New pc arrived but it has problems, please help me!

ifihaditall

ifihaditall

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Hiya, I've been posting on this forum for a month or so researching for my new pc and after numerous helpful people on here giving me advice I finally chose the right specification and it arrived today. But I have two problems so far

1. The pc won't connect to my wireless router which is in the room next door. My cheap dell laptop of two years did this with no problem and showed a maximum signal strength signal in the vista connect to a network window. My new pc only shows a weak two green bars of strength and when I try to connect it says unsuccessful!! Damn :(

Thoughts: Maybe it's to with the case? It's the HAF192 I think it's called. This brings me onto my second problem

2. The fans on this case seem incredibly loud. Specifically it sounds like it's the fan near the back of the case, I can't believe how loud it is. I'm not joking I can close the bedroom door and walk downstairs and still easily hear it.

Initially I thought it was something inside the case whirring whilst the OS installed but now the desktop is there and it's still on whizzing around at full pelt.

I ordered an Asus Triton (CPU cooler?) with this model maybe it is that? The whole reason I got this case was because I had read numerous reviews where it is quiet.


Overall disappointed so far :(

Any advice on what to do would be appreciated. I will be ringing the shop up in the morning.


Edit: Just to clarify only the keyboard came from OC, but I don't know where else to go for help - place I bought it from is closed now and i only set my new rig up half an hour ago.
 
Relax ... We've all had disappointing experiences.

Can you write down all the components that went into your build.

I'm sure it's a decent machine and I'm sure we'll be able to get that noisy beast silenced with a few decent fans and coolers.

Sit tight, it's not all doom and gloom
 
Subliminal Aura said:
Relax ... We've all had disappointing experiences.

Can you write down all the components that went into your build.

I'm sure it's a decent machine and I'm sure we'll be able to get that noisy beast silenced with a few decent fans and coolers.

Sit tight, it's not all doom and gloom
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Thanks. I hope you get good karma for helping me. I am not a technical computing person. This is my system:

i7 920
HAF 932
ASUS P6T motherboard
Vista Home Premium
Wireless N 300Mbps PCI Card
1010w quiet quard rail psu +120mm case fan
Asus Triton 81 Pure copper Base Ultra Cooler

Also graphics card, HD, Keyboard, mouse etc.

Please advise me.
 
Were are the fans connected to.
You may need to purchase a Fan speed controler or quieter fans.
 
All the fans are quiet and perfectly fine except one near middle or maybe the back I'm not sure - it's always on at full whack and is loud.

I don't know where the fans are connected to or I'm not sure I understand the question. i didn't build it myself it was built by a shop in town
 
Sorry, The fan could be connected straight to the PSU so it will run 100%, if it is connected straight to the PSU does it use a cable to convert the 3 pin motherboard fan connector to a Molex - Like this or does it have a Molex only.

Reason I am asking it may be able to connect straight to the motheboard and have control over the speed.
 
Ok I moved the router into my bedroom from the room next door using an extension lead, but even with it in the same room as the pc it only gets 2 out of 5 on signal strength.

I went onto the "device manager" and updated the driver software for BOTH of the wireless receivers in there. There are two wireless receivers (???) TP-LINK wireless adaptor and Realtek RTL8168C 300Mbps.

Maybe having two in there is what's causing the problem :(
 
Thanks for the help guys. RJC I think what you say is right. I'm going to turn off my pc and open it up to have a look inside. The rest of the fans must be connected to the motherboard and that's why they are fine. I'll report back with my findings in half an hour.

Doctor I tried disabling the 56mbps one and leaving the 300mbps one on - no luck. But maybe it's not a coincidence I have two in there and I have problems. hmmm
 
If they are connected to the motherboard rather than directly into the PSU then you can change the speeds of them (Lower speed = Lower noise). You can do this by using the software that Asus provide (I think it's called Asus Probe) or something like that, it's on the motherboard disk.

I think you can also change the speeds in the bios, if they're connected to the motherboard they will be listed as Chasis fans I think and you should be able to select the RPM.

As far as your router goes, have you tried upgrading the firmware on the router?

Another thought, try moving the PCI wireless card to another slot, maybe it's getting interference from another PCI device.
 
Redzealot I don't know what brand PSU I am using unfortunately. it's a 1010 watt quad rail.

Ok thanks for the replies everyone. this is what I have found out:

There are 5 fans in the case, 4 connected to the motherboard one to the PSU directly. Following peoples advice I went into the BIOS settings and found an option which puts the fans in "quiet mode". I also installed some asus software from a cd in the pc box called Epu-6 engine and tried to alter the fan speed using that, not sure if that did anything but I noticed a big difference right away from fiddling with the BIOS setting. Seems about 50% less noisy and is much more acceptable. :)

Can someone tell me what are safe speeds to set the fans too? Two fans are 240mm and the rest are smaller ones. What RPM? I ask because I downloaded asus probo as suggested and can see an option to lower the RPM below what it is currently but I don't want to break anything or overheat it. Also, could someone please advise me on what are safe temperatures?

Onto the wireless cards, and there's still big problems. Managed to connect to the router eventually through trial and error, no idea what it was I did that did it, but the signal strength is so weak I am only getting 1mb of my 16mbit connection, with the router in the same room as me. My dell laptop gets about 14mb.

I looked at the back of the machine and can see two green lights flashing next to two antennas, which I presume are related to my wireless adaptors.

I lack the confidence to take them out and put them into a new pci slot, so I will have to see what to do. :(

Thanks to marc, doctor, subliminal and rcj for helping.
 
Regarding your chassis fan speeds, there isn't really a minimum / safe level to put them at they are just there to keep things a bit cooler.

You could download a few bits of software and carry out a few tests (Just monitor the temperatures) I'll list a few free ones most people probably use:

Coretemp (This is to monitor the CPU temperatures)

ATItool (Monitors Graphics Card Temperatures, GPU)

Those are the main things to watch out for.

Make sure that when you're using the BIOS to alter fans make sure you don't knock the CPU fan down too low.

Regarding your network issue you could always try a wireless USB adapter like this . I'm honestly not sure how good they are as I've never used them but this would take the place of your PCI wireless card.

Hope it helps ;)
 
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MikGriff said:
Bit uncalled for.. and I would love to see the 4 year old who can build a PC.
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Yeah fair doos un called for in this thread. more directed at general threads in this section, so many could be answered by a simple browse. This one is okay but i just wanted it said.

sorry OP.

nonetheless, it is pretty simple when it goes well. if it doesn't then it requires expertise which is fair enough.

p.s. sorry i be drunk

but still, most of you idiots should just look around and find your answers, it isn't hard.
 
marc69 said:
Regarding your chassis fan speeds, there isn't really a minimum / safe level to put them at they are just there to keep things a bit cooler.

You could download a few bits of software and carry out a few tests (Just monitor the temperatures) I'll list a few free ones most people probably use:

Coretemp (This is to monitor the CPU temperatures)

ATItool (Monitors Graphics Card Temperatures, GPU)

Those are the main things to watch out for.

Make sure that when you're using the BIOS to alter fans make sure you don't knock the CPU fan down too low.

Regarding your network issue you could always try a wireless USB adapter like this . I'm honestly not sure how good they are as I've never used them but this would take the place of your PCI wireless card.

Hope it helps ;)
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I'll have a look at that, thanks. I don't really want to spend more on wireless adaptors, but I guess I might have to. I'll be giving the company a ring tomorrow to see what they say.

Ben M said:
it's building a PC, a 4 year old could do it. get it together man.
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I spent a lot of money on my PC and don't want to break it.
 
as far as breaking a computer goes physically its quite hard to do as long as you dont force things. if something is ment to go in to that slot it will fit there with only a tiny bit of pushing, dont force anything and you will be fine...

i would suggest you first confirm that you have got 2 wireless network cards in you pc (anyone on the forums could tell you if you take a pic of the inside of the pc). if you have take one out. its easy to do just unscrew the screw holding it down (inside the pc on the back wall see image only remove the screw above the card you want to take out not the blanking plate). and it then just pulls up and away from the motherboard (big flat board with everything sticking up from it).

mounting-bracket-screw.jpg
 
Ben M said:
it's building a PC, a 4 year old could do it. get it together man.
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Give the kid a chance... It's his first build and is at least he's still keeping up.

ps @ifihaditall Why do on earth do you have 2 wireless adapters recognised in windows but only 1 card ? :confused:

Uninstall the driver and force windows to uninstall the hardware. Reboot and if windows decides to assign a driver to it then update the driver with the drivers that came on your disk

Basic I know but worth a shot
 
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