Starting Up The Computer
There are many wires to set up, getting that power supply connected to everything properly is very important. Without power the computer can't turn on, making the power supply very important. Making sure everything is plugged in securely is very important Gower says you should here a click when you plug the power into the motherboard (Gower 64). When powering up the computer sometimes nothing happens, when this happens you have to, "Double check your power connections from the power supply to the motherboard and try again. Double check to make sure your power switch cable is installed correctly to the motherboard" (Gower 67).
When I was building my computer at first it wouldn't turn on, at first i thought I had a defective component, Gower says that if the fan on the power supply isn't spinning then the power supply might be defective (Gower 67). I learned that the problem was that my the wires that connect the power and reset button to the motherboard weren't aligned correctly, thus when I hit the power button nothing happened. Once I got the computer up and running I just needed to upload windows, and my drives.
When building your computer, was there a step that you messed up on, or a set of wires you didn't plug in correctly?
Gower III, John, How to Build a Computer (For Beginners) Eighth Edition, Copyright 2011
This happened to my computer as well, infact it took two weeks to get a CPU that would coporate with the motherboard. The problem with motherboards is that sometimes they can be very picky with what they'll work with. So watch out for that. Good job on these posting btw.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I did not know how picky motherboards were, I was just very lucky that I pick all the compatible part for the motherboard. Except the memory, my motherboard only took DDR4, and my memory was DDR3, so they were not compatible but I got a new one that is DDR4.
DeleteI can say that this happened to me ass well, when i went to replace the mother board in my old computer it thought i had a defected unit, because it would not come on. It took my quite some time before i realized the power supply was not put in correctly. they can be very picky. I would also say it is a good idea to have a surge protector, because i did not have one and when the power went out it fried my mother board, which is why i had to replace it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the warning, I did not know a power outage could do that, so I will most likely look into a surge protector, because I want this PC to last as long as it can. I had the power supply connected correctly with mine, but the wires for the power button were not, so when I pressed the power button nothing happened.
DeleteHello James,
ReplyDeleteI didn't have any issues with building my PC but some parts did cause my computer to crash after about 2 years of having it which caused me to replace them.
Yeah, I know the computer wont last forever and that eventually I will have to replace some parts. When thing I was told that the hard drive usually goes first, and that when my computer stops working I will check the hard drive first.
DeleteHi James
ReplyDeleteTo answer your question, for me I didn't build my computer by myself but had a friend of mine build it for me (He knew what he was doing). While I really regret it now since I have little knowledge of how my computer works and the ins and outs of the computer. However a little problem I ran into recently was that during one of my dust clean ups with my computer(they get really dusty after a while and overheat if you don't clean it)I wanted to clean out my heat sink. The problem was, that when I was trying to remove my heat sink I removed my processor with it! The thermal paste acted as a super glue connecting the heat sink and the processor. To solve this after many tedious and stressful hours of bending the pins back into alignment (I was unfortunate enough to bend the pins) and replacing everything thankfully it worked again. Hopefully this wont happen to you, and good job on figuring out the problems on your computer!
-Kevin Hua
Hi James,
ReplyDeleteWhen I built my computer with my dad, there was a part that didn't fit together. My graphics card was overclocked, causing a part from my case to not fit. The plug for my case had 5 pins whereas the plug for graphics card was 4 pins. So it took a long time until I found a solution, which was to rip off one pin from the case and plugging it in that way. I was surprised when my dad told me to do that, due to the fact how i was afraid of breaking the computer. To this day, i still question how my computer works after ripping a piece off of it.