Building a computer

shadow_boxer · 14 Jan 2011 at 23:25

Rage1999 said:
also going on this pic of the motherboard http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4397938551_1073988f9c.jpg

We don't have anything plugged into the floppy port or firewire header, should there be?

No, leave these empty, you dont need these.

Recheck the front panel connectors carefully as their very easy to get wrong.

SimonC · 19 Jan 2011 at 17:59

Did you get this going?

Rage85 · 19 Jan 2011 at 18:32

We managed to get it working

when putting windows onto your computer, what is the difference between x86 and x64? i went with x86

also i have a thing in with my graphics card that says crossfire on it, does that need to be kept/stuck on anywhere?

shadow_boxer · 19 Jan 2011 at 18:39

Glad to hear things are up and running.

Should have gone for x64 (64 bit).

When installing Windows7 you should have 2 installation discs. One for 64 bit and the other for 32bit (x86).

You should reinstall it with Windows 64bit. Save anything you need from the hard drive, pop in the 64 bit disc and boot from the optical drive. It should give you an option to format and reinstall.

also i have a thing in with my graphics card that says crossfire on it, does that need to be kept/stuck on anywhere?

Is it a Crossfire Bridge (Google it). If you only have one graphics card then you don't need it.

Thekwango · 19 Jan 2011 at 18:42

Rage1999 said:
We managed to get it working

when putting windows onto your computer, what is the difference between x86 and x64? i went with x86

also i have a thing in with my graphics card that says crossfire on it, does that need to be kept/stuck on anywhere?

x64 is the 64bit os version. this is the one you should be using if you have more than 3gb of ram.

the thing with your graphics card is a crossfire bridge, you only need that if you have 2 gpus installed

edit. beaten to the punch

SimonC · 19 Jan 2011 at 18:43

Thekwango said:
x64 is the 64bit os version. this is the one you should be using if you have more than 3gb of ram.

the thing with your graphics card is a crossfire bridge, you only need that if you have 2 gpus installed

edit. beaten to the punch

Yer I was beaten too, had it all typed out, bah too slow.

shadow_boxer · 19 Jan 2011 at 18:44

Thekwango said:
edit. beaten to the punch

I'm glad someone else thought it was a crossfire bridge he was referring to? For a minute had no idea what he meant!

Thekwango · 19 Jan 2011 at 18:50

shadow_boxer said:
I'm glad someone else thought it was a crossfire bridge he was referring to? For a minute had no idea what he meant!

well i should know, my first ever build last year, i opened my vapor x 5770 and installed it, then sat for about an hour too scared to turn it on because i couldn't figure out what to do with the crossfire bridge that was left in the box

Rage85 · 19 Jan 2011 at 19:00

shadow_boxer said:
Glad to hear things are up and running.

Should have gone for x64 (64 bit).

When installing Windows7 you should have 2 installation discs. One for 64 bit and the other for 32bit (x86).

You should reinstall it with Windows 64bit. Save anything you need from the hard drive, pop in the 64 bit disc and boot from the optical drive. It should give you an option to format and reinstall.

Is it a Crossfire Bridge (Google it). If you only have one graphics card then you don't need it.

Done this

but it's giving me this option

disc 0 partition 1. system reserved (e) 100.0mb free space 71.0mb

or

disk 0 partition (c) 931.4 gb 920.gb

which one do i choose? the bottom one?

shadow_boxer · 19 Jan 2011 at 19:04

Yes, you want to install it onto the C drive

Thekwango · 19 Jan 2011 at 19:07

should be the latter option i believe.

edit. gotta stop typing so damn slow!

shadow_boxer · 19 Jan 2011 at 19:08

Did it give you an option to format the drive when doing a reinstallation?

Rage85 · 19 Jan 2011 at 20:14

shadow_boxer said:
Did it give you an option to format the drive when doing a reinstallation?

i'm not sure now, am i best going into the bios and deleting all the partitions and doing it that way?

also it won't let me go on the net, I've plugged the ethernet cable into it (which worked half an hour ago on my old computer) and the net isn't coming on, do i need to download any like network drivers?

shadow_boxer · 19 Jan 2011 at 20:19

Rage1999 said:
i'm not sure now, am i best going into the bios and deleting all the partitions and doing it that way?

also it won't let me go on the net, I've plugged the ethernet cable into it (which worked half an hour ago on my old computer) and the net isn't coming on, do i need to download any like network drivers?

Not sure about deleting partitions via the BIOS? :confused:

Try resetting your modem/router firstly. Have you installed the drivers from the motherboard CD if you can't get online?

Is Windows installed on the first partition of your hard drive? (C)

Were any other hard drives connected to the motherboard when you reinstalled Windows?

Rage85 · 19 Jan 2011 at 20:22

shadow_boxer said:
Not sure about deleting partitions via the BIOS?

Try resetting your modem/router firstly. Have you installed the drivers from the motherboard CD if you can't get online?

Is Windows installed on the first partition of your hard drive? (C)

Were any other hard drives connected to the motherboard when you reinstalled Windows?

sorry i meant putting it to run the cd first in the bios and then running windows, (i'm going on what i did on my old computer)

i also chose the (c) option that i put in my earlier post so surely it will be?

only the one harddrive was connected to the motherboard (as far as i know)

Thekwango · 19 Jan 2011 at 20:25

if you've reinstalled windows you may have to refer to the utilites cd to install the network drivers

Thekwango · 19 Jan 2011 at 20:29

Rage1999 said:
sorry i meant putting it to run the cd first in the bios and then running windows, (i'm going on what i did on my old computer)

yea you put the cd into the drive and in bios set the pc to boot from cd drive and you'll get the prompts to install. but if youve already reinstalled windows then goto my computer and look at the 'c' drive and see if shows as partitioned or does it show the (almost) full 1tb of space available

shadow_boxer · 19 Jan 2011 at 20:31

Boot priority wouldn't matter as long at the hard drive is #1 or is #2 (with optical drive as #1) but with no CD/DVD in.

So your hard drive should now look like:

(C) New installation of Windows

(E) System Reserved (aprox 60Mb of 100Mb)

Nothing else.

As before, use the CD that came with your motherboard to install the network/chipset driver and/or any ultilites you want on there.

Rage85 · 19 Jan 2011 at 20:43

Thekwango said:
yea you put the cd into the drive and in bios set the pc to boot from cd drive and you'll get the prompts to install. but if youve already reinstalled windows then goto my computer and look at the 'c' drive and see if shows as partitioned or does it show the (almost) full 1tb of space available

On My computer it says this

hard disc drivers (1)
local disc (c

912 GB free of 931 GB

so is everything ok? and my dad has my motherboard cd and is at work :mad:

shadow_boxer · 19 Jan 2011 at 20:49

Rage1999 said:
On My computer it says this

hard disc drivers (1)
local disc (c
912 GB free of 931 GB

so is everything ok? and my dad has my motherboard cd and is at work

Yeah that looks ok. Looks like Windows has installed onto the first partition fine.

Right click on "My Computer" "Properies", under "System" it should now read;

Installed memory (RAM): 4.00GB
System type: 64-bit Operating System

Just to confirm the 64-bit operating system has been installed.

No luck with resetting the router? Try restarting the machine if you haven't done so since the latest installation of Windows.