Troth,
You're right as usual  Late last
night, UPS told me it will be here
today. Have downloaded the mobo manual and will be reading
it. Will be
putting it together over the weekend. I'm sure I'll need
some help
before it's done. Any words of advice before I start?
Jo Ann
~OoO~ wrote:
> When you placed the order, I'm not sure if you
remembered what it said, but at the very LAST screen before
you press the button to actually submit the order, you will
see it say something like YOUR ORDER WILL BE DELIVERED IN
ONE BUSINESS DAY (or 3, or whatever). Majority of the time
with Newegg, as long as the order was placed before 5:00, I
usually get it the next day. That statement there will tell
you when you will get it, and it has never been wrong for
me.
>
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> On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:59:12 -0500, Jo Ann wrote:
>
>> You may be right. the only other thing I've
ordered from them, I
>> came home to find the package, then checked my
e-mail and there
>> was the tracking number I was
hoping to find out a little
>> bit in advance, because someone needs to be home
to sign for the
>> package.
>>
>> Jo Ann
>>
>> ~OoO~ wrote:
>>
>>> The online UPS tracking site is usually off by
about a day...
>>> that has been my experience with it. I can
tell you that if
>>> Newegg says they've shipped it, they have
probably really
>>> shipped it and you will get it within the
frame.
>>>
>>> ======================================
>>> = SirTroth
>>> ======================================
>>> = ICQ: 1717439
>>> = YAHOO: SirTroth
>>> = SKYPE: SirTroth
>>> = XFIRE: SirTroth
>>> = AIM/AOL: SirTrothX
>>> = http://ut2004.sirtroth.com
>>> = MSN: SirTrothhotmail.com (don't email me
here)
>>> ======================================
>>>
>>> On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:07:04 -0500, Jo Ann
wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I've ordered my computer parts from
Newegg, and I'm kind of
>>>> irritated with them. They sent me an
e-mail with a UPS
>>>> tracking number just after midnight saying
my package had
>>>> been shipped and predicting I would
receive it tommorrow. As
>>>> of two minutes ago ( it's now 10 PM) UPC
says they haven't
>>>> gotten the package yet. Just bad luck,
because they have a
>>>> place in Memphis TN ( even though they're
shipping from NJ )
>>>> it's costing me $92 in taxes :-( GMan,
you're right, I
>>>> forgot to order the case fan :-[
>>>>
>>>> Jo Ann
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>>
>
>
>
>
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hmmm... words of advice... well, take your time, and don't
be afraid to take a break if something's not working out the
way you'd like it.
In all honesty, building the computer is actually very easy.
Sure, intimidating if you've never done it before, but easy
none-the-less. As a first-timer, I would google
"building a pc" and just have something right next
to you to use as a reference to make sure you didn't miss
anything.
Always make sure you're grounded as you work on the system.
If you don't ground yourself (which I never do, and is a bad
habit) just make sure you are always constantly touching
something that IS grounded. For example, if I am building
next to one of my other computers, I will constantly touch
the tower of that otehr computer to drain any static.
Don't forget the thermal paste, as it would suck to remove
the CPU after everything is built because you forgot to add
the paste.
And... while everyone will give you different opinions and
methods of what THEY do, here is what I usually do.
I will put the tower, PSU, mobo, video card, RAM,
CPU/heatsink and keyboard all together and nothing else (do
not forget the keyboard. No HD, no floppy, no CD/DVD...
nothing else. You can have the other items physically in the
tower, just don't connect them to the mobo yet. I then turn
on the computer and see if it starts up properly and goes to
the screen that says hit whatever to go into setup. Then go
into setup, which is the BIOS, and look for an option
somewhere that says load OPTIMAL settings. Do that, then
shut down, restart. After restart, doesn't matter whether or
not you go into the BIOS again. Just shut down, and assuming
you got no errors about memory or anything already in there,
then go ahead and attach everything else. NOTE... you WILL
get errors this way, but the errors you will get are errors
on what you might not have installed.. like a HD, no OS, no
MOUSE, etc. That's ok.
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On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:38:02 -0500, Jo Ann wrote:
> Troth,
>
> You're right as usual Late last
night, UPS told me it will
> be here today. Have downloaded the mobo manual and
will be reading
> it. Will be putting it together over the weekend. I'm
sure I'll
> need some help before it's done. Any words of advice
before I
> start?
>
> Jo Ann
>
> ~OoO~ wrote:
> > When you placed the order, I'm not sure if you
remembered what
> > it said, but at the very LAST screen before you
press the
> > button to actually submit the order, you will see
it say
> > something like YOUR ORDER WILL BE DELIVERED IN
ONE BUSINESS DAY
> > (or 3, or whatever). Majority of the time with
Newegg, as long
> > as the order was placed before 5:00, I usually
get it the next
> > day. That statement there will tell you when you
will get it,
> > and it has never been wrong for me.
> >
> > ======================================
> > = SirTroth
> > ======================================
> > = ICQ: 1717439
> > = YAHOO: SirTroth
> > = SKYPE: SirTroth
> > = XFIRE: SirTroth
> > = AIM/AOL: SirTrothX
> > = http://ut2004.sirtroth.com
> > = MSN: SirTrothhotmail.com (don't email me
here)
> > ======================================
> >
> > On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:59:12 -0500, Jo Ann
wrote:
> >
> > > You may be right. the only other thing I've
ordered from
> > > them, I came home to find the package, then
checked my e-
> > > mail and there was the tracking number I was
hoping to
> > > find out a little bit in advance, because
someone needs to
> > > be home to sign for the package.
> > >
> > > Jo Ann
> > >
> > > ~OoO~ wrote:
> > >
> > > The online UPS tracking site is usually off
by about a
> > > day... that has been my experience with it.
I can tell you
> > > that if Newegg says they've shipped it, they
have probably
> > > really shipped it and you will get it within
the frame.
> > >
> > > >
> > > ======================================
> > > = SirTroth
> > > ======================================
> > > = ICQ: 1717439
> > > = YAHOO: SirTroth
> > > = SKYPE: SirTroth
> > > = XFIRE: SirTroth
> > > = AIM/AOL: SirTrothX
> > > = http://ut2004.sirtroth.com
> > > = MSN: SirTrothhotmail.com (don't email me
here)
> > > ======================================
> > >
> > > >
> > > On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:07:04 -0500, Jo Ann
wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > > I've ordered my computer parts
from Newegg, and I'm
> > > > > kind of irritated with them. They
sent me an e-mail
> > > > > with a UPS tracking number just
after midnight saying
> > > > > my package had been shipped and
predicting I would
> > > > > receive it tommorrow. As of two
minutes ago ( it's now
> > > > > 10 PM) UPC says they haven't
gotten the package yet.
> > > > > Just bad luck, because they have a
place in Memphis TN
> > > > > ( even though they're shipping
from NJ ) it's costing
> > > > > me $92 in taxes :-( GMan, you're
right, I forgot to
> > > > > order the case fan :-[
> > > > >
> > > > > Jo Ann
> > > > > --
> >
> >
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