New PC (£400ish) Build help please

tamzzy · 11 Jan 2020 at 16:08

@IMissMyDCast please take a few pics of the completed internals

IMissMyDCast · 11 Jan 2020 at 16:28

ok, dumb question - I've taken photos - but where can I host them to put links to them on here? Don't really want to use my google account...

ExoMale · 11 Jan 2020 at 16:39

IMissMyDCast said:
I have reseated everything apart from the CPU (which dropped in beautifully).
I've not looked on any compatibility list, but a number of posts with similar symptoms to mine were solved by trying different memory.. But I've no idea which ones to try.

maybe buy a single 4gb stick of some corsair vengeance and try that, just to see whether it is memory related or not. i suppose the other thing is, if you press the power button does it instantly switch off or continue to run? if it runs then it might be graphics related or monitor/hdmi cable, maybe try a different screen if possible.

Mike 702 · 11 Jan 2020 at 16:43

IMissMyDCast said:
ok, dumb question - I've taken photos - but where can I host them to put links to them on here? Don't really want to use my google account...

You can do so here

https://imgbb.com/

Mike 702 · 11 Jan 2020 at 16:45

Do you have nothing happening at all when you power the machine on?

IMissMyDCast · 11 Jan 2020 at 16:47

Let's try this!

ok, above image links appears to fail abysmally! Trying links now (below)

https://imgur.com/TrBFqJt

https://imgur.com/wrA3XVA

https://imgur.com/sCDuDjs

Mike 702 · 11 Jan 2020 at 16:51

IMissMyDCast said:
Lets try this!

When you copy the link, you need to add .jpg at the end of the link for it to work.

Mike 702 · 11 Jan 2020 at 17:00

Here you go buddy

Do you have the power plugged in for the CPU?

IMissMyDCast · 11 Jan 2020 at 17:03

Mike 702 said:
Here you go buddy

Thanks @Mike 702 !! Hopefully, those will help - not great quality - cheap phone!

IMissMyDCast · 11 Jan 2020 at 17:05

ExoMale said:
maybe buy a single 4gb stick of some corsair vengeance and try that, just to see whether it is memory related or not. i suppose the other thing is, if you press the power button does it instantly switch off or continue to run? if it runs then it might be graphics related or monitor/hdmi cable, maybe try a different screen if possible.

I should have already mentioned this

- but the power on works fine - but the power off does not work - it stays powered up...

tamzzy · 11 Jan 2020 at 17:05

cpu power not plugged in

IMissMyDCast · 11 Jan 2020 at 17:11

Oh jeez @tamzzy - I hang my head in shame! I must have missed that step from the guide I was following!! I will try it now!

ExoMale · 11 Jan 2020 at 17:14

haha yeah that needs to be plugged in

and by the way now a pic has been seen, you might want to get that psu changed at some point unless you dont use it constantly

IMissMyDCast · 11 Jan 2020 at 17:17

@tamzzy - you have saved my life twice now!! you double genius .. but we must never speak of this again!!!! I will delete this post and pretend none of this happened!! Unfortunately, I will have to "silence" a work colleague who I talked to about this problem... he must never know!

tamzzy · 11 Jan 2020 at 17:19

@IMissMyDCast all working now?

IMissMyDCast · 11 Jan 2020 at 17:19

ExoMale said:
haha yeah that needs to be plugged in and by the way now a pic has been seen, you might want to get that psu changed at some point unless you don't use it constantly

Yeah, I am watching some psu guides and once I know a bit more I will look at buying a better one .. when I have some money!

IMissMyDCast · 11 Jan 2020 at 17:22

tamzzy said:
@IMissMyDCast all working now?

Yep .. I just need to put the new graphics card in!

I've got from a foul mood to being euphorically happy in one easy power plug!

tamzzy · 11 Jan 2020 at 17:30

IMissMyDCast said:
Yeah, I am watching some psu guides and once I know a bit more I will look at buying a better one .. when I have some money!

nah, save your money
yes the VS series is a budget build, but you're not even remotely stressing the PSU.

this forum has an unhealthy obsession about overspeccing and (IMO wrongly) giving advice to change one's PSU when 99.9% of the times it's fine for the intended use.
sure if you're going for super monster overclocks and need voltage to be on the dot with no ripple and stressing the PSU to 110% of its life then yes...but you're not
the max power draw of your new system hardly even reaches 300w when the whole system is stressed at 100%

i wouldn't bother.

IMissMyDCast · 11 Jan 2020 at 17:47

tamzzy said:
nah, save your money
yes the VS series is a budget build, but you're not even remotely stressing the PSU.

this forum has an unhealthy obsession about overspeccing and (IMO wrongly) giving advice to change one's PSU when 99.9% of the times it's fine for the intended use.
sure if you're going for super monster overclocks and need voltage to be on the dot with no ripple and stressing the PSU to 110% of its life then yes...but you're not
the max power draw of your new system hardly even reaches 300w when the whole system is stressed at 100%

i wouldn't bother.

Well, after all your help I certainly trust your advice and am happy to stay with this one - cheers @tamzzy

tamzzy said:
@IMissMyDCast all working now?

And sorry to be a pain, but I could do with a little further assistance! Mouse and keyboard work on BIOS screen .. but not in Windows. Windows 7 loads up ok, but usb mouse/keyboard are both non-responsive...is it something obvious? Couldn't see anything in the BIOS to tweak..

tamzzy · 11 Jan 2020 at 17:54

IMissMyDCast said:
Mouse and keyboard work on BIOS screen .. but not in Windows. Windows 7 loads up ok, but usb mouse/keyboard are both non-responsive...is it something obvious? Couldn't see anything in the BIOS to tweak..

ryzen does not support windows 7
you'll need to upgrade to windows 10

just download the usb installer: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10
and you can use the same windows 7 key to activate windows 10