I did it! (well almost)

[Patchy]

At Last I've Finished my custom computer, but slight problem, my sisters boy friend was checking it over and the idiot at the computer store gave me the wrong memory, its not ddr2 or something like that so tomorrow (My B-day) I gotta get up to the store and exchange it.

anyway who else has built there own computer?

[Aηdy]

I've built several, although I'm on an IBM computer now, my dad got it free from work (they made a mistake) so i got a brand new comp, so I stuck my 80gb SATA HDD and 1.50gb RAM in it, also my GFX card, nice and fast!

[Patchy]

I've built several, although I'm on an IBM computer now, my dad got it free from work (they made a mistake) so i got a brand new comp, so I stuck my 80gb SATA HDD and 1.50gb RAM in it, also my GFX card, nice and fast!

Sweet What make of processor does it have?

[Aηdy]

*Fixed Title*

AMD Sempron 3100+ (1.80GHz)

It's hella quick for an average processor.

[Patchy]

*Fixed Title*

AMD Sempron 3100+ (1.80GHz)

It's hella quick for an average processor.

Sweet I thought I'd go for a amd athlon 4000 x2 processor in my new pc, in all my other pc's I've had intel but the new one is really expensive.

[Aηdy]

I've got an Intel Core2Duo thing in the other comp, but I don't use it because it has Vista on it, plus my step-dad is a dick-head and won't let me do anything to it.

[Patchy]

I've got an Intel Core2Duo thing in the other comp, but I don't use it because it has Vista on it, plus my step-dad is a dick-head and won't let me do anything to it.

Lol, quick update for everyone got my custom comp all built up and finished 20 mins ago so I'll post a picture of the case soon.

[Aηdy]

Cool! Hope it all works!

[Patchy]

Cool! Hope it all works!

So far, I get a error message at start up saying cpu fan error, but I checked it out and its working fine :confused:

[Aηdy]

Go into the BIOS (Press F1 or Del key or something) Then into the hardware monitor, press enter on the CPU fan and enter disable. Should fix it.

[jjmcray]

So far, I get a error message at start up saying cpu fan error, but I checked it out and its working fine :confused:

As long as the fan (or are you water cooling it?) is running and keeping your CPU cool, don't worry about it. You can probably disable that message too.

[Patchy]

As long as the fan (or are you water cooling it?) is running and keeping your CPU cool, don't worry about it. You can probably disable that message too.

Its just a fan, I aint clever enough to figgure out water cooling yet, thanks for that if it stops spinning I'll change it, but i got a thermometer on it and its 4 degrees celcius that seem ok?

[Aηdy]

4C is um, a bit chilly, sure you get it set up right? =S

Mine's at 44C.

[Patchy]

4C is um, a bit chilly, sure you get it set up right? =S

Mine's at 44C.

Sorry read it wrong its 34 c

[jjmcray]

Its just a fan, I aint clever enough to figgure out water cooling yet, thanks for that if it stops spinning I'll change it, but i got a thermometer on it and its 4 degrees celcius that seem ok?

4 degrees most definitely does not sound ok. That's almost freezing.

[Aηdy]

Bloody hell I was gonna say lol.

Go into the BIOS (Press F1 or Del key or something) Then into the hardware monitor, press enter on the CPU fan and enter disable. Should fix it.

Did you read that? I didn't see a responce.

[Patchy]

Bloody hell I was gonna say lol.



Did you read that? I didn't see a responce.

Never saw that but yeh I'll try that now, do u just press f1 or delete on the desktop?

[Aηdy]

When you first switch on the computer, you'll see a screen before it boots into windows, somewhere on there it will say "Press F2 to enter setup".

[Patchy]

When you first switch on the computer, you'll see a screen before it boots into windows, somewhere on there it will say "Press F2 to enter setup".

Ah kk thanks for telling me that, and that wont disable the fan?

[Aηdy]

No, it just disables monitoring the fan, I had the exact same thing on my old comp.

[Patchy]

cool thanks :D

[Blahages]

My Guess is you probably plugged it into the wrong connector on the motherboard. A lot of times, they are labeled, like CPUFAN, PSUFAN, etc. The processor fan probably got plugged into something besides the "CPUFAN" Connector. Doesn't really matter, but it would probably make it complain like that.

[Patchy]

My Guess is you probably plugged it into the wrong connector on the motherboard. A lot of times, they are labeled, like CPUFAN, PSUFAN, etc. The processor fan probably got plugged into something besides the "CPUFAN" Connector. Doesn't really matter, but it would probably make it complain like that.

Yeah just as long as my cpu fan keeps spinng earth keeps spinning :D

[Aηdy]

Blahages is right, or some (although very few) fans don't have the yellow or white wire that tells the motherboard how fast it's spinning, so the mobo panics because it thinks it doesn't have a fan!

Btw, pic of my old case:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a102/muckingfuppet/DSCF0056.jpg

[Maverick]

Wow that's neat.

[Patchy]

Nice case I'll take a photo of mine once I've got my cam phone software installed on this pc

BTW is that case icute?

[Aηdy]

It certainly is lol! It was pretty cheap, came with all the fans... but it's a full ATX case which I find pretty huge tbh! I prefer Mini-ATX cases.

[Patchy]

It certainly is lol! It was pretty cheap, came with all the fans... but it's a full ATX case which I find pretty huge tbh! I prefer Mini-ATX cases.

Sweet I got an icute there cases are huge!!! big box aswell gonna have to find a tone of space to store the box!

[Aηdy]

The case didn't even fit in my desk lol, plus it was fucking noisey! I had about 12 fans in that thing I think lol.

[Patchy]

Heres a really bad pic of my pc...might take a up close one later. (sorry that the pic is so big)

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/2662/dsc00130uv9.jpg

[Aηdy]

Ah cool that looks pretty nice :D

[Maverick]

If pics are that big post it as a link.

Looks good.

[Patchy]

thanks added 2 bar lights to it, 1 uv one blue, and the fans have ligths on em.

[Aηdy]

My case:

http://www.widter.com/foto/lenovo/Lenovo3000_J100_a.jpg

Exactly like that except no floppy drive, and Lenovo is IBM. But not bad for a free computer :P

Edit: For some reason that comp is missing the power button lol, it has a brushed alloy power button :D

[Patchy]

Nice case, yeah I know Im gonna keep customising my pc now.

the top bit of that case is weird got like a wee raised bit.

[Aηdy]

Yeah it's a handle lol. It doesn;t go as far up as it looks in the pic. It's a nice case for a cheap-ish computer, well made, no sharp, bendy metal bits lol.

[Patchy]

Lol, yeh its weird on my case (Icute) on the case side, its got a handle sticking out so its easier to open the case, handy but its more a pain because it looks weird.

[zacharooo]

i was gonna but my mom wouldnt let me get the parts so she just said " lets just go up to best buy" i was A o K with that one!

[Patchy]

cool best buy obviously not in uk :P

yeh so anyway I put my case into its little compartment in my desk and it looks crap so im gonna rewire it later on so you can see it better :)

[Aηdy]

My old case would'n fit into my dest because the front stuck out lol, so i had to put it sideways lol.

This computer is great, even though the specs aren't that good it's just so fast! And whisper quiet, which is the complete opposite to my old one lol.

[Patchy]

Yeah this pc is fast

I dunno though if the mhz on the processor is good though?? any comments on it?

[Aηdy]

2.4GHz on an AMD is good, the 4600+ stands for the Intel equivielent, so the same as a 4.6GHz Intel processor.

How much RAM did you say you had? I think it was 1GB although it might have been 2Gb lol.

[Patchy]

Currently 1gb but some how it says I only got 895 mb...dunno might be to do with that I have 1gb shared over vista nd xp :S

[Aηdy]

Thats because you have the graphics built in to the motherboard like you said in the other thread.

The on-board graphics uses your part of your ram as video memory, so when you buy a seperate graphics card the full 1gb will be there!

[Patchy]

cool btw see if i get a new graphics card....will I have to touch the old one at all? like will I have to try and remove the chip from the motherboard?

[Aηdy]

No, you just plug the new one in and it will all just switch over.

[Patchy]

No, you just plug the new one in and it will all just switch over.

Ah kk thanks :)