HI I recently purchased a Soltek SL-75frn2-L Nforce 2 Ultra 400 motherboard and an amd athlon 2700+ Thouroughbred Cpu. They are both socket a , so i did that bit right. I have done other upgrades with ram and dvd roms and video cards and stuff but now i would like to know all of the things that i can before i attempt this. I know how to assemble the parts but what i dont know is what to do when i turn it on?
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| Processor | AMD Athlon 3000+/2800+ |
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| Motherboard | Asus A7N8X-Deluxe?Abit NF7-rev2 |
| Cooling | Evercool wc101/Danger Den 2rads cpu/gpu Blocks |
| Memory | Mushkin 1.5gig pc3200/pqi turbo 1gig pc3200 |
| Video Card(s) | ati 9600pro 256mb Atlantis/GeForce FX5500oc128mb |
| Storage | Maxtor 120 gig 7200rpm/W/D 80 gig 7200 rpm |
| Display(s) | 17"and 19" CRTs |
| Case | Clr full tower/Cheiftec blue mid tower +MODS!!! |
| Audio Device(s) | onboard/Soundblaster Audigy Platinum2 |
| Power Supply | 500 watt X-Connect/600 watt powork-Demon |
| Software | XP pro sp2/Office 2003pro |
Send it to my house and I`ll set up(in computer room)lol.1st Set Bios and any jumpers/pins to manual.Then format HHD and intall O/S.Good Luck,Jo
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| Processor | AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane @ 2.8GHz (224x12.5, 1.425V) |
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| Motherboard | Gigabyte sumthin-or-another, it's got an nForce 430 |
| Cooling | Dual 120mm case fans front/rear, Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro, Zalman VF-900 on GPU |
| Memory | 2GB G.Skill DDR2 800 |
| Video Card(s) | Sapphire X850XT @ 580/600 |
| Storage | WD 160 GB SATA hard drive. |
| Display(s) | Hanns G 19" widescreen, 5ms response time, 1440x900 |
| Case | Thermaltake Soprano (black with side window). |
| Audio Device(s) | Soundblaster Live! 24 bit (paired with X-530 speakers). |
| Power Supply | ThermalTake 430W TR2 |
| Software | XP Home SP2, can't wait for Vista SP1. |
step one-
REMEMBER THE FRICKIN SPACERS!!! If you dont remember to put the spacers in between the motherboard and the case, you will fry your motherboard, and go through a month and a half of RMA's (like me lol)
step two-
Wire all those annoying case-motherboard connections, because its alot easier to reach the connectors with the board outside the case
step three-
making sure that you don't have anything under the motherboard except spacers, put motherboard in case and screw in
step four-
insert CPU according to directions given to you by CPU company
step five-
set up the rest of the PC, you know what to do
step six-
plug everything in
step seven-
find in motherboard manual the right button to get into BIOS. Press on button, and then hit the button to get into BIOS. Configure BIOS as you please.
step eight-
if you do not have an OS in the hard drive you put in, install it now. if you did, you will need to repair your OS. This will take some time...
And thats it. you're done! you have a custom rig of gaming power! and if theres one step you need, its the one involving the SPACERS!!! good luck!
REMEMBER THE FRICKIN SPACERS!!! If you dont remember to put the spacers in between the motherboard and the case, you will fry your motherboard, and go through a month and a half of RMA's (like me lol)
step two-
Wire all those annoying case-motherboard connections, because its alot easier to reach the connectors with the board outside the case
step three-
making sure that you don't have anything under the motherboard except spacers, put motherboard in case and screw in
step four-
insert CPU according to directions given to you by CPU company
step five-
set up the rest of the PC, you know what to do
step six-
plug everything in
step seven-
find in motherboard manual the right button to get into BIOS. Press on button, and then hit the button to get into BIOS. Configure BIOS as you please.
step eight-
if you do not have an OS in the hard drive you put in, install it now. if you did, you will need to repair your OS. This will take some time...
And thats it. you're done! you have a custom rig of gaming power! and if theres one step you need, its the one involving the SPACERS!!! good luck!
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| Processor | AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane @ 2.8GHz (224x12.5, 1.425V) |
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| Motherboard | Gigabyte sumthin-or-another, it's got an nForce 430 |
| Cooling | Dual 120mm case fans front/rear, Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro, Zalman VF-900 on GPU |
| Memory | 2GB G.Skill DDR2 800 |
| Video Card(s) | Sapphire X850XT @ 580/600 |
| Storage | WD 160 GB SATA hard drive. |
| Display(s) | Hanns G 19" widescreen, 5ms response time, 1440x900 |
| Case | Thermaltake Soprano (black with side window). |
| Audio Device(s) | Soundblaster Live! 24 bit (paired with X-530 speakers). |
| Power Supply | ThermalTake 430W TR2 |
| Software | XP Home SP2, can't wait for Vista SP1. |
BIOS flashing is when you have to update your BIOS...you usually really dont have to. the only reason I did it was to make sure I got best performance from motherboard. Other people flash video BIOS because it makes the card better then its supposed to be...
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| Processor | I9 14900KS |
| Motherboard | EVGA z690 Dark KINGPIN (modded BIOS) |
| Cooling | EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB |
| Memory | 64GB Gskill Trident Z5 DDR5 6000 @6400 |
| Video Card(s) | MSI SUPRIM Liquid X 4090 |
| Storage | 1x 500GB 980 Pro | 1x 1TB 980 Pro | 1x 8TB Corsair MP400 |
| Display(s) | Odyssey OLED G9 G95SC |
| Case | Lian Li o11 Evo Dynamic White |
| Audio Device(s) | Moondrop S8's on Schiit Hel 2e |
| Power Supply | Bequiet! Power Pro 12 1500w |
| Mouse | Lamzu Atlantis mini (White) |
| Keyboard | Monsgeek M3 Lavender, Akko Crystal Blues |
| VR HMD | Quest 3 |
| Software | Windows 11 |
| Benchmark Scores | I dont have time for that. |
no you dont have to flash the bios(wait is that ur sig?) the bios is well when u start a computer you here a beep and some random white letters and other things flash on your screen that was the bios telling u things the bios holds info about your hardware time boot sequence(which hard drive to boot off) over clocking options etc....... you usually get in to bios by using a single key these keys are usually(as iv seen them their could be more) "Delete" "F1" "F8" "F10" "F12" you hit one of these (depending on which one your mother board uses) and it will enter the bios were you can change everything i stated abouve their even broken into catagories like "Frequency and voltage control" or "Advanced CMOS Setup"
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| Processor | AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane @ 2.8GHz (224x12.5, 1.425V) |
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| Motherboard | Gigabyte sumthin-or-another, it's got an nForce 430 |
| Cooling | Dual 120mm case fans front/rear, Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro, Zalman VF-900 on GPU |
| Memory | 2GB G.Skill DDR2 800 |
| Video Card(s) | Sapphire X850XT @ 580/600 |
| Storage | WD 160 GB SATA hard drive. |
| Display(s) | Hanns G 19" widescreen, 5ms response time, 1440x900 |
| Case | Thermaltake Soprano (black with side window). |
| Audio Device(s) | Soundblaster Live! 24 bit (paired with X-530 speakers). |
| Power Supply | ThermalTake 430W TR2 |
| Software | XP Home SP2, can't wait for Vista SP1. |
just remember the spacers ( ) and what everyone here's told you, and you should be fine. happy gaming!
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| Processor | AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane @ 2.8GHz (224x12.5, 1.425V) |
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| Motherboard | Gigabyte sumthin-or-another, it's got an nForce 430 |
| Cooling | Dual 120mm case fans front/rear, Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro, Zalman VF-900 on GPU |
| Memory | 2GB G.Skill DDR2 800 |
| Video Card(s) | Sapphire X850XT @ 580/600 |
| Storage | WD 160 GB SATA hard drive. |
| Display(s) | Hanns G 19" widescreen, 5ms response time, 1440x900 |
| Case | Thermaltake Soprano (black with side window). |
| Audio Device(s) | Soundblaster Live! 24 bit (paired with X-530 speakers). |
| Power Supply | ThermalTake 430W TR2 |
| Software | XP Home SP2, can't wait for Vista SP1. |
what's your system going to look like anyways?
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| Processor | Intel 9900K 4.8 at 1.152 core voltage minus 0.120 offset |
| Motherboard | Asus rog Strix Z370-F Gaming |
| Cooling | Dark Rock TF air cooler.. Stock vga air coolers with case side fans to help cooling.. |
| Memory | 32 gb corsair vengeance 3200 |
| Video Card(s) | Palit Gaming Pro OC 2080TI |
| Storage | 150 nvme boot drive partition.. 1T Sandisk sata.. 1T Transend sata.. 1T 970 evo nvme m 2.. |
| Display(s) | 27" Asus PG279Q ROG Swift 165Hrz Nvidia G-Sync, IPS.. 2560x1440.. |
| Case | Gigabyte mid-tower.. cheap and nothing special.. |
| Audio Device(s) | onboard sounds with stereo amp.. |
| Power Supply | EVGA 850 watt.. |
| Mouse | Logitech G700s |
| Keyboard | Logitech K270 |
| Software | Win 10 pro.. |
| Benchmark Scores | Firestike 29500.. timepsy 14000.. |
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| Processor | AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane @ 2.8GHz (224x12.5, 1.425V) |
|---|---|
| Motherboard | Gigabyte sumthin-or-another, it's got an nForce 430 |
| Cooling | Dual 120mm case fans front/rear, Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro, Zalman VF-900 on GPU |
| Memory | 2GB G.Skill DDR2 800 |
| Video Card(s) | Sapphire X850XT @ 580/600 |
| Storage | WD 160 GB SATA hard drive. |
| Display(s) | Hanns G 19" widescreen, 5ms response time, 1440x900 |
| Case | Thermaltake Soprano (black with side window). |
| Audio Device(s) | Soundblaster Live! 24 bit (paired with X-530 speakers). |
| Power Supply | ThermalTake 430W TR2 |
| Software | XP Home SP2, can't wait for Vista SP1. |
lol so now you need help with your build...alright sure I can do that. how much are you willing to spend on a case and a GPU?