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Thread ID: 116903	2011-03-25 00:47:00	Assembling a new system - Tips and tricks?	Richardd150 (13927)	Press F1

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1189196	2011-03-26 23:41:00	:) well obviously I didn't mean wear one for decoration :D I meant earth yoursellf often or wear an antistatic wrist strap which is permanently earthed. Never occured to me that wouldn't be obvious. You should see how many people I've seen wearing the thing like a bangle, attached to nothing thinking the magic bits will work.	pctek (84)
1189197	2011-03-27 03:21:00	You will have the wires around the wrong way. Even if the manual and plug appear right one of them isn't. Just make sure you have the plugs on the pins highlighted in the attachment below - and there is a spare in the middle. Swap the positive and negative around - wont do any harm. If it still doesn't go then the LED could be Dead (had that happen a few times) Thanks, that confirms I'm using the right pins. Swapped them round -twice! What a fiddly job it was too. But, to confirm my madness I will try again, with a magnifying glass just to be sure.	Richardd150 (13927)
1189198	2011-03-27 03:24:00	I'm surprised you didn't suggest he swap out his blue drive for another black. Also, for the restarting thing, could be a loose connection, check they're all inserted firm and all that. And pctek, I think he meant 'touch the case alot or forgo the whole bother and just use a strap in the first place'. And make sure the spacers are in tight, but the mobo screws not TOO much so. I had to take my mobo out and one of my screws pulled loose a spacer. Made life annoying. And yeah the little LEDs and stuff were also annoying to hook up. The thing that took the most time for me though? Putting the cpu heatsink on wrong about 7 times before realising I wasn't sposed to turn the clips to lock it down. I might have been naive but I put the Blue in as a second drive back for ups so thought it didn't need to be quite as good. Not a good idea?	Richardd150 (13927)
1189199	2011-03-27 04:32:00	I think he was being facetious about the color.	pine-o-cleen (2955)
1189200	2011-03-27 05:36:00	there was another thread a few days ago, a few of the knowledgables were saying they fail frequently compared to the green and black drives.	8ftmetalhaed (14526)
1189201	2011-03-27 05:45:00	I'm surprised you didn't suggest he swap out his blue drive for another black. If that was meant for me ( since it directly after my post), then I would have suggested the other way around. The blacks have a far higher failure rate than the blues. Re changing the LED wires around - I often find thats the case, that somewhere along the line they get labeled wrong, or the LED is dead. After all its only a positive/negative connection.	wainuitech (129)
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