Problems putting a machine together.

Owenb

Owenb

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This isnt my first PC building, but it might be the last.

First problem i am having is installing the offical intel duo cooler. 3 of the pins seem to be fine, but the 4th just wont click. Which way should they be turned- and why do you need to turn them- it isnt mentioned in the cheap instruction page. I know that intel need to make $5b a year, but they could at least provide some detail. Any more pressure on it and the motherboard will probably break....

Second is installing a Tagan easycon into a lian li PC-7 Plus. Been the fool that i am i followed the case instructions so i took off the back panel put it on the PSU and tried to put the it back in the case. Two problems with this- one is that i am unsure which way the PSU should go- fan up or down. Either all the pictures have the PSU upside down or the fan goes on top, which is something i havent encountered before. Instructions again dont help. With the fan up the PSU wont go more than a few CM as it has been badly manufactured, and with fan down it stops 1/2 way as the fan grill has a huge TAGAN logo stopping it going any further. As i have the Mobo already installed it is nearly impossible to put it in from the inside, and my only attempt at doing so has left a large chuck of paint missing from the PSU.

Any advice would be welcome.
 
I got the above problems solved, through some guess work and luck but the build is going from bad to worse.
Powered the machine on and the monitor is going into standby, no beeps and the LED's on the keyboard dont light up. All case/gfx/cpu/PSU fans are running.

Mobo: Gigabyte DS3
CPU: Intel Core 2 DUO E6300
Ram: GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2
Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II

No beeping would hint at a mobo problem?
 
Hi

Does the top not come off your case for easy access when fitting the PSU ? Normally two screws at rear (near top ) and then slide back and lift out , can be tight though at times. As for postion the fan on the PSU faces down into the case ie. facing the motherboard and it draws heat out of the case through the psu and out the rear fan. Now I to agree the standard fitting instructions of the heatsink and fan are terrible BUT the Gigabyte manual with the SD3 board was better. I fitted mine so the power cable pointed towards the front panel of the computer and the last hole is a tight click , just make sure the black pins come out the bottom and spread the white nylon fingers to grip the back of the motherboard. I didnt turn mine (the black tops with the arrows) but the heatsink and fan was fitted rigid.
 
On the Intel cooler you don't turn them at all to install, just press them through.

You only need to turn them to remove the cooler.

Also, even though the instructions recommend fitting the cooler with the board in place, I started doing this but then took the board out so I could see the other side and make sure all four of the pins had properly pushed through and locked in place.
 
Thanks for the replies.

I got the machine together, it just wont post now!
Tests i have run:
1: I have taken out both sticks of ram, and started it- makes no difference, no error beeps.
2: Taken out the vga connector from the monitor to GFX card, monitor still just flashs the green light on and off.

My own PC is an old AMD 2500+, so i cant test the parts in it. Is the motherboard the most likely culprit, and if so is there any way to verify?
 
touch said:
Checked the small 4-pin power cable that goes into mobo near cpu?
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Hmmm what cable? lol i think that is the problem. Is that the light blue cable marked P4+?
 
'Light blue' is specific to your power supply but if it's got a square 4-pin connector that fits the one between the back of the CPU and the edge of the board then plug it in.
 
Thanks lads, got it sorted. It was the P4 connector- i tied it up when i was putting it together as i didnt see an matching colour on the motherboard, so when i was double checking what could be wrong i kept overlooking it!!

Thanks again.
 
ANDARIAL said:
glad you got it sorted :D
now clock that beast and post your results :)
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Its for the sister, so there will be no clocking. TBH its already about 5 times faster than my own machine, clocking it would only make me even more angry :D
 
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