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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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1189186	2011-03-25 00:47:00	Hi all. Just received all my new components and shortly will commence assembling them: Antec Gaming Three Hundred Case Microsoft Windows 7 OEM Home Premium 64Bit Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 64MB Cache SATA3 Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 32MB Cache SATA3 Gigabyte ATI HD6850 OC 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E (GV-R685OC-1GD) Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3 Intel P67 DDR3 USB3+SATA3 Raid SLI+CrossFire LGA1155 PCI-E Intel Core i7 2600K Sandy Bridge 3.40GHz 8MB 95W LGA1155 Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3-1600 Kit CL9 I'm reusing some components from my old PC. Any hints, tips or tricks about doing this in the most pain free way possible? I've had plenty of experience maintining my provious PC so I'm confident removing and replacign components but have never built from scratch before Any suggestions appreciated:thanks	Richardd150 (13927)
1189187	2011-03-25 00:51:00	Make sure you put the spacers in the case (if theyre not there), before you install the mobo. Install the CPU on the mobo, before you put it in the case. Its not that easy putting the CPU on the mobo (once you've installed the mobo). And it maybe worse, if the case is MATX And if the mobo has USB and firewire on it, MAKE SURE you connect the USB to the right header (on the mobo). Or you'll kill it, if you connect USB cables to firewire headers Follow the manual and it should work after you put it together / assemble it	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1189188	2011-03-25 01:17:00	1. Take your time, don't rush 2. Earth yourself frequently or use an antistatic wrist strap 3. RTFM 4. As per speedys suggestion assemble the CPU and motherboard first, adding the RAM is a good idea, then install into the case - making sure mounting screws are all accounted for and lining up with holes on the board. 4. Start with the minimum, just whats needed to boot up. 5. Consider some pre testing such as running memtest for a few hours. 6. Check temperatures are all ok once it's up and running, Coretemp is a good little tool for this. Edit: I just built a new system on the same board :) - had some problems but it's all up and running again now.	dugimodo (138)
1189189	2011-03-25 02:48:00	2. Earth yourself frequently or use an antistatic wrist strap . Or?? An antistatic wrist-strap should be earthed or it's a pointless ornament. Read the manual - case will have a pamphlet for the board connections etc. Put CPU and HSF on board while it's out of the case. might as well add the RAM at this stage too. Put the motherboard risers in the attach the board (remembering the backplate). The rest is easy. Tidy the cables so it's all clear off the board and neat and tidy. Boot and install the O/S	pctek (84)
1189190	2011-03-25 03:32:00	Don't forget to put the backplate in the case before the motherboard, I made that mistake the first time	gary67 (56)
1189191	2011-03-25 05:09:00	dont use a butter knife, use a proper screw driver.	ronyville (10611)
1189192	2011-03-25 19:13:00	Or?? An antistatic wrist-strap should be earthed or it's a pointless ornament :) 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.	dugimodo (138)
1189193	2011-03-26 20:56:00	Hi all. Managed to not confuse a butter knife with a screwdriver:) Installed the CPU and RAM as suggested - good suggestion. All went relatively well with the main issues being: 64 bit driver issues with some hardware - the only one I couldn't find a driver for was my old Canon S530D but I solved this by picking a random Canon driver (for the type of printer) and installing that, seems to be working! A strange, only repeated once, occurrence of the system cycling through the 1st few seconds of the boot, shutting down, and repeating ad nauseum until I shut it down by holding down the "on" button. Hasn't happened since. The power LED won't work! I'm confident it's hooked up to the MB correctly (God bless manuals) so there may a loose or broken wire somewhere - not sure I can be concerned enough to track it down Thought I'd let you know how I got on:thanks Cheers!	Richardd150 (13927)
1189194	2011-03-26 21:33:00	The power LED won't work! I'm confident it's hooked up to the MB correctly 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)	wainuitech (129)
1189195	2011-03-26 22:03:00	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.	8ftmetalhaed (14526)
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