Building my first pc

Stevo_1990 · 29 Sep 2012 at 05:27

Updating now mate

Stevo_1990 · 29 Sep 2012 at 05:31

updated, BTW I cant see my hard drive in "my computer"

Stevo_1990 · 29 Sep 2012 at 05:39

Never mind got it setup

Stevo_1990 · 29 Sep 2012 at 05:56

Idleman said:
So, OS installed and Bios updated. That just leaves Driver installation and windows updates.

bios, updates already, The GPU works after the bios update

I love you idleman...I really do, Thatnks for all your help and sticking with me even when I was being a pain in the a$$

Stevo_1990 · 29 Sep 2012 at 06:04

Ya, just installing a few more things, girlfriend is in bed so might fire up guild wars 2 and give it a bash xD

Stevo_1990 · 29 Sep 2012 at 06:54

Idleman said:
Have fun. See you later.

Have you installed your all your mobo and Gpu drivers.

I have indeed mate.

Stevo_1990 · 29 Sep 2012 at 06:58

Well guys, It seems I managed to get the computer working (for now) I coudn't of done it without all your help so I would like to say a big thank you to everyone in this thread, you all stuck around to give me advice/support and quite frankly it amazed me. I will be sticking around these forums and look forward to getting to know you all. Thank you

Stevo_1990 · 29 Sep 2012 at 14:46

HAHA cheers guys, slight problem, when I go to system requirement labs and check a game I fail as I have no "dedicated video ram" Im assuming this is because the intergrated graphics are on but I dont know how to change them to my graphics card, any ideas?

Stevo_1990 · 29 Sep 2012 at 14:53

Idleman said:
You should have a setting in the Bios. Select PCIE as your main graphics output.

I cant find anything in bios that states it's for graphics, I did go into 3d mode and click on the pci and change it but didnt seem to work.

Stevo_1990 · 29 Sep 2012 at 15:09

Idleman said:
In the Bios, go to Peripherals and scroll down to Init Display First and select PEG .

That didnt work mate.

Stevo_1990 · 29 Sep 2012 at 15:21

Idleman said:
And your monitor is connected to your graphics card and not the mobo. Just checking.

Ya mate.

Stevo_1990 · 29 Sep 2012 at 15:45

Idleman said:
And the card is in the right PCIE slot. PEG should have made the PCIE 3.0 x16 slot your first graphics output.

Ya it's in Pci 3.0. I only downloaded 1 driver update ( the latest) do I need to download them all?

Stevo_1990 · 29 Sep 2012 at 15:55

Idleman said:
The latest AMD driver is all you need for the Gpu. When you selected PEG earlier, you did save the settings when you exited the Bios.
Just making sure you hav`nt overlooked something.

I did, Should I also disable internal graphics?

Stevo_1990 · 29 Sep 2012 at 16:04

Idleman said:
You could try that.
Tbh, i would open a thread in the Graphics forum.

That didnt work, Ill post a thread in graphics forum, under display adapters it just show either the intergrated graphics or "standard VGA graphics adapter"

Stevo_1990 · 29 Sep 2012 at 16:18

The msi website, I think I might of downloaded it for xp, Downloading the windows 7 one now,Will I need to remove the xp one?

Stevo_1990 · 29 Sep 2012 at 16:26

Wow the download is going slow, I downloaded the xp one in minutes lol

Stevo_1990 · 29 Sep 2012 at 17:03

Nah it's still downloading :/ lol going at like 50-70 kb/s lol Enjoy the footie mate

Stevo_1990 · 29 Sep 2012 at 17:14

YAAAAS It works

Thanks for you help (again) idleman