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Chapter 5
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After
all your cards are installed and you're almost ready to
boot up your computer, there are just a few last adjustments
to make.
- Make sure the IDE and power cables are attached to your
Hard Drive, CD-RW, DVD.
- Make sure the Floppy cable and power is connected to
both the motherboard and floppy drive.
- Memory should be secured in place.
- CPU should be connected with heatsink
attached and plugged into the motherboard.
- Video card should be in place and
have a monitor connected to it
- Mouse and keyboard should be plugged
in and ready
- Power cable should be attached to
the motherboard.
- All case fans are plugged into the
PSU and have power.
- PSU is turned on and connected to
the ON/OFF switches in the computer.
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Booting Up
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When
everything is checked, double checked and ready to go
plug in your monitor, the mouse the keyboard, power
to both the monitor and tower, and connect the monitor
to the computer. If the power switch on the PSU is off,
which it should be, then nothing should happen when
you plug the computer in. Flip the switch on the PSU
and wait, you probably will hear a beep and/or a light
will come on. Wait about 2 minutes then turn on your
main power to the computer. If the computer boots up
and all is dandy, move on to Chapter
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When computers go bad
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It's
all plugged in and nothing's happening!? Did I break
something!? Hopefully not, but let's check and make
sure some things are set correctly.
1 - Read through the motherboard manual to make
sure all the hardware was set properly.
2 - If you hear a long alarm coming from the computer
almost the second you turn it on, the CPU is overheating.
Make sure the fan is set to it's highest speed(for
right now).
3 - Hit the switch and absolutely nothing happens.
Your switches may not be properly connected. OR
you have a bad PSU. Read up on the manuals and attached
documentation.
Those are some of the main problems. If you can't
figure out what's going wrong, read the documentation
on your hardware. If you can't find it there you
might have a faulty part and the best thing to do,
is take the computer down to a local shop and have
them take a look.
After you get your computer to boot, it's ready
to install the software.
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