-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Have ordered my computer componets

Thanks Troth,

Sounds like good advice. I did build my grandson's from
scratch, but it=20
was a lot less expensive than this one will be 

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, inti=
midating if you've never done it before, but easy
none-the-less. As a fir=
st-timer, I would google "building a pc" and just
have something right ne=
xt 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 y=
ou are always constantly touching something that IS
grounded. For example=
, if I am building next to one of my other computers, I will
constantly t=
ouch the tower of that otehr computer to drain any static.
>
> Don't forget the thermal paste, as it would suck to
remove the CPU afte=
r everything is built because you forgot to add the paste.
>
> And... while everyone will give you different opinions
and methods of w=
hat THEY do, here is what I usually do.
>
> I will put the tower, PSU, mobo, video card, RAM,
CPU/heatsink and keyb=
oard 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 physical=
ly 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 BIO=
S, and look for an option somewhere that says load OPTIMAL
settings. Do t=
hat, then shut down, restart. After restart, doesn't matter
whether or no=
t you go into the BIOS again. Just shut down, and assuming
you got no err=
ors about memory or anything already in there, then go ahead
and attach e=
verything 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:
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>>  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
>>
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