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building aka assembling
| Do you have a GPU? If not, have you confirmed that your motherboard and CPU have onboard graphics? Is this an old PC that worked previously, or is it a new one that you can't get working?
| >>967765 I have all the necessary components, it's all new. I had to learn all the cables for a little time but I'm pretty sure I've nailed down everything, mainly how each psu cables works.
| >>967765 not sure about the onboard graphic but I've fit my gpu into the fitting port. So I think it's doing alright?
| Did you plug your monitor correctly? It might not be connected to the GPU. Some motherboards have multiple slots, it might have connected to an empty one
| It's a rookie mistake, but have you plugged your monitor into the GPU or the motherboard? You're supposed to plug it into the GPU.
| Some motherboards also have error LEDs. Please look for any LEDs that light up and read what they are labeled as on the MOBO.
| damn, makes me feel retarded... I didn't really gave a damn about the gpu's ports, I thought it was so funny extra with it along the hardware. I'll need to wait the end of the week to say something since I've left the whole thing back at home.
The motherboard led's lights green btw. Used to be orange at the first start up but I think after feeding the psu it sorted itself up later.
| >>967906 if it's green as in all good the orange was probably it doing memory training or something unless it was specifically a power light
| >>967906 yeah, the MOBO display ports are for if you want to use the CPU's onboard graphics (which some CPUs don't have). Try plugging your displays into the GPU and let us know what happens. We can go from there. ( ^.^)/
| ueeeeeeh I've failed the mission! My pc refused to collaborate. It's also shining orange back again...
I've used hdmi and displayports with different settings, I've waited till the no signal notification shows
feelsbad
| I've done some researches and I may have to inspect the pins or sort of...
| Intel or AMD cpu? It's not uncommon for AMD people to miss plugging in that extra power cord to the motherboard that Intel uses.
You probably didn't break anything btw. I have been doing this since I was a kid and sometimes a build won't start the first time for unknown reasons. If that happens I simply remove everything and plug it back in.
| >>968811
Do that, but be careful and don't experiment with the pins. Make sure to follow the manual because you can actually break something by plugging into the wrong pins.
| This thread justified my decision to hire someone to build my PC.
| >>968864 I promise it's not that hard but buying a friend pizza/beer to come over and teach you how to do it the first time is a good trade
| >>968864 to be fair, I'm very clumsy at do things right and I was being very restricted with my free time when I did it first, I believe I'd had a smoother building if only I wasn't such an airhead most of my time send alone.
>>968827 Intel cpu, I've plugged the 8 little boys on the right place following the little "lock in" hint, other 2x2 are shown free right beside them but I think they're not necessary right?
| spent*
| >>968890
The 4-pin connector(2x2) are necesarry on some Intel motherboards but not all of them. You might want to plug that in. If your PSU didn't ship with any 4-pin connectors then it's fine to use half an 8-pin connector because the 8-pin connector is actually a pair of 4-pin connectors.
>>968892
Oh, sorry if I was a bit vague. You don't have to replug the CPU. Just the rest of the stuff like power cables, memory, etc.
| >>968873 yeah, but none of my friends that are close to me are into techy stuff. Even worse, some of them are into apple shit.
If I ask them, they'll refer me to a friend of a friend who'll end up charging for questionable works. So I'd rather hire some pro. It's not like I'm building a PC every year.
| Might as well buy a pre built at that point
| >>968938 I'd buy prebuilt, but most of them are overpriced by 100$ or 200$. I can hire a guy that would build a PC with less money than that. Plus, it sometimes comes with below par power supply or small sata ssd. I'd have to add more storage or replace the PSU on top of paying the prebuilt, so nah.
| Honestly I don't mind paying some more for that plug and play convince of pre built and storage is cheap asf these days but ye building ur shit is way more fun
| hey don't question my choices in life. I've decided to do it myself because it's affordable and very stimulating to the mind when you get to learn a new skill. I'm no loser who'd give up because of few moments of failures. It's because I'm still a total dummy at this that I don't get instant rewards.
But I'm definitely gonna push this little guy into standing its own!
| I made the thread just to get some cool chatting living around, since I'm got the impression that there are some skilled people here even though the emptiness from time to times.
| >>969088
I really like your attitude. I don't get the other girls either. Why waste money or something overpriced that you can do yourself, or as you put it, something you can reward yourself with by learning a new skill.
Either way, if you haven't gotten it to work yet I can basically walk you trough it step by step if you want me to. What mobo did you get?
| Nice to know your decision has made it possible for you to post from your newly built personal computer.
| >>969096 some people can have their day upside down, I can see that this is not a place filled with people that are often living very joyful times.
In any case I don't mind more feedbacks, so sure why not, let me pour first items of interest, mobo is a MSI PRO B660M-A WIFI DDR4 and cpu is a i5-12400f, these two have a very confused overview when checking their compatibility, but I'm hold the right cpu that doesn't need the bios update.
| I had many issues with the picks but I've figure out it'd have been better to just stick with my decision instead of keep rerolling. Definitely could've gone cheaper for my first attempts, the reason behind it is actually quite the long story...
| I don't know if you've tried it yet but switching the displayport/HDMI port from the mobo to the GPU or vice versa will probably do the trick.
If that doesn't work try resetting the bios. There are multiple ways to achieve this:
https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/msi-pro-b660-no-ez-debug-led-no-display.3774026/
| Have you checked to ensure your RAM is seated correctly and in the right slots?
| >>969340 >switching the displayport/HDMI port from...
I have no idea what does that mean, I can only say I've plugged every port on my case's back at least one after checkin the gpu's ones
| >resetting bios
I'm trying to short 2pins after giving my mobo some power and then turning off, unplugging psu cables and then make the little shock between the two. It's awkward hoping to archive something by keep pressing the power button without psu. Also I don't seems to notice a litium battery on my mobo.
| >>969408
That is correct.
>>969406
My bad. I'm not exactly the greatest at expressing myself. I simply meant that you should try connecting the monitor to the GPU if you haven't done so already.
>>969407
The battery is hidden here:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?attachments/cmos-jpg.158898/
| By the way, did you try plugging in the 4-pin connector(2x2) from the psu to the motherboard?
In general it shouldn't be needed but if your system won't boot or doesn't run stable you should consider plugging into that extra cable or upgrading your PSU. Which PSU did you get again?
| I'll be on it again tomorrow, and check the stuff better on that day. awww
psu is a corsair rm750x (2021) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX (that's long), definitely should be enough to even overkilling it in a good sense.
I don't seems to really own the 2x2 cables amoung the given cables that comes with it. (not soo sure)
don't mind buying tho, just depends to deliver timings.
| Take everything out of your case, assemble it and try turning it on. Maybe it's a short to the case.
| Alright, I've tried these: power pc, turn off, unplug battery, unplug psu cables and power for psu, try to interact with it by shorting the little duo down in the angle gave them 20sec, did 3 long pressing with the power button around 40-50 sec.
I'm gonna rest a little take it out the case, test just a turn on, and do all the previous stuff again and then I'll start the full dissambling steps and reassembling more carefully.
| and for extra the 2x2 it's not something I do own
| as expexted tinkering is quite the fun, hopefully I'm not giving you hard time by being able to update only after long drags since I'm not living in a very free schedule.
| I've managed to finish the homeworks, did all my list and make some test with single ram and got figured that my cpu does heats up if I leave it naked(probably doesn't matter).
Now I thinking of leaving it on its own on for few hours.
| also I'ce managed to make a little wound and lose blood. A funny memento for tbe day
| When I'll go to the bed I'll need to put it into the case again...
| cpu overheating? did you apply the thermal paste incorrectly or?
| This is as painful as reading one of those self-diagnose post on old forums. The poster is obviously dying but he just refuses to seek medical help.
Nigga, just go to computer repair store. When you said that you don't have much free time, did you step back and look at how many hours you have wasted "having fun" turning your PC on? If you still find it fun after a week of not being able to use PC which component you've paid for, you are either a cuck or a maso.
| yay more guests in my thread, >>969783 I did had termal but as I assemble and disassemboe it, it worn off. No much reason to bother keep reapplying it each times. ÒvÓ
The no cooler testing lasted just very few seconds, I'm not really into taking risks for no reason >.>
>>969786 I'd say that burning stuffs and make things explode sound kinda fun.
but this one >>969843 is truly a degenerated, I like that but some partners don't like that much of aggressivity.
| Lmao dude did you peel the cpu sticker off
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| So I've assumed I shitted it since my pc is not turning on. Like no display with fans on tho, so it's chilling I guess.
What are my odds of damaging the mothervoard or cpu as beginner into not working? Since I remember of having bullied them the most while assembling...