Just built my first computer, and it wont turn on?

spirit

spirit

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Just gotta say I love the cup o'tea next to the machine in one of the shots! ;)

Looks to me like you've got it plugged in correctly and I can see in one of the shots Windows 7 is installing.

You need to clear the cables up a bit though once you've made sure it's all working. That will definitely improve your airflow and reduce your temperatures. Looks a bit like a bird's nest inside that case at the moment! :D
 
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alexjb

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spirit said:
Just gotta say I love the cup o'tea next to the machine in one of the shots! ;)

Looks to me like you've got it plugged in correctly and I can see in one of the shots Windows 7 is installing.

You need to clear the cables up a bit though once you've made sure it's all working. That will definitely improve your airflow and reduce your temperatures. Looks a bit like a bird's nest inside that case at the moment! :D
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It sure does haha! I know I will get around to sorting them cables out, I've been up all night and have one big headache lol :) so that can wait :) Yeah my mum just made me a cup of tea - I needed that;)

Yep just installed Windows 7 and also my computer is really quiet which is good news :) thank you so much for all your help :) going to try and stay up all day today (very tired) but so glad to get this thing working :) and I better put my case back on before my rabbit gets the best of it lol! we let her run free around the home all day long and she likes cables lol! so I better put the case on soon :)
 
spirit

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Definitely keep your rabbit out of the case! If you can, try to keep her away from the PC all together, it will mean your PC should be cleaner and potentially have less dust and hairs on it/in it (you know what I mean! :p )
 
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alexjb

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spirit said:
Definitely keep your rabbit out of the case! If you can, try to keep her away from the PC all together, it will mean your PC should be cleaner and potentially have less dust and hairs on it/in it (you know what I mean! :p )
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haha yep good idea! :) she is such a clever and friendly rabbit though, she follows me everywhere and loves going in circles around me lol! :)

I've installed Windows and this computer is amazing thanks! :) the only slight problem I have is the internet, I cannot connect via ethernet to the internet but I am using the same cable to type this on my laptop, I think I need a driver? unless I have not connected the ehternet to the motherboard?

Thank you :)
 
wolfeking

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did you use the driver disk to install drivers? If not do that. If you have, then look for the cable out back and plug that in.
 
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alexjb

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it's saying also that hard drive accelerator is not installed? I've put the pny graphics card into the drive and it loads up and I click run, but nothing seems to happen :confused:
 
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alexjb

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wolfeking said:
did you use the driver disk to install drivers? If not do that. If you have, then look for the cable out back and plug that in.
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thanks, what is the driver disk please? is this the disk that came with my PNY graphics card? thank you so much for all your help too this computer is great! :)
 
wolfeking

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can you post a screen shot of that? I have never herd of that error. But I would be willing to bet that you have not installed any drivers yet.
 
spirit

spirit

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No put the CD which came with your motherboard into the PC, install the drivers off that, then download the latest graphics drivers from NVIDIA.
 
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alexjb

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spirit said:
No put the CD which came with your motherboard into the PC, install the drivers off that, then download the latest graphics drivers from NVIDIA.
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oh of course! I totally forgot about that disk, thank you both! :)

(sorry I have had no sleep, I have a good excuse lol! ;) )
 
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alexjb

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spirit said:
Yeah the driver disc you want is the one which came with your motherboard. That'll have the management drivers and internet drivers and stuff on it. Once you've got your internet drivers installed, you can download the latest driver for your 670 from here http://www.nvidia.co.uk/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-uk
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thank you for the links and help I'll check it out :)

Just wondering, I've gone through settings and running the monitor at highest resolution (its 24 inch monitor) and about an inch or two is wasted as black screen, is there anything that I can do to fully use the screen please? thanks! :)

Here's a pic -

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also while trying to run the msi disk this has popped up

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alexjb

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Tech Wizard said:
DVI and HDMI are the same except DVI doesn't use audio only video.
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thanks :) I'm so glad about that as for some reason my HDMI output on pc wont work, but my monitor has built in stereo speakers so I'm hoping I can plug in some audio lead and have sound and hd too with dvi :)
 
spirit

spirit

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Install all the drivers then download the NVIDIA graphics card driver. You currently don't have a graphics driver installed looking at that, and that is what's making the resolution not go to the highest.
 
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alexjb

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spirit said:
Install all the drivers then download the NVIDIA graphics card driver. You currently don't have a graphics driver installed looking at that, and that is what's making the resolution not go to the highest.
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oh that's good news, thank you :) the problem I have is that I cannot open up the drivers by running it as it is closing, maybe there's another way too? thank you :)
 
Tech Wizard

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alexjb said:
thanks :) I'm so glad about that as for some reason my HDMI output on pc wont work, but my monitor has built in stereo speakers so I'm hoping I can plug in some audio lead and have sound and hd too with dvi :)
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You should get an audio cable with the motherboard and if you use HDMI on a video card it will use the onboard sound on the video card not the sound from you sound card or motherboard unless you have external speakers
 
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