Built new pc - help...

Cliste

Cliste

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Hey guys, so I managed to get home and build my first PC. It took around an hour and a half and was a very frustrating time lol.

Anyways, my Sapphire 5850 ain't working, but I think I need to power it? How?

I've got no sound, I have the Asus M4A&8LT-M motherboard. I see that there are two connections from the Coolermaster 430 case: a HD Audio one and an AC '97 one. Which do I use? I've connected the AC '97 one somewhere... but obviously it doesn't work. With that said, I haven't installed any drivers from CD or downloads for Mobo, card etc. Would that be the problem?

Eh... not sure what other problems there are, as it boots up perfectly, Windows 7 installed etc.

It's incrdibly messy, a comple spaghetti junction and I'm ashamed of it :D, but hopefully no wires will get caught in the fans etc.

Also, what software shall I use to monitor temperatures of the CPU and Card? As I hope that I put the CPU cooler on correctly :P.

Thanks guys, I'll post pics later but they're not that impressive... actually, they would probably look crap lol.
 
The 5850 will need two 6pin power connectors in it, if the PSU only has one 6pin then in the box the 5850 came with you will find a molex to 6pin adapter.

Use the HD audio connector and it goes along the bottom of the motherboard somewhere, just leave the AC97 dangling.
 
The 5850 requires two 6-pin PCI-E power connectors. What is your PSU?

You should use the HD audio.

Use CPUID Hardware Monitor.
 
Audio connector should be in the bottom left corner of the motherboard.

See page 1-17 of the user manual. No. 14 front panel audio connector.

You need to install the drivers before the onboard sound will work.
 
Oh, and yes you need to put the audio drivers on for it to work.

Install windows
Motherboard chipset driver
GPU driver
Sound
Internet and windows updates
 
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