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merkerguitars · 02-10-2004, 10:13 AM

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Ok to start clearing off a spot to work on, here I have cleaned off my kitchen table.

Here I have all my parts That I need, 300watt case, AMD XP 2400 Processor, Western Digital 80gb 8mb buffer Hard Drive, Geforce4MX440 Video Card, Keyboard, Benq 17" LCD Monitor, Optical Mouse, Lite-On CDRW-DVD Combo Drive, Mitsumi Floppy drive, Gigabyte 7VT600L mobo, Speakers, 512mb PC3200 DDR

Now is time to get the motherboard ready to put in the case...you need the memory, CPU, Heatsink, and motherboard.

Take the motherboard out of it's packing and lay it on the table...

Now is the time to get the processor and motherboard out of it's package.

Now lift the lever for the processor socket straight up to a 90 degree angle.

Now line up the pins and drop the processor in...you shouldn't have to force it.

Now lower the lever for the heatsink.

Now your ready to put the heatsink on...first look at the CPU and the socket and look at how it lines up.

Now put the heatsink on from the top...don't put it on at an angle!

Now slide the one clip over the edge.

Now take a screw drive and clip the otherside (it will take some force...but don't be scared)

Now it's time to put the memory in....line up the notchs and release the white tabs and push it in till it "clicks"

This is what properly installed memory looks like

Ok this motherboard is all ready...has the heatsink, processor and memory installed.

Ok now get the case out of the box.

Now take off both sides....

Now remove all the metal that you don't need and install the back plate...sorry i don't have pics...forgot to take that one

Now check the mobo and the case and see if you have to install standoff...if so install them now.

Now gently lower the motherboard into the case....

Secure the motherboard by putting the screws in.

Now hook up the switches, leds, and front usb ports if you got them

Now put in the video card.....just push it in and make sure it's seated firmly.

Now seat all the jumpers for all your drives.....

Mount them in the case and then hook up the CD-ROM audio cable.

Hook up all the ide cables...usually they are keyed so you can't install them upside down...

Now plug the cables into the motherboard.

Hook up power to the board...this connector will only fit one way...

Now plug in power for all your drives.....

Double check everything...slap the sides on it....check for other mobo jumper settings and you should be ready...

And now we have the finished project.

Lasereth · 02-10-2004, 10:18 AM

Good post! I assume by standoffs you mean motherboard risers. Took me a minute to figure out what a standoff was.

Maybe they're called standoffs, but around here everyone refers to them as risers. Oh well, still a great guide!

-Lasereth

flamingpeach · 02-10-2004, 11:40 AM

Where's the thermal paste?

Crack · 02-10-2004, 11:43 AM

Great post, except next time, try not to lift the Mobo by the CPU Fan, you wouldn't want any unwanted friction or movement between the heatsink and the CPU...

other than that great guide!

bltzkriegmcanon · 02-10-2004, 11:59 AM

nice guide, a good display of how to do everything necessary to set up a new computer, minus installing an OS, but then, that might be considered warez if you showed an illegal install. All in all, pretty helpful.

SonicRL · 02-10-2004, 12:03 PM

Very Nice guide... this will clearly help me out later when I am going to build a computer. I just need to find cheap and good parts ^_~

Lasereth · 02-10-2004, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by flamingpeach
Where's the thermal paste?

The heatsink he has in this example has a thermal pad on it which will work fine unless you're gonna overclock.

-Lasereth

shakran · 02-10-2004, 12:34 PM

you forgot the most important step - ground yourself in some way, especially in the winter (dry air) and especially on carpet or if you're wearing clothes that can produce static electricity. One little spark can wreck your whole day. What I generally do is plug the power supply into the wall and then touch the case every time I move. Plugging it in grounds it, and that will dissipate the static electricity.

Also we should mention to be VERY careful when securing the heatsink clip to the CPU with the screwdriver. It's very easy to slip, especially on older heatsink designs which did not have that nice plastic guard but which instead just had a plastic hook you pressed on with the screw driver. It takes so much force to put that thing on that one slip can wreck your mobo.

We should also mention the importance of a good cooling scheme. I've seen lots of people just slap fans in their case without paying any attention to which way they're blowing. The proper way to vent a case is to suck air in from the front bottom and blow it out the top rear. The PSU usually takes care of the blowing it out part. You'll want one or two (sometimes more depending on what you're running) fans up front to suck in the air. These days, a sidemount fan never hurts either - I won't buy a case without it at this point.

propaganda · 02-10-2004, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by shakran
Also we should mention to be VERY careful when securing the heatsink clip to the CPU with the screwdriver. It's very easy to slip, especially on older heatsink designs which did not have that nice plastic guard but which instead just had a plastic hook you pressed on with the screw driver. It takes so much force to put that thing on that one slip can wreck your mobo.

>.< One of the reasons I don't trust myself with building a system yet. It is a very informative guide nonetheless. Thanks

Latch · 02-10-2004, 12:59 PM

Very nice guide. Well done!

ToolBag · 02-10-2004, 02:00 PM

awesome guide, I recently installed the AMD 2500 and heatsink, that was hell putting that thing on. I was scared shitless that I was going to hit the board.

Silvy · 02-10-2004, 11:51 PM

Very neat guide you have here...
But I don't understand why you put the cpu on the motherboard before you install it in the case.
Sure, it is more accessible there, but it's more steady when you've got the MB installed in the case.
Plus, I'd be afraid my cpu would break. Don't get me wrong, about every system I build, I still endup holding the MB by the cpu, like in your foto's, but I'd advise against it.

crackprogram also mentioned this....

yakimushi · 02-11-2004, 10:31 AM

Very nice. I propose a sticky on this one.

merkerguitars · 02-11-2004, 10:33 AM

Yeah I made some errors...yeah don't lift the mobo by the heatsink..the only way i could do it while taking a pic....i'll constantly improve it so that its more accurate...Thank you for the comments

-Ever- · 02-11-2004, 05:42 PM

---Don't forget to put in spacers between the computer case and the mobo. I've shorted out two boards that way

---

goddfather40 · 02-11-2004, 05:45 PM

Hehe, I have the same case, but in white. Good job with the tutorial.

powerclown · 02-11-2004, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Don't forget to put in spacers between the computer case and the mobo. I've shorted out two boards that way

Was also going to mention this. I did it the dumb way and installed the mobo *before* I added the processor/heatsink/ram because it was my first time and I was pre-occupied with getting the board to fit in the case correctly. And I also installed the power supply first thing.

Nice job & pics!

Frowning Budah · 02-11-2004, 06:52 PM

Excellent post. Makes me re-consider my options. What are we talking in regards to time?

Oh don't forget the static line.

santafe5000 · 02-11-2004, 07:23 PM

Wonderful series. I have always wanted to see how you guys built your own. I just buy ready made. How much time did it actually take to assemble it all?

Lasereth · 02-11-2004, 07:31 PM

It usually takes me about 45 minutes, but the first time I did it it took about 3 hours. It's not hard at all. There's just a bunch of little annoyances that can make the computer work or not work, and you have to know about all of them if you wanna have a flawless build.

-Lasereth

merkerguitars · 02-12-2004, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by -Ever-
---Don't forget to put in spacers between the computer case and the mobo. I've shorted out two boards that way ---

Standoffs, risers....all the same things...I did mention those. Usually a basic computer can take me about 20 minutes to fully assemble.

SiN · 02-12-2004, 08:42 AM

I would suggest some of these:

Lasereth · 02-12-2004, 10:03 AM

Those tieraps work wonders if you're gonna leave your PC as-is for a long time, but hardware dorks that take out their parts (hard drives, RAM, videocard, etc.) frequently will have to cut them out everytime. If you know that you're not gonna change out the parts anytime soon, they're perfect for the job. They improve airflow considerably.

I also give a highest recommendation to rounded IDE cables:

They're much neater and they improve airflow even more, especially when upgrading from:

-Lasereth

SiN · 02-12-2004, 03:42 PM

mhm...me and the bf, even tho not always planned, move computer parts around/rebuild/etc fairly often.

we've got a clipper thingy, and a bag of about 500 of them ties.

works fine, for general cables around the computers/house too.

(bf works at a puter co. and occasionally has to build computers. so he's quite anal about the cabling inside

)

VF19 · 02-12-2004, 05:22 PM

Great guide.. wish I had it when I built mine.
Took me 3 hours as well. About 2 of those hours were with the CPU fan. On the carpet. During winter. And I hadn't put the board in the case. Talk about lucky...

nothingx · 02-12-2004, 08:17 PM

Quote:

you forgot the most important step - ground yourself in some way, especially in the winter (dry air) and especially on carpet or if you're wearing clothes that can produce static electricity. One little spark can wreck your whole day. What I generally do is plug the power supply into the wall and then touch the case every time I move. Plugging it in grounds it, and that will dissipate the static electricity.

Damn, beat me to it.

Yeah, I can't emphisize this one enough. Every year, as part of my job, I have to go through ESD (electro-static discharge) certifications. Even a static discharge so small you can't even feel it is enough to completely destroy electronic circuits, or significantly weaken them. The biggest problem is that you probably won't even notice that something has been fried until several weeks or months later when you start seeing random crashes or other quirkiness. If you are doing this kind of thing in the winter, I really suggest you use an ESD bracelet. Its just a piece of elastic that holds a metal contact to your wrist... a wire runs from the contact to an aligator clip which is attached to a ground. You could make one pretty easily, but if you do this kind of thing often, it would be well worth the investment.

Redjake · 02-13-2004, 05:39 AM

They are cheap anyway. Mine was 7 bucks.

I'd also like to mention it's considerably harder than most think to shock your electronic components. I've worked with computers for years, and I've never shocked a component. I work on carpet, during the winter too. But I guess to be on the safe side you can "jack in" to your chassis.

nothingx · 02-13-2004, 02:27 PM

Quote:

I've never shocked a component

... that you know about. Like you said, better safe than sorry.

Corneo · 02-13-2004, 07:39 PM

I though all you had to do was just keep touching the chasis of the case. That's how I did it. Then again, I have never build a computer from scratch.

02-10-2004, 10:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
merkerguitars Buffering......... Location: Wisconsin...	How to make a computer with pics! This post was generated by The Titty Board Post Generator Ok to start clearing off a spot to work on, here I have cleaned off my kitchen table. Here I have all my parts That I need, 300watt case, AMD XP 2400 Processor, Western Digital 80gb 8mb buffer Hard Drive, Geforce4MX440 Video Card, Keyboard, Benq 17" LCD Monitor, Optical Mouse, Lite-On CDRW-DVD Combo Drive, Mitsumi Floppy drive, Gigabyte 7VT600L mobo, Speakers, 512mb PC3200 DDR Now is time to get the motherboard ready to put in the case...you need the memory, CPU, Heatsink, and motherboard. Take the motherboard out of it's packing and lay it on the table... Now is the time to get the processor and motherboard out of it's package. Now lift the lever for the processor socket straight up to a 90 degree angle. Now line up the pins and drop the processor in...you shouldn't have to force it. Now lower the lever for the heatsink. Now your ready to put the heatsink on...first look at the CPU and the socket and look at how it lines up. Now put the heatsink on from the top...don't put it on at an angle! Now slide the one clip over the edge. Now take a screw drive and clip the otherside (it will take some force...but don't be scared) Now it's time to put the memory in....line up the notchs and release the white tabs and push it in till it "clicks" This is what properly installed memory looks like Ok this motherboard is all ready...has the heatsink, processor and memory installed. Ok now get the case out of the box. Now take off both sides.... Now remove all the metal that you don't need and install the back plate...sorry i don't have pics...forgot to take that one Now check the mobo and the case and see if you have to install standoff...if so install them now. Now gently lower the motherboard into the case.... Secure the motherboard by putting the screws in. Now hook up the switches, leds, and front usb ports if you got them Now put in the video card.....just push it in and make sure it's seated firmly. Now seat all the jumpers for all your drives..... Mount them in the case and then hook up the CD-ROM audio cable. Hook up all the ide cables...usually they are keyed so you can't install them upside down... Now plug the cables into the motherboard. Hook up power to the board...this connector will only fit one way... Now plug in power for all your drives..... Double check everything...slap the sides on it....check for other mobo jumper settings and you should be ready... And now we have the finished project. __________________ Donate now! Ask me How! Please use the search function it is your friend. Look at my mustang please feel free to comment! http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=26985

02-10-2004, 10:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
Lasereth Knight of the Old Republic Location: Winston-Salem, NC	Good post! I assume by standoffs you mean motherboard risers. Took me a minute to figure out what a standoff was. Maybe they're called standoffs, but around here everyone refers to them as risers. Oh well, still a great guide! -Lasereth __________________ "A Darwinian attacks his theory, seeking to find flaws. An ID believer defends his theory, seeking to conceal flaws." -Roger Ebert

02-10-2004, 11:40 AM	#3 (permalink)
flamingpeach hip mama Location: redmond, washington	Where's the thermal paste? __________________ I've eaten my veggies all my life so bring it on, I am educated and strong for the revolution.

02-10-2004, 11:43 AM	#4 (permalink)
Crack Misanthropic Location: Ohio! yay!	Great post, except next time, try not to lift the Mobo by the CPU Fan, you wouldn't want any unwanted friction or movement between the heatsink and the CPU... other than that great guide! __________________ Crack, you and I are long overdue for a vicious bout of mansex. ~Halx

02-10-2004, 11:59 AM	#5 (permalink)
bltzkriegmcanon Holy Knight of The Alliance Location: Stormwind, The Eastern Kingdoms, Azeroth	nice guide, a good display of how to do everything necessary to set up a new computer, minus installing an OS, but then, that might be considered warez if you showed an illegal install. All in all, pretty helpful. __________________ What do you say to one last showdown? - Ocelot, Metal Gear Solid 3 The password is "Who are the Patriots?" and "La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo." "La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo." Gotcha. - The Colonel and Snake, Metal Gear Solid 3

02-10-2004, 12:03 PM	#6 (permalink)
SonicRL Insane	Very Nice guide... this will clearly help me out later when I am going to build a computer. I just need to find cheap and good parts ^_~ __________________

02-10-2004, 12:34 PM	#8 (permalink)
shakran Tone.	you forgot the most important step - ground yourself in some way, especially in the winter (dry air) and especially on carpet or if you're wearing clothes that can produce static electricity. One little spark can wreck your whole day. What I generally do is plug the power supply into the wall and then touch the case every time I move. Plugging it in grounds it, and that will dissipate the static electricity. Also we should mention to be VERY careful when securing the heatsink clip to the CPU with the screwdriver. It's very easy to slip, especially on older heatsink designs which did not have that nice plastic guard but which instead just had a plastic hook you pressed on with the screw driver. It takes so much force to put that thing on that one slip can wreck your mobo. We should also mention the importance of a good cooling scheme. I've seen lots of people just slap fans in their case without paying any attention to which way they're blowing. The proper way to vent a case is to suck air in from the front bottom and blow it out the top rear. The PSU usually takes care of the blowing it out part. You'll want one or two (sometimes more depending on what you're running) fans up front to suck in the air. These days, a sidemount fan never hurts either - I won't buy a case without it at this point.

02-10-2004, 12:59 PM	#10 (permalink)
Latch In Your Dreams Location: City of Lights	Very nice guide. Well done!

02-10-2004, 02:00 PM	#11 (permalink)
ToolBag Insane Location: Chicago	awesome guide, I recently installed the AMD 2500 and heatsink, that was hell putting that thing on. I was scared shitless that I was going to hit the board. __________________ Jesus was a ruffies victim! Dan 3:20

02-10-2004, 11:51 PM	#12 (permalink)
Silvy paranoid Location: The Netherlands	Very neat guide you have here... But I don't understand why you put the cpu on the motherboard before you install it in the case. Sure, it is more accessible there, but it's more steady when you've got the MB installed in the case. Plus, I'd be afraid my cpu would break. Don't get me wrong, about every system I build, I still endup holding the MB by the cpu, like in your foto's, but I'd advise against it. crackprogram also mentioned this.... __________________ "Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. " - Murphy MacManus (Boondock Saints)

02-11-2004, 10:31 AM	#13 (permalink)
yakimushi Addict	Very nice. I propose a sticky on this one.

02-11-2004, 10:33 AM	#14 (permalink)
merkerguitars Buffering......... Location: Wisconsin...	Yeah I made some errors...yeah don't lift the mobo by the heatsink..the only way i could do it while taking a pic....i'll constantly improve it so that its more accurate...Thank you for the comments __________________ Donate now! Ask me How! Please use the search function it is your friend. Look at my mustang please feel free to comment! http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=26985

02-11-2004, 05:42 PM	#15 (permalink)
-Ever- Junkie Location: San Francisco	---Don't forget to put in spacers between the computer case and the mobo. I've shorted out two boards that way --- __________________ Embracing the goddess energy within yourselves will bring all of you to a new understanding and valuing of life. A vision that inspires you to live and love on planet Earth. Like a priceless jewel buried in dark layers of soil and stone, Earth radiates her brilliant beauty into the caverns of space and time. Perhaps you are aware of those who watch over your home And experience of this place to visit and play with reality. You are becoming aware of yourself as a gamemaster... --Acknowledge your weaknesses--

02-11-2004, 05:45 PM	#16 (permalink)
goddfather40 Llama Location: Cali-for-nye-a	Hehe, I have the same case, but in white. Good job with the tutorial. __________________ My name is goddfather40 and I approved this message. I got ho's and I got bitches, In C++ I branch with switches -MC Plus+

02-11-2004, 06:52 PM	#18 (permalink)
Frowning Budah Slave of Fear	Excellent post. Makes me re-consider my options. What are we talking in regards to time? Oh don't forget the static line.

02-12-2004, 08:42 AM	#22 (permalink)
SiN strangelove Location: ...more here than there...	I would suggest some of these: __________________ - + - ° GiRLie GeeK ° - + - ° 01110010011011110110111101110100001000000110110101100101 Therell be days/When Ill stray/I may appear to be/Constantly out of reach/I give in to sin/Because I like to practise what I preach

02-11-2004, 07:23 PM	#19 (permalink)
santafe5000 EVIL! Location: Southwest of nowhere	Wonderful series. I have always wanted to see how you guys built your own. I just buy ready made. How much time did it actually take to assemble it all? __________________ When all else fails, QUIT.

02-11-2004, 07:31 PM	#20 (permalink)
Lasereth Knight of the Old Republic Location: Winston-Salem, NC	It usually takes me about 45 minutes, but the first time I did it it took about 3 hours. It's not hard at all. There's just a bunch of little annoyances that can make the computer work or not work, and you have to know about all of them if you wanna have a flawless build. -Lasereth __________________ "A Darwinian attacks his theory, seeking to find flaws. An ID believer defends his theory, seeking to conceal flaws." -Roger Ebert

02-12-2004, 10:03 AM	#23 (permalink)
Lasereth Knight of the Old Republic Location: Winston-Salem, NC	Those tieraps work wonders if you're gonna leave your PC as-is for a long time, but hardware dorks that take out their parts (hard drives, RAM, videocard, etc.) frequently will have to cut them out everytime. If you know that you're not gonna change out the parts anytime soon, they're perfect for the job. They improve airflow considerably. I also give a highest recommendation to rounded IDE cables: They're much neater and they improve airflow even more, especially when upgrading from: -Lasereth __________________ "A Darwinian attacks his theory, seeking to find flaws. An ID believer defends his theory, seeking to conceal flaws." -Roger Ebert

02-12-2004, 03:42 PM	#24 (permalink)
SiN strangelove Location: ...more here than there...	mhm...me and the bf, even tho not always planned, move computer parts around/rebuild/etc fairly often. we've got a clipper thingy, and a bag of about 500 of them ties. works fine, for general cables around the computers/house too. (bf works at a puter co. and occasionally has to build computers. so he's quite anal about the cabling inside ) __________________ - + - ° GiRLie GeeK ° - + - ° 01110010011011110110111101110100001000000110110101100101 Therell be days/When Ill stray/I may appear to be/Constantly out of reach/I give in to sin/Because I like to practise what I preach

02-12-2004, 05:22 PM	#25 (permalink)
VF19 Banned Location: back to my old location	Great guide.. wish I had it when I built mine. Took me 3 hours as well. About 2 of those hours were with the CPU fan. On the carpet. During winter. And I hadn't put the board in the case. Talk about lucky...

02-13-2004, 05:39 AM	#27 (permalink)
Redjake I'm a family man - I run a family business. Location: Wilson, NC	They are cheap anyway. Mine was 7 bucks. I'd also like to mention it's considerably harder than most think to shock your electronic components. I've worked with computers for years, and I've never shocked a component. I work on carpet, during the winter too. But I guess to be on the safe side you can "jack in" to your chassis. __________________ Off the record, on the q.t., and very hush-hush.

02-13-2004, 07:39 PM	#29 (permalink)
Corneo Insane	I though all you had to do was just keep touching the chasis of the case. That's how I did it. Then again, I have never build a computer from scratch.