Am I missing something(s) here?

2008-08-26 06:56:27

#1

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|6817|UK

**Disclaimer** I have a few problems with my build, so I will update this post as the day goes on.

https://img152.imageshack.us/img152/2987/sn850378jg4.jpg

Firstly. I seem to be missing some stuff. The stand offs for the mother board are fine, but the screw's to seal it down, dont seem to be right to me. Out of all the screws I have (in the build) there the only ones that can be right, yet apparantly there not.

Sorted, I tried every fucking screw there was and got ones that worked xD

*taking pics now*

Secondly. My RAM would appear not to want to go in. Am aware it has to be pushed evenly and firmly but any more and I will break the fucker (am pushing it in that hard the PCB of the mobo is begining to bend so I assume am doing it wrong.

Tried the other stick. 2x2GB OCZ PC8500, I'll put the other stick in once I get the rest in.

Problem mounting the HD, the screws again seem to be wrong.

~update soon

Opinions please. Am about to mound the PSU.

https://img174.imageshack.us/img174/8950/sn850387ud7.jpg

However, in the case, there is a gap of about an inch as you can see.

https://img216.imageshack.us/img216/4361/sn850388ty6.jpg

I am wondering if I should mount the PSU upside down, so it doesnt blow hot air down into the case? Just a thought.

Should be alright from here on out, those problems where really buggin the shit out of me tho

Update*

Am not slightly concerned about the motherboards 20pin power connector. Not the best of angles, lighting is poor but if you notice, the cable passes directly over the graphics card, and the sleve does not cover all the wiring. My concern is that the 4850 is going to cause problems here because of the heat and it being so close to the exposed wiring.

I cant really route it any other way tho. The case is too big to go around the long way, and I was too much of a dick to order extensions :\

https://img135.imageshack.us/img135/4765/sn850394he8.jpg

Martyn

Last edited by Bell (2008-08-26 14:40:06)

2008-08-26 07:03:51

#2

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6721|The Twilight Zone

Try to screw the screw without the mobo. The ram and mobo both ddr2/ddr3?

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2008-08-26 07:05:15

#3

BlackKoala: Member; +215|6593

Heat up the DIMM slot with a hairdryer. I had to do that a few times, it expands enough to allow you to put the RAM in. Don't need it burning, just enough to get all the parts to expand.

And for the standoffs, you have coarse and you have fine grain. The coarse grains will usually take the 6/32 screws (think the ones that you use to connect your PSU/drive covers/drives to your case), and the fine grain standoffs take smaller screws. I can't remember which ones exactly, but they are smaller and have a round head, rather than the hex head that the 6/32 ones usually sport.

2008-08-26 07:07:19

#4

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6731|cuntshitlake

.Sup wrote:
Try to screw the screw without the mobo. The ram and mobo both ddr2/ddr3?

That, and also double check you are putting them in the right way. The middle "pin" in not in the middle really.

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2008-08-26 07:19:28

#5

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|6817|UK

DeathUnlimited wrote:
.Sup wrote:
Try to screw the screw without the mobo. The ram and mobo both ddr2/ddr3?
That, and also double check you are putting them in the right way. The middle "pin" in not in the middle really.

Yeah I knew that, just didnt seem to go in. OP updated. Still unsure about the hard drive though.

2008-08-26 07:20:37

#6

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6721|The Twilight Zone

Don't you have screws left from other cases?

2008-08-26 07:39:13

#7

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6465|Winland

There are usually two kinds of screws: Large and small. Small ones are used for optical drives and 5.25" devices. Large ones are for HDDs, PSU and case sides. Mobos can have either one, it depends on the case.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-08-26 07:46:28

#8

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|6817|UK

Is there a trick to removing the CPU heat sinc I am forgetting? I was going to just use the intel one for testing then install the aftermarket one (as it is a bit more fidley). It isnt sitting evenly but I cant seem to remove the left corners :\

2008-08-26 07:48:32

#9

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6465|Winland

Bell wrote:
Is there a trick to removing the CPU heat sinc I am forgetting? I was going to just use the intel one for testing then install the aftermarket one (as it is a bit more fidley). It isnt sitting evenly but I cant seem to remove the left corners :\

Turn the top of the pins in the opposite direction of the arrows on them, then push them in. You gotta press quite a lot.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-08-26 07:52:36

#10

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|6817|UK

Thanks mate. Got it now. Although am slightly concerned the grease dried while I was fucking about with it. I took the heat sinc off and it was kind of un even.

This is an absolute piss take this machine. I have built atleast 6 in the last two years for people and I generally get it first time. Never really had to trouble shoot.

Karma for you lot

2008-08-26 07:55:10

#11

Gooners: Wiki Contributor; +2,700|6900

Bell wrote:
Karma for you lot

Thanks

2008-08-26 07:56:49

#12

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6721|The Twilight Zone

Gooners wrote:
Bell wrote:
Karma for you lot
Thanks

2008-08-26 08:07:54

#13

jamiet757: Member; +138|6890

Go to a local computer shop and ask if you can have/buy some standard screws for mobos and HDD's, they are the same.

2008-08-26 08:36:14

#14

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|6817|UK

jamiet757 wrote:
Go to a local computer shop and ask if you can have/buy some standard screws for mobos and HDD's, they are the same.

Heading out later on to do just that .

Updated the OP again, thoughts on the PSU guys?

2008-08-26 08:38:02

#15

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6721|The Twilight Zone

My PSU is turned upside down so...

2008-08-26 08:41:40

#16

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6465|Winland

Fan on the upside.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-08-26 09:00:55

#17

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6731|cuntshitlake

It's an exhaust fan, it will not blow air into the case, it will suck air from the case.

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2008-08-26 09:07:23

#18

Gooners: Wiki Contributor; +2,700|6900

DeathUnlimited wrote:
It's an exhaust fan, it will not blow air into the case, it will suck air from the case.

Is that for all PSUs?

Because my fan is facing downwards.

2008-08-26 09:10:34

#19

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6465|Winland

Gooners wrote:
DeathUnlimited wrote:
It's an exhaust fan, it will not blow air into the case, it will suck air from the case.
Is that for all PSUs?

Because my fan is facing downwards.

His isn't.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-08-26 09:43:19

#20

Agent_Dung_Bomb: Member; +302|7004|Salt Lake City

The fan needs to face down. The fan draws case air in to cool the PSU and pushes out the vents in the back.

2008-08-26 09:47:00

#21

Defiance: Member; +438|6939

Unless someone went batshit with PSU design over the past couple years, the standard was that the bottom fan was the intake and the rear fan was the exhaust. Anything else would play with the still used idea of airflow that says cool comes in the front, hot goes out the back.

I vote for mounting it fan-down. If you mount it fan-up, the air will come from the vent above the PSU slot and there won't be as much airflow across the mobo. The air going in to the PSU will be a tad bit warmer but it's not going to break it. You could also use that gap to hold spare cables when the time comes to find space for them.

2008-08-26 09:49:15

#22

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6721|The Twilight Zone

I agree with Def.

2008-08-26 09:52:41

#23

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|7000|St. Andrews / Oslo

- mount PSU fan down
- get a new screwdriver
- hawt case
- specs

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2008-08-26 09:56:54

#24

jamiet757: Member; +138|6890

Bell wrote:
jamiet757 wrote:
Go to a local computer shop and ask if you can have/buy some standard screws for mobos and HDD's, they are the same.
Heading out later on to do just that .

Updated the OP again, thoughts on the PSU guys?

It doesn't matter much, it won't blow air into the computer, it sucks air out.

2008-08-26 09:59:27

#25

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6805|Long Island, New York

That's the armorsuit I presume?

Looks nice, but still too expensive for my tastes. I'll take the Cosmos/Cosmos S for over $50 less.

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