starkers starkers

Just Built My Sister Her 1st Brand New PC

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Just Built My Sister Her 1st Brand New PC

to date she's just had 2nd hand and hand-me-downs

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I feel really good today because I could ring my sister and let her know that all the parts we'd ordered had arrived and that I'd almost finished building her very first brand new PC.  After years of my hand-me-downs and 2nd-hand rigs that were more trouble than they were worth sometimes, and being repaid a wad of money she was owed, she bit the bullet and splurged out $AU 1100 for the build and another S250 on a mobile rack and a 4 bay Vantec caddy just like mine.

The build is as follows:

Case; Thermaltake Chaser A31 mid tower;

PSU: Aywun Megapower 750 Pro;

Mobo: Gigabyte GA-H87M-DH3;

CPU: Intel i5 4440 3.1ghz;

RAM: 16gb G-Skill 1333 RipjawsX'

SSD Samsung 840BW EVO 250gb;

GPU: Gigabyte 650 GTX Ti 2gb

ROM: LG Bluray Combo;

CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H55;

PCIE 4 port SATA 3 card;

Fans x3 Zigmatec 120mm.

I've done as much as I can build-wise because I'm still waiting on the mobile rack to arrive from Sydney, but the rest is done a raring to go. Hopefully it will be here tomorrow morning and I can give her a bell to come pick it up, cos frankly, I can't wait to see the look on her face when she sees it in action.  After the last couple of years on a dual core AMD rig with a regular HDD, this SSD, Intel quad core is blow her away.  It mightn't be top end but I gave it a test drive and it' s quite a nippy little machine with some kick.

So why is this important to WC?  Buggered if I know!  I just felt so good I wanted to shout it from the highest hill, even tell the golden daffodil, but the hilltop was too far off with my bung hips, etc, so this was the next best thing since I can't afford to go to a massage parlour for a bit of slap n' tickle.

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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting starkers, reply 25
Sadly, my sister's mobo is quite basic and I'm not sure how to kickstart it.... like I don't know how I can clear the CMOS or reset the BIOS if no power is reaching the front panel to turn the machine on.
End of starkers's quote

One would imagine there's still a jumper for shorting the cmos for a reset.  Power only needs to be to the mobo...front panel is irrelevant.

One would also 'expect' that having the issue the first time would shy you away from using that hardware a second time...;)

There's probably an RTFM somewhere that tells you to alter some settings in the bios BEFORE attaching the rack....;)

Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The CMOS jumper works by completing a ground circuit and you don't want it turned on, or any power to the machine when clearing it anyway so unplug the machine and hold the power button down for a minute to discharge the caps and then set the jumper to clear it.

Alternately, you can remove the CMOS battery for 20 minutes while the machine is unplugged then put it back in. (Again, hold the power switch down for 60 seconds with the battery out and the machine unplugged.)

Quoting Jafo, reply 26
One would also 'expect' that having the issue the first time would shy you away from using that hardware a second time...
End of Jafo's quote

I'm with Jafo, that particular bit you are connecting will let all the magic smoke out of a motherboard someday.  ;)

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Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 26
One would also 'expect' that having the issue the first time would shy you away from using that hardware a second time
End of Jafo's quote

Thing is, the problem didn't manifest itself to me until I tried to reboot the 1st machine upon completion of the 2nd, hence I had no reason to suspect anything until attempting to boot the 1st machine for the 2nd time.

Quoting Wizard1956, reply 27
I'm with Jafo, that particular bit you are connecting will let all the magic smoke out of a motherboard someday.
End of Wizard1956's quote

Oh well. I'll just have to insure it for magic smoke loss. :grin: