VarLordahl
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Hey guys, I posted a while back about the parts I ordered.
Well, they arrived today, and I built my computer for the first time ever.
It took me 141 minutes, total I think that's not too shabby for a newbie.
Just fyi, here are the specs:
amd3800+ x2/Asus A8NE motherboard/AMD heatsinc/2x1GB of A-line ram/WD 16mb Caviar 7200rpm 250GB HDD/XFX 6800XT/NEC DVDRW/20.1 inch widescreen ACER monitor/Antex SonataII w/450w Smart Power.
so as I stated, I got everything together. But i have a few nagging questions:
1) I have a PCIe 16x Video Card. I plugged it in. It just used a standard 4-pin power cable though. However, coming from my PSU is a squarish four pin cable that has printed on it "PCIex." Am I missing something? Do I need to plug this in somewhere, or is it just for high power PCIex cards like a 7900GTX or something?
2) I forgot to put that little plate in that covers the gaps between the Keyboard, Mouse, USB, and other plugs on the back of the computer. Is there any way to get this in without uninstalling everything, motherboard included?
3) I loaded the computer, and the screen comes on OK and everything. I configured the bios, andchecked everything out. The puter recognizes the ram, the harddrive, etc...
4) After that it says something like:
"No system found on C:"
This just means that it's time to install Windows, right?
That's about it.
Oh, also, I have like tons of loose wires hanging all over the inside of my computer. Is it a good idea to kind of "bundle them" together?
Well, they arrived today, and I built my computer for the first time ever.
It took me 141 minutes, total I think that's not too shabby for a newbie.
Just fyi, here are the specs:
amd3800+ x2/Asus A8NE motherboard/AMD heatsinc/2x1GB of A-line ram/WD 16mb Caviar 7200rpm 250GB HDD/XFX 6800XT/NEC DVDRW/20.1 inch widescreen ACER monitor/Antex SonataII w/450w Smart Power.
so as I stated, I got everything together. But i have a few nagging questions:
1) I have a PCIe 16x Video Card. I plugged it in. It just used a standard 4-pin power cable though. However, coming from my PSU is a squarish four pin cable that has printed on it "PCIex." Am I missing something? Do I need to plug this in somewhere, or is it just for high power PCIex cards like a 7900GTX or something?
2) I forgot to put that little plate in that covers the gaps between the Keyboard, Mouse, USB, and other plugs on the back of the computer. Is there any way to get this in without uninstalling everything, motherboard included?
3) I loaded the computer, and the screen comes on OK and everything. I configured the bios, andchecked everything out. The puter recognizes the ram, the harddrive, etc...
4) After that it says something like:
"No system found on C:"
This just means that it's time to install Windows, right?
That's about it.
Oh, also, I have like tons of loose wires hanging all over the inside of my computer. Is it a good idea to kind of "bundle them" together?