The Computer Megathread

[KoopaScooper]

Enter the BIOS and set the primary video device to Off-board or Auto. It should already have been set to Auto, so plug the monitor into the video card.

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[Axolotl2]

Nobody answered this.

What would you suggest?

[MackTheHunter]

^^ there is your problem

hurhurhur

I know thats not helpful.  

IcyGamma I didn't know you had a BitFenix Prodigy

Props to you that's the neatest case I've seen all year

[lcyGamma]

IcyGamma I didn't know you had a BitFenix Prodigy

Props to you that's the neatest case I've seen all year

^_^

I'm a mini-itx nut and I fell in love with the case instantly. Probably influenced by the Mac side of me as well, it resembles a Mac Pro somewhat.

I noticed you posted a photo of a white one. My build is far more humble, certainly no water cooling.

Can't wait to put it together. o3o

[Nikki]

Enter the BIOS and set the primary video device to Off-board or Auto. It should already have been set to Auto, so plug the monitor into the video card.

how do i enter the bios?

[KoopaScooper]

how do i enter the bios?

While it's running a POST, push either F2 or Delete.
If you have a monitor hooked up it should display which key.

[Nikki]

While it's running a POST, push either F2 or Delete.
If you have a monitor hooked up it should display which key.

OK i'm in
what do i change

[KoopaScooper]

primary video device

It should already have been set to Auto, so plug the monitor into the video card.

[Nikki]

ok i made PCI-E the primary
here are the connections i've made:
VGA from Monitor to Mobo
DVI from GPU to Monitor

the power situation with the GPU is weird
my PSU has 6pin power cables but theres a little cable connected next to the 6pin which is 2pin
so i figured this was a way to have one cable for 6pin and 8pin


When I reset after making the PCI-E slot primary, nothing changed. The GPU fans still aren't spinning, and the POST beeped once
EDIT: i reset again, the POST beeped only initially

[Axolotl2]

Nobody answered this.

I'll go with the EVO. Remember that I might just overclock it a tiny bit.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ukjN

[Nikki]

the POST beeps are back up to two again

[lcyGamma]

I'll go with the EVO. Remember that I might just overclock it a tiny bit.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ukjN

Good choice, I've seen really good reviews of that. Ticks the boxes for great performance and quality at a good price (apparently).

[KoopaScooper]

the POST beeps are back up to two again

Plug everything in and see if it completes the POST successfully.

[Nikki]

Plug everything in and see if it completes the POST successfully.

my dad forgeted with some cable and it started working. apparently it was very loose or something.

[Isjix]

I am running windows 7 64-bit and it knows that I have 8GB of ram but its using only 3.99gb
how do I fix this? I went into msconfig and went into boot > advanced and system mem was unchecked. I googled this and found nothing helpful