Comments on: STEP 16 : Post-Assembly

By: Cliffmayo

Cliffmayo — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:59:43 +0000

The motherboard is usually shipped in a static-proof (i.e. electrically conducting) package. If that is what you have it on, you might be short one motherboard.
I usually assemble my computer components on a book, a large thin book.
Required components: mb, cpu, cpu fan, memory, power supply, and a video card connected to your monitor. The reason for the book is that the video card sticks down below the level of the mb.
The book is not electrically conductive so will not short out any mb components.
That will allow you to get into the BIOS.
I forgot to mention that you will need a power switch, or you can short the power on the front panel connector. If your case is nearby, you can connect the power and reset switches (make sure the case does not touch the mb.)

By: Mr Bligh

Mr Bligh — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:02:48 +0000

To Mister Man

If you don’t have a case you probably don’t have any connection to “ground” or “common”. Probably fried some components. You may be back to zero. Why would you assemble a computer’s costly components on a table top?

By: Mister Man

Mister Man — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:13:41 +0000

hey.

I assembled my new computer yesterday. It wouldnt start so i had to read this guide. When i finally got it on, i saw SMOKE coming out. Yes, thats right, SMOKE.I dont have a case yet, so the motherboard is currently on the packet it came with. I was wondering if i did anything wrong. I tried to press off the power supply and then restard, but it only produced more smoke. It now automatically goes off after a few seconds.

Help anyone?

The smoke seemed to be coming from somewhere around the graphics card.

By: Leigh

Leigh — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:07:50 +0000

I would open the bios and set everything to default.If everything is right it should work.If it doesnt change then its all about troubleshooting which can be a royal pain in the butt.Your parts are very good.And you didnt skimp on your power supply which alot of people do.Thats a smart thing to do.

By: nick

nick — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:59:07 +0000

Hi, I spent yestarday and a good deal of today building a computer. Everything went fairly smoothly, and I thought I did a pretty good job, but the computer won’t run properly.

I connected the PSU to a wall socket and flipped the power switch. The motherboard LEDs light up, and when I press the power button, everything comes to life, but only for an instant.

I double checked that both the 24pin and 12V power cables are connected to the motherboard, and the CPU fan is also hooked into the motherboard port labeled CPU_FAN. I’m really not sure what’s up.

Here are my vital specs:
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P
Memory: 4GB DDR3 Corsair Dominator 1600mhz
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 750GB
Drive: Can’t remember, but it’s a DVD burner
CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 955 3.2Ghz
GPU: Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon HD 4870
PSU: Corsair 850 Watt power supply

By: GreatEmerald

GreatEmerald — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:27:25 +0000

What actually happened? Did you see fans working? Power LED was on? Was HDD LED blinking? Is your PC connected straight to a power socket?

By: kyle

kyle — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:38:18 +0000

question? ok my whole computer is put together now. when i turned it on, the screen wouldnt pick up a signal. keep in mind that this was the first time i got to turn it on and it did this. we went back and re checked our wires and even played with it a little but no resolution. plz help

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:19:43 +0000

The ribbon cable has one wire coded with another color that is the number 1 pin. line it up with the number one pin on the motherboard and do the same with the floppy

By: David Sligar

David Sligar — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:30:05 +0000

I’m startng with an old computer with a 3.5″ floppy drive. I inadvertently pulled the ribbon cables out without making notes! How bad!!! The cable to the floppy drive is smaller than the other two cables, and has a twist in a segment of the ribbon on one connector. Does that twisted end attach to the floppy drive? The other two cables, larger, connect to two sockets in the mother board, one blue, one black. I assume one of these goes to the hard drive, don’t know which. And the other goes to all other devices? CD drive for example?
Thanks for your help!

By: collins James

collins James — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:06:20 +0000

thank you so much i really enjoyed your teaching. when i wwent through the lecture i found it so interesting to the extend to leave it for a moment is very difficult for me. i really appreciate your lecture.keep it up. i must confess it really worked for me.