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bicostp:
--- Quote from: Caleb on 03 Nov 2011, 14:33 ---In fact I don't really know what the cables that came with the motherboard are actually. I know I got at least one SATA cable.
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NewEgg usually puts a picture of the motherboard and all its accessories in with the product images. You bought a decent motherboard, so it should come with three or four. Even the cheap boards come with one or two.
--- Quote ---I am going to touch the heater before I work and use the wrist strap thing connected to the bare metal of the computer case. To avoid Static shock. I am also going to wear 100% cotton and not wear any socks when I am working on it.
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The only time I ever used a grounding strap was for a hardware maintenance course. Periodically touching the case or the power supply body is more than enough to be safe unless you're intentionally creating static. Just don't touch the edge connector on your RAM or the bottom of your processor and you'll be fine. (Those parts are especially sensitive to static, and it's probably not good in the long run to get skin oils on those contacts.)
Don't worry about mixing your connectors up; everything is keyed or designed so you can't plug something in backwards where it doesn't belong unless you try really hard. :-D
Caleb:
The motherboard did come with 4 cables but I am not sure what sort of cables they are. From the newegg webpage only one of them was labeled as a SATA cable.
It's better to put the CPU and the CPU fan into the motherboard before I install the motherboard right?
I am just assuming that it would be easier
pwhodges you have to understand that if static damage only happens to like 1 out 1000 people who work on their computers than I am that guy.
This is just how my life is and I have learned to expect it. Thus I am going to be wearing nothing but cotton boxers and undershirt when I work on this thing and use a static strap thing.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: Caleb on 04 Nov 2011, 12:20 ---It's better to put the CPU and the CPU fan into the motherboard before I install the motherboard right?
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Certainly. The cpu fits in snugly with no effort, but the heatsink fixings may require some careful force.
--- Quote ---pwhodges you have to understand that if static damage only happens to like 1 out 1000 people who work on their computers than I am that guy. ...I am going to be wearing nothing but cotton boxers and undershirt...
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:-) Your solution would not, however, have been acceptable for me, working in an office...
Caleb:
Dammit.
Everything was put together correctly and everything worked.
But now I am getting what seems to be coil whine whenever the video card kicks in when I tried to play Starcraft. Like REALLY loud electronic buzzing that changes pitch as the stuff on the screen changes. It's incredibly annoying and there is no way I can deal with it.
It's not the fan noise since I tested the fans up to 100% and they were quiet compared to this buzzing.
That means the PSU is not working with the video card I guess? So that means I can try replacing either or both.
Or it might even be the CPU when it's working hard. I have no clue.
I might put my old video card in the new computer and see if I get the same noise.
I am going to contact the costumer support of the video card tomorrow and see if they have anything to say.
Caleb:
I took the video card out and there is a quiet little whine now.
So is there anyway I can test my motherboard to see if it's the part that is whining and not the graphics card?
I tried to pinpoint the noise and I am pretty sure it's the graphics card. So hopefully I can just replace that.
I mean coil whine means loose coils so if I get another graphics card than it will probably be OK?
I dunno. Now I am thinking about replacing the PSU.
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