide through google once, you could try that... or else search in storage section for RAID 0 or something... at last resort, make a thread My friends (who suck with comps) were able to do it so it shouldn't be too hard

 

[JudgeJimmie]

Need a floppy Disk Drive to Install Windows on my Raid =(... Now I have to go find one of those lol.

 

[Studabaker]

Need a floppy Disk Drive to Install Windows on my Raid =(... Now I have to go find one of those lol.

got an SD card or something else? windows can read it off a USB thumbdrive, SD card reader, etc...

edit: u can even burn them to CD, pop out the windows install disc and pop in the driver disc and then pop back in the windows install disc.