$1100-$1400 to build / buy a computer

[Reynardin]

ah damn. having trouble figuring out where to plug everything in lol >.<

 

[farlex85]

Read your manuals, your motherboard manual especially for what goes where, and take your time, if you miss something somewhere you probably won't post, and you'll have to go back searching for what went wrong. Better to do it right the first go-round.

 

[Reynardin]

yea, i just found the manual buried under everything else.. I was wondering where I put that thing lol. I'm having trouble figuring out where to plug in my case's LEDs though. Do you have any suggestions on what I should look for?

 

[farlex85]

There'll be a series of 9 or so pins near the bottom or right side of the mb where the case wires plug into, including the led's and power switch and the like. The writing can be kind of small, there should be a clear layout in the mb manual though.

 

[Reynardin]

hm, k
actually , it just says "front panel", not much help really.

 

[Reynardin]

ok, I got two small "plugs" which say "+ p led" and "- p led". i got 3 sockets labeled "pwr-led", do they go in there or something?

 

[Reynardin]

anyone got some advice?

 

[Reynardin]

wait nvm, i got it... now i gotta figure out how to fit my dvd drive..

 

[Reynardin]

ok, this can't be good. when I press the power button, immediatly, a very high pitched beep starts coming from my computer.

 

[farlex85]

Did you connect the 6-pin power cable to the gpu?

 

[Reynardin]

6-pin? uh... would that do it?

 

[farlex85]

The power connector that goes into the 8800 gts. It has 6 pins. If that is not connected your vc will not function and the mb will provide that nice friendly warning that it is not receiving adaquate power.

 

[Reynardin]

OH. found it. thanks =D that fixed it. now to find my monitor's power cable..

 

[farlex85]

Almost there.....

 

[Reynardin]

ok, lets see, gpu, mobo, dvddrive, all plugged in correctly i think
do those 8 pins on my hdd need to be plugged into anything?

 

[farlex85]

I'm not sure what your referring to. As long as it has power via the 4-pin molex, or the sata power connector, and is connected to your mb via sata port, your hdd is good to go.

 

[Reynardin]

kk, good to go then

 

[Reynardin]

WOO system booted up, is installing vista now =) I guess i'll sort out hte mess of cables later

 

[farlex85]

Hell yeah congratz. Yeah, just get everything up and running, then you can tweak to your heart's content.

 

[Reynardin]

Still gotta install the OS lol..

 

[Reynardin]

I hope the CPU is gonna be OK.. I may have placed the cpu cooling on it in an... original way involving lots of wiggling.

 

[farlex85]

What do you mean? You followed the steps for proper thermal paste application? Is that hs one of the twist pin ones, cause those are tricky, gotta make sure if you pull on it nothing comes out. Check your cpu temp in the BIOS.

 

[Reynardin]

im gonna do that (check the temp).
its a bit loose, is that normal with the cpu cooler I have? i mean, its pretty tall so it would be hard to make it stable

 

[Reynardin]

btw, is it normal for the screen to stay at the background after that windows loading bar? for first time running vista?

 

[farlex85]

It should have a little give in rotation, like twisting a few degrees right or left, but if you pull on it (gently of course) it should try to bring the mb w/ it, and no pins should pop out.