Tuesday 6 December 2011

How to assemble all of the hardware together.



Hi again , This is my second post and today I am going to give you a few simple steps on how to assemble all of the computer hardware together , I hope this will help you...

1. Unbox the motherboard and the ATX case and clip the motherboard inside the ATX case .
2. When that is done unbox the CPU that you chose and you should have the cpu coolers included inside.
3. Now on the CPU there should be a small golden arrow in a corner on the motherboard CPU socket there should also be a small arrow like the one on the CPU line them up together and close the hatch or lever .
4. Place some termal paste on the CPU with should be included with the cpu cooler or buy some it is very cheap then place the CPU cooler on the cpu make sure it is touching the CPU completely and then connect the CPU cooler fan plug on the motherboard which should be very close to the CPU socket.
5. Now place the RAM's in their slots and make sure to line them up correctly with the latches until they snap on top of the RAM be also carefull for the notch position so you would not do any damage.
6.  Then place the VGA in the PCI-express x16 port which is normally the first port from the CPU colored blue like the four blue ports in the picture and dont forget to attach it with the ATX case as well .
7. Now its time to place the hard disk below the CD-Rom bay and make sure it is clipped correctly , do the same for the fan controller and the CD-Rom .
8. Now attach the PSU with the ATX case and connect it's plugs in all the hardwar :
Start With :
(a)      sata hard disk uses the x6 SATA plug.
      (b)      CD-Rom uses the same power plug as the sata hard disk.
      (c)       Then connect the fan controller with a normal white plug that have 4 connecting ports
      (d)      then connect the 2x PCI-Express plugs to the VGA.
      (e)      dont forget to connect any other fans that are attached with the ATX case.
(f)       and last but not least combine 1x24-pin main ATX with 1 of the 1x4-pin and connect them on the motherboard till they snap in their port.
(g)  you should have one last 1x4-pin plug which is suppos to be connected to the top left hand corner of the motherboard .

The data cabels should be coloured red with a black plug .
Connect all the data plugs to the fan controller, hard disk , and CD-Rom with the motherboard.
Make a quick check that you have connected all the fans it is really important for the airflow and you can close the ATX case
Then connect all of the external hardware such as keboard , mouse , monitor , speakers/ headsets to the back of the Tower and you can plug in the power cable to the PSU on the back of the tower.

1) Mouse
2) Keyboard
5) Sound
6) Printer
7) USB's
9) Internet
10) Monitor
Now you are ready to start installing the operating system to you gaming pc by tapping the f2 in the start up and when the BIOS pop up go to boot up choose make the CD-Rom on top of the list and insert the opearating system disk to the CD-Rom .
Now you can select save and exit and the PC will automatically reboot .
The BIOS should look something like this:
When it tells you to boot from disk hit any key on your keyboard and it will start loading your files.
Then input the necessary data and after a few minutes it will reboot and right after it will be finalizing the installation .
When it boots up you can start installing the drivers of your hardware .
and you will be ready to use the computer as you wish .


Enjoy your new custom gaming pc ...

1 comment:

  1. Great blog ... I might be interested in custom building a pc. Thanks for the information, Now I'm a little bit more technical.

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