scottee936
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there ya go and for the 8 pin, i have a 8 pin connection and a 4 pin connection to plug into that 8 pin slot
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Need help building computer: First attempt
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there ya go and for the 8 pin, i have a 8 pin connection and a 4 pin connection to plug into that 8 pin slot
scottee936
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This is a brand new computer im trying to build all the parts are brand new, so no there is not a OS system installed or has never been installed yet.
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a problem i had when i first built mine was the jumpers on the cd-rom drive weren't correctly inserted as the Master. make sure all of your jumpers are correct, look through your motherboard manual and make sure everything corresponds correctly.
zekrahminator
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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. |
I was hoping for the pictures of connectors while they were plugged in, just to make sure they were plugged in right. Anyways, plug the full 8 pin into the 8 pin slot, and the 24 pin plug into the 24 pin slot. And then check jumper/SLI settings 
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.ATIonion
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if you are shutting down in the middle of windows set up, then maybe you are overheating the cpu and the mobo shuts down....load your bios and just check the temp to see if maybe its too high for idle....if it is high then you should remove your fan and check your thermal paste coating...make sure all the proc. is covered....then put the fan back on and try again...
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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. |
We're discussing that on AIM right now, he's forgotten the thermal paste .
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We're discussing that on AIM right now, he's forgotten the thermal paste
ahh no good. that'll do it. but dont most cpu coolers come w/ paste pre-applied?
Jimmy 2004
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| System Name | Jimmy 2004's PC |
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| Processor | S754 AMD Athlon64 3200+ @ 2640MHz |
| Motherboard | ASUS K8N |
| Cooling | AC Freezer 64 Pro + Zalman VF1000 + 5x120mm Antec TriCool Case Fans |
| Memory | 1GB Kingston PC3200 (2x512MB) |
| Video Card(s) | Saphire 256MB X800 GTO @ 450MHz/560MHz (Core/Memory) |
| Storage | 500GB Western Digital SATA II + 80GB Maxtor DiamondMax SATA |
| Display(s) | Digimate 17" TFT (1280x1024) |
| Case | Antec P182 |
| Audio Device(s) | Audigy 4 + Creative Inspire T7900 7.1 Speakers |
| Power Supply | Corsair HX520W |
| Software | Windows XP Home |
My Athlon definately did.
ATIonion
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We're discussing that on AIM right now, he's forgotten the thermal paste
i can fix most cars just like that too...all i need is a symptom and i can figure it out...mostly because i am self educated at this and made many mistakes....
