Fellas

[Laddey]

cheers guys I'm about to start the assembly now so stay tuned

 

[Laddey]

Assembled it really straight forward... I just followed the instructions.

I powered it up and it went in to an on/off/on/off loop after about every 4 seconds.

I stripped it back to the CPU & PSU but it still just kept doing it - Surely its the CPU then?

I installed it exactly as instructed in the booklet but its still in the loop. I have nothing in the system other than CPU & PSU.

The F_PANEL seems a little funny. The description in the book fits the cables coming off the case but it also says POWERLED and SPEAK to connect in to the F_PANEL ... Which i don't have so i guess it isn't needed for this case?

http://www.cclonline.com/content/pdfs/07L9LHAOZZSd74ikIJkJtA-3d-3d.pdf scroll down to 1-7 and its under 6).

Cheers lads!

 

[ECA]

Got some pics/video of how it's setup at the moment?

Also for faster/more expert advice I'd say post on reddit.com/r/buildapc.

 

[Laddey]

Got some pics/video of how it's setup at the moment?

Also for faster/more expert advice I'd say post on reddit.com/r/buildapc.

 

[Laddey]

You're all the expert i need ECA!!

 

[ECA]

You won't be able to get to bios and post without the ram in.
Your loop and beeping could well be because of that alone.

Make sure you get the frontpanel headers in as well, the + is indicated on the header by a *, triangle or arrow on the header connector.

 

[Laddey]

It doesn't make a beep either and i don't think it'll power up long enough to get to bios pal

 

[Syri]

The most likely thing I can think of, though I'm not 100% sure of a good way around it if it is that, is that the motherboard might need a bios update to recognise that CPU... If I remember right, that one was launched after the Z97 boards started to show up, so might not support it out of the box. That'd be my best guess anyway.
As for the f_panel, sometimes they have two connections for the power led, as some have a 3 pin and some a 2 pin connector, so some motherboards include both. The cables in your picture though show your power led connector is 2x1 pin connectors, so just make sure you put the + and - onto the correct pins. If there's no speaker cable, you might have a little speaker in the bits that came with the motherboard, that you can just stick in there. They're hardly essential though, although having the speaker in might give some beeps, to help diagnose the POST issue.

 

[Laddey]

lads we've done it. It stays on... I'll start plugging in the rest of the things and if i get stuck ill be back no doubt

thanks for your time!!

 

[ECA]

What didn't you have plugged in correctly?

 

[Laddey]

I think maybe i had the - on the + and the + on the - on the F_PANEL... I think?

 

[Laddey]

Can i just clarify this with you...

I download the ISO of windows... Mount it on my USB... Select my boot options in BIOS to USB then start the machine and it should boot the ISO image and i can crack on?

 

[Raven]

Yeah, pretty much. Should just act like a DVD but without the grinding and churning of antiquated digital media drives

 

[Laddey]

Thanks mate. There is no USB boot option in bios? Any suggestions?

 

[ECA]

You won't see a usb boot option until you plug the pendrive ( before you turn on ).
It also won't directly boot from ISO, you need to have either used the microsoft tool I linked to create a bootable pendrive, or use rufus https://rufus.akeo.ie/
to make the iso into a bootable format on the drive.

 

[Laddey]

You won't see a usb boot option until you plug the pendrive ( before you turn on ).
It also won't directly boot from ISO, you need to have either used the microsoft tool I linked to create a bootable pendrive, or use rufus https://rufus.akeo.ie/
to make the iso into a bootable format on the drive.

I used all the links you've sent me mate including the download link to the windows 10 ISO... Mount it on the USB and it should already be bootable?... It says that it can be used to access the recovery tools etc.

 

[ECA]

If you used the w10 download link there was an option to use it to create media - ie bootable pendrive, very quickly after you launched the tool ( 1st or 2nd screen, I forget ).
If you downloaded the iso instead, use rufus.

 

[Laddey]

You've done a cracking job everybody thanks for your help. I couldn't of done it without you... Although i still haven't done it, I'm close!

I've successfully assembled my own PC for the first time ever winner

 

[Shagrat]

You can't beat the feeling you get when a pc you've built yourself works perfectly

 

[Laddey]

You can't beat the feeling you get when a pc you've built yourself works perfectly

I can't wait to actually be back around windows rather than Apple... People on here hate it, and I'm slowly coming away from it but it is still completely integrated into my life. Its ridiculous.

 

[Laddey]

Downloading a 3.03gb file at 400kb/s is probably the most frustrating part.

I've just set up steam whilst I'm waiting for windows to download.

Sturdy89

I'll be on all the popular games if anybody fancies a blast

 

[Laddey]

I've basically copied and pasted the file over on to the USB but it hasn't recognised it on boot up. It has recognised the USB just not anything on the device. I guess I'll use rufus tomorrow

 

[Syri]

You can't just copy the files to make it bootable, it needs an actual boot sector writing, which needs to be done by a program.
If you've downloaded the windows installer files, there should be an executable in there, to run to install it. run that, and it will ask if you want to upgrade the computer now, or create installation media. Select to create media, and it will ask you to insert a usb drive of an appropriate size, and warn you all the data will be zapped. You say yes, it makes it bootable.

 

[Laddey]

You can't just copy the files to make it bootable, it needs an actual boot sector writing, which needs to be done by a program.
If you've downloaded the windows installer files, there should be an executable in there, to run to install it. run that, and it will ask if you want to upgrade the computer now, or create installation media. Select to create media, and it will ask you to insert a usb drive of an appropriate size, and warn you all the data will be zapped. You say yes, it makes it bootable.

Ahhhh I see. Thanks.

I remember(I could be wrong) you used to format your USB stick to fat32 then copy the files over and it'll boot. It's been such a long time since I've done anything even similar to this.

 

[Laddey]

I'm using a macbook to create the bootable USB...

Can anybody point me in the right direction as i obviously can't open anything from the ISO file to make it bootable?

 

[Syri]

If you don't have the mac set to dual boot windows as well, this guide is about the best I could find to help
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-mac-osx
I know it's about making a boot disk for ubuntu, but if you substitute the name of the ubuntu iso for the windows one, the process should be the same, I'd imagine. I don't have a mac though, so I can't say for sure.

 

[Laddey]

Still isn't recognising it hmmm i've tried a few videos of youtube but they don't work. Any other suggestions?

http://osxdaily.com/2015/06/22/make-windows-10-install-usb-drive-from-mac-os-x/

Just about to try that now

 

[Laddey]

Still struggling if anybody has any suggestions... I will figure it out its just a process of elimination

 

[ECA]

You have the install sorted yet?

 

[Gwadien]

Another spec, my little brother wants a PC and this is what my dad was quoted by a dude.

1 AMD Athlon x4 860K Black Edition CPU
1 16Gb DDR3 Memory (2x8GB 1600)
1 750Gb Western Digital Black Edition High Performance HDD
1 Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64bit
1 2Gb GTX 750 TI Overclocked Dedicated Gaming Graphics
1 Gaming Chassis, Keyboard & Mouse with Blue LED
1 2 Year RTB Warranty & UK Phone Support

£420 without VAT.

My initial thoughts were get a SD/HD, No idea on the CPU, Graphics card? - not really sure, and having a unnamed keyboard and mouse with Blue LEDs is a bit.. odd?