So I'm not quit finished with my second build but I needed to take a step away and do something else. Blogging is the answer. As I'm going at my second attempt to build a PC I've done a few things a bit backwards. So in order to prevent that from happening again I'm going to list the things I (or anyone) should remeber to do, or not, in order for the next build to go even smoother.
1) So I don't have to look back through months, or even years, of facebook statuses to find the answer to: What are the basic items I should see work first before I put the whole thing together and realize it's a fail?
-Motherboard
-CPU
-RAM
-Power Supply
Hook these items up, connect to the power button on the case and see if they work. (The fans will start spinning and the post lights will come on.) At this point you have a smaller window of what possibly could be wrong if say the lights don't come on, or a fan doesn't work, or there's no power period.
2) The motherboard comes with the screen for all the different plugs on the back of a CPU. Snap that baby into place first. It's difficult, if not impossible, to do while the motherboard is screwed down.
3) Figure out where your putting your hardware and snap out the appropriate brackets, again, before you put the motherboard in.
Today I've screwed and unscrewed the motherboard three times 'cause I keep forgetting these things. Hopefully this post will keep that from happening in the future.
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