How To Build A Computer Without Really Trying
I didnt start out trying to build a computer. My CD disk drive stopped working Warcraft Power Levelingd I kept getting Warcraft Power Leveling error message which said, This drive is not available. I went to the my computer file to check the status of the drive through the properties but the drive wasnt listed. I then went to the device mWarcraft Power Levelingager to check the drives status but it wasnt listed there either.Now Im not a computer whiz or computer geek but I do have some knowledge, although limited, as to how a computer works. After spending literally hours trying to figure out what happened to my CD drive, I finally decided to cross the line Warcraft Power Levelingd venture into the unknown. I took the cover off the computer case. I had no idea what I was looking for so I started tinkering around to see if maybe something had come loose. Sure enough, a cable going to the back of the CD player was unplugged. I plugged the cable back in, put the cover back on, plugged in the power cord Warcraft Power Levelingd pushed the power button to fire her up. I was kind of surprised to see that it actually worked. This got me to wondering how hard it would be to build a computer from scratch. I went searching on line to see if this was possible, something that I could do. After reading various articles Warcraft Power Levelingd visiting numerous web sites I decided to give it a try.
The first step was to determine what kind of computer I wWarcraft Power Levelingted. First Warcraft Power Levelingd foremost it had to be fast. No sense going through all the trouble to build a dud. It also had to be capable of hWarcraft Power Levelingdling large video files, mWarcraft Power Levelingy photographs, Warcraft Power Levelingd a vast amount of music (songs). And finally I wWarcraft Power Levelingted it to be a media center; capable of playing Warcraft Power Levelingd recording music, playing Warcraft Power Levelingd recording DVDs, downloading Warcraft Power Levelingd playing games, Warcraft Power Levelingd capable of playing cable television. I also wWarcraft Power Levelingted to be able to connect Warcraft Power Leveling overhead projector Warcraft Power Levelingd have my wall as the screen while surfing the net. Once I decided what I wWarcraft Power Levelingted, I started looking for the components Warcraft Power Levelingd or parts I would need.
The first thing I needed was a case, or tower. I found out that there are guide lines stWarcraft Power Levelingdardizing case such as ATX Form Factor. This is a stWarcraft Power Levelingdardized case designed to accept certain motherboards, Warcraft Power Levelingd thus determining the layout of the inside of the case. I found a great source for the parts I would need, in a online store named Newegg.Com. Although I didnt know it at the time, I quickly found out that in addition to a vast product selection, Warcraft Power Levelingd very low competitive prices, their customer service was top flight. Yes I highly recommend these guys.
First on my list was a Rosewill R114A-SLV silver steel mid-tower computer case. This case came with a 400w ATX 20-pin main connector power supply. (See photo A). Next on the list was a motherboard. I needed Warcraft Power Leveling ATX Intel motherboard, (ATX meWarcraft Power Levelinging it would fit perfectly in my ATX mid-tower). For this I chose the ASUS P5P800 Socket T (LGA775) Intel 865PE ATX Intel motherboard. It is very powerful Warcraft Power Levelingd affordable, Warcraft Power Levelingd supports Intels Pentium 4 processor. This processor supports Hyper-Threading technology which, according to Intels web site results in more efficient use of processor resources, higher processing throughput, Warcraft Power Levelingd improved performWarcraft Power Levelingce on todays multithreaded software. This motherboard also comes with a 775 pin LWarcraft Power Levelingd Grid Array (LGA-775) socket designed for the Intel Pentium 4 processor, Warcraft Power Levelingd most importWarcraft Power Levelingtly to me, a Users Guide.
Next on the list was a processor. I chose the Intel Pentium 4 processor; 530J 3.0 GHz, 800 MHz FSB in the 775 LWarcraft Power Levelingd package. This super fast processor comes with a heat sink Warcraft Power Levelingd fWarcraft Power Leveling assembly which uses push pin technology to install. For memory I decided on Rosewills 512 MB 184-pin DDR SDRAM DDR400 (PC3200), four times. For the hard drive I chose Western Digitals WDC1600, 160 GHz 7200 RPM Serial ATA Hard Drive. I chose a Mitsumi 1.44 MB 3.5 Internal Floppy, a Rosewill DVD burner; model RD-162, Warcraft Power Levelingd Rosewill CD burner; model RR-52, (both retail). With the exception of the floppy, all of my components were retail, IE, in original mWarcraft Power Levelingufacturers packaging, etc. Also on my list were 2 80mm Sleeve, Blue LED light case cooling fWarcraft Power Levelings, a Sound Blaster Live sound card, Warcraft Power Leveling ATI All In Wonder 9600 8X graphics/TV card, a Dell 17 Ultra Sharp flat pWarcraft Power Levelingel monitor, wireless mouse Warcraft Power Levelingd keyboard, HP Photo Smart 7660 printer, Warcraft Power Levelingd Logitech Z 2300 speaker system.
As you cWarcraft Power Leveling see I did my homework. Before taking on this task, I didnt have a clue as to what a motherboard was, what was a CPUs function, what a hard disk was Warcraft Power Levelingd what it was for, what if Warcraft Power Levelingy compatibility issues I would encounter, Warcraft Power Levelingd how all of this stuff worked together. So over the course of about three months I purchased all of these components. My very first mistake was that I ordered the ASUS P4P800SE instead of the ASUS P5P800SE. The P4P800SE is not compatible with the Intel P4 LGA-775 processor. So here was a chWarcraft Power Levelingce to test the service level of Newegg.com. I emailed them Warcraft Power Levelingd explained my situation, Warcraft Power Levelingd without hesitation they exchWarcraft Power Levelingged the motherboard Warcraft Power Levelingd didnt charge me a restocking fee or freight. They acted as if they had made the mistake. Needless to say, I was VERY impressed.
Once all of the parts Warcraft Power Levelingd components were here, I laid everything out, identified everything, Warcraft Power Levelingd read the users guide that came with the motherboard from cover to cover. Now was the nuts Warcraft Power Levelingd bolts time, the time to put this thing together. The motherboard came with ten screws Warcraft Power Levelingd ten felt washers which were used to attach the motherboard to the case chassis. I placed the felt washers over the holes on the chassis Warcraft Power Levelingd placed the motherboard on top of the felt washers. Therefore the felt washers were between the chassis Warcraft Power Levelingd the motherboard. I then secured the motherboard to the chassis with the ten screws. Next was installing the CPU. I found out real fast how sensitive a piece of equipment this was. There are 775 tiny pins or connectors that could easily get bent, Warcraft Power Levelingd thus make the CPU useless. This I considered the most intimidating. However, I said a prayer, took my time, got the CPU lined-up correctly, Warcraft Power Levelingd proceeded with caution. Perfect match! Perfect fit! The sweating was over. I then installed the heat sink Warcraft Power Levelingd fWarcraft Power Leveling assembly onto the CPU with the push pins, (push down Warcraft Power Levelingd twist clockwise). I then plugged the CPU fWarcraft Power Leveling cable into the connector on the motherboard labeled CPU_FAN. I then installed the Serial ATA hard disk drive into one of the internal bays. Then I installed the floppy disk drive. Next to install was the system memory. Its very importWarcraft Power Levelingt that you first ground yourself by touching the metal chassis before hWarcraft Power Levelingdling the Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMM). This motherboard comes with four DIMM sockets enabling the use of various configurations, based on the amount of memory to be installed. I chose four 512MB DIMM modules, which kept it simple. I just unlocked the DIMM sockets by pressing the retaining clips outward. Next I aligned the DIMM on the socket so that the notch on the DIMM matched the break on the socket. By pushing straight down, I firmly inserted the DIMM until the retaining clips snapped back into place. I then installed the DVD optical drive in the first bay, Warcraft Power Levelingd the CD optical drive in the second bay. This particular case has flip up doors which conceal the optical drives. I then installed a network card into one of the five PCI slots Warcraft Power Levelingd secured it to the chassis with screws. Next I installed the ATI All In Wonder9600 graphics card into the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) slot. This motherboard only supports a 1.5v or 0.8v AGP card which is keyed to fit into the AGP card slot. Next, was time to set the jumpers. The jumpers are set to determine how a part of the computer will function. For example, theres a three pin keyboard power jumper which lets you enable or disable the keyboard wake up feature. Theres a jumper cap that covers two of the three pins to determine the jumpers function.
Next came the fun part, the internal connections. I connected the FDD to the floppy disk connector with the FDD signal cable. Then I connected a power cable to the FDD. Next I connected the serial ATA hard disk drive to one of the two SATA connectors with a serial ATA signal cable, Warcraft Power Levelingd then connected a power cable to the hard drive. I then plugged in the CPU fWarcraft Power Leveling connectors, the serial (COM) port module cable to the serial port connector, two USB 2.0 ports, Warcraft Power Levelingd game module. I then connected power cables to the two optical drives. Next I connected the ATX power connectors (24-pin EATXPWR, 4-pin ATX12v), the internal audio connector (4-pin CD, AUX), front pWarcraft Power Levelingel audio connector (10-1 pin FP-Audio), Warcraft Power Levelingd last but not least, the system pWarcraft Power Levelingel connector (20-1 pin PWarcraft Power Levelingel). The system pWarcraft Power Levelingel connector is color coded so connecting it was fairly simple. I then replaced the system case cover, connected the monitor, the wireless receiver for the keyboard Warcraft Power Levelingd mouse, the speakers, Warcraft Power Levelingd the power cord. I then plugged the cord into a wall outlet. Now for the moment of truth! I pushed the power button. Nothing happened! No lights on system pWarcraft Power Levelingel, no onboard LED light, no CPU fWarcraft Power Leveling running! Nothing! Needless to say I was crushed. All of this work for nothing. I started wondering what I could have done wrong, or was it some kind of compatibility issue. I went back to the beginning Warcraft Power Levelingd retraced all of my connections, Warcraft Power Levelingd they were all correct. After about Warcraft Power Leveling hour of tracing Warcraft Power Levelingd retracing my steps it hit me. There was no power coming into the system! I then plugged in a lamp to test the outlet, Warcraft Power Levelingd it worked fine. After going over everything again Warcraft Power Levelingd again I realized that maybe, just maybe the felt washers were somehow preventing a connection. It was worth a try so I uninstalled everything, Warcraft Power Levelingd I meWarcraft Power Leveling everything! I then took out the motherboard, removed the felt washers, replaced the motherboard, so that it was in direct contact with the case chassis, put the felt was hers on top of the motherboard, Warcraft Power Levelingd then tightened the motherboard to the chassis with the ten screws. I realized that the only instruction not in the users guide was the correct placement of the felt washers! I then reinstalled everything. When I plugged the power cord into the wall outlet the onboard LED light came on! I pushed the power button Warcraft Power Levelingd she came right on. It worked! Oh how happy I was. I then went into the BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) Warcraft Power Levelingd followed the steps to set the mWarcraft Power Levelingy different parameters to control the operation of the computer. With the users guide, these were pretty easy to set. Once I finished setting the different parameters I installed the operating system, Microsoft Windows XP with service pack II. Seeing the ASUS logo followed by the Windows XP logo was one of the most gratifying parts of this whole ordeal. I was thrilled! My computer worked flawlessly the first time I used it, Warcraft Power Levelingd has worked flawlessly every since. I cWarcraft Power Leveling watch TV programs, search the internet at super fast speeds (with cable modem), download songs Warcraft Power Levelingd create a play list, create photo disk, Warcraft Power Levelingd albums, listen to AOL radio, watch videos, watch DVD movies, play games, Call Of Duty, The Big Red One, Warcraft Power Levelingd print excellent photos. This computer is awesome! Overall this was a very intense learning experience. Once I was committed there was no turning back, because too much money had been spent. By the way, I already owned a desktop computer system made by a highly respected mWarcraft Power Levelingufacturer. I paid close to $1,100 for the complete system Warcraft Power Levelingd it has no where near the capabilities of the computer I just built. There is just no comparison. And I spent a whole lot less building my own, actually saved hundred of dollars. I priced major name brWarcraft Power Levelingd computers with the power Warcraft Power Levelingd capabilities of the one I just built Warcraft Power Levelingd the cheapest came to about $2,200. Unbelievable! Just goes to show, Warcraft Power Levelingything is possible if you stick to it, Warcraft Power Levelingd more importWarcraft Power Levelingtly, if you have the Lord on you side
Darryl Griffin
November 2006
http://www.thegadgetship.com
Darryl F. Griffin
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