Author Topic: Building my 1st PC... (Read 2635 times)

OOZ662 · « **Reply #60 on:** July 31, 2006, 11:44:13 PM »

Drives work as slave and master drives. It's how the data flows through the IDE channel. If the settin on the back of both drives is either both Master or both Slave, neither of the drives will work. Sometime Cable Select and be chosen and the controller picks which is to be which, but that isn't recommended. One has to be master and the other slave.

SuperDud · « **Reply #61 on:** August 01, 2006, 05:34:03 PM »

I got it figured out. All I had to do was unplug the old CDROM still in the case and leave it unplugged. Then in BIOS turn that drive off. Worked like a charm. Thanks guys.

SuperDud · « **Reply #62 on:** August 03, 2006, 04:29:37 PM »

OK I'm back!

I have the PC built(maybe even correctly). I went to give it it's 1st power up but to my dismay the monitor won't come on. I think this might be do to the fact that the motherboard didn't come with an intigrated video card. I have 1 installed in my PCI slots and have the monitor connected to it but no luck. Any ideas?

Krusty · « **Reply #63 on:** August 03, 2006, 04:32:32 PM »

A lot of high-end video cards have their own power socket. Make sure there is a proper cable plugged inot it. Make sure it's in the PCIe 16x slot and not the 1x slot (they are similar in size). if the mobo is in a tower and on its side, the "top" slot will be the 16x (traditional AGP position)

Roscoroo · « **Reply #64 on:** August 03, 2006, 04:45:03 PM »

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Originally posted by SuperDud
OK I'm back!

I have the PC built(maybe even correctly). I went to give it it's 1st power up but to my dismay the monitor won't come on. I think this might be do to the fact that the motherboard didn't come with an intigrated video card. I have 1 installed in my PCI slots and have the monitor connected to it but no luck. Any ideas?

EEEEEEEEK .... what no video card ???

Krusty · « **Reply #65 on:** August 03, 2006, 05:12:03 PM »

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Originally posted by SuperDud
I have 1 installed in my PCI slots and have the monitor connected to it

Roscoroo · « **Reply #66 on:** August 03, 2006, 05:34:46 PM »

why do i have this wierd feeling Supers trying to hook up an old pci type video card ?

SuperDud · « **Reply #67 on:** August 03, 2006, 05:55:23 PM »

It's a PCIx16 card hooked into the proper slot(it tells you on the mobo). What do you mean by "power socket" krusty? I had to install a special adapter(came with card) on to my original monitor plug. The hook up is shaped different than a normal monitor plug in so they give you a special one. I checked to make sure there was nothing else to plug into the card itslef and it doesn't appear to have anything, I'll check again though.

On a good note when I hit the power button nothing catches on fire

Oh and I got splinter cell and pacific fighter free with both the sound and video cards w00t!

OOZ662 · « **Reply #68 on:** August 03, 2006, 06:06:05 PM »

There's probably a four pin molex connector in the card itself. It's the same power connector used by the CD/DVD/Hard drives.

SuperDud · « **Reply #69 on:** August 03, 2006, 07:00:26 PM »

Nope, no connections or anything. Here's the card:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814131424

It's a dual monitor supporting card and like I said, has special adapters for the monitor plug.

SuperDud · « **Reply #70 on:** August 03, 2006, 07:23:47 PM »

You know when you get that feeling that you screwed up? Welp I got that feeling. Upon further review both the plug ins for the dual slot card are DVI slots. I thought with the adapter that allows you to plug in a regular monitor cord into the card, it should work. Now I'm thinking that unless your monitor is especially built for DVI it won't work and guess what... mines not, it's older:( So it looks like I'm gonig to have to buy a new monitor as well, flat panel here I come!

PS: I'm not going to buy 1 right away until you guys confirm this. But looking through some of the searches, this is the feeling I'm getting.

Roscoroo · « **Reply #71 on:** August 03, 2006, 08:01:39 PM »

you should be able to monitor up with the adaptor

beshure that power is plugged into the vid card (if applicable)

as you boot there should be a post beep .. hold deleate key and walk thru the bios ... it should be visiable

OOZ662 · « **Reply #72 on:** August 03, 2006, 08:02:47 PM »

Neg, I'm using the adapter on mine with a six year old CRT. Works fine.

Look into these:

eagl · « **Reply #73 on:** August 04, 2006, 01:25:17 AM »

The DVI to VGA adaptor should work with any monitor.

I strongly suggest actually reading the setup instructions. Lots of newer/faster cards require a power cord inside the computer to be plugged into the video card using some sort of adaptor cable. If you don't read the instructions and aren't a geek, you'll never figure this out.

Make sure you're using the correct DVI output as well, and again check the instructions to see which output you should use to drive a VGA monitor with the adaptor.

You can try a bios reset using the motherboard bios jumper. This will reset any custom bios settings though, so you may have to go back in and set up stuff if you were using non-default settings.

Schutt · « **Reply #74 on:** August 04, 2006, 12:24:18 PM »

Hey Superdud, dont give up. Your monitor should be fine together with the adaptor that came with your card.

If your push the power, does the harddisk spin and get accessed?
If you have a CD Rom/DVD connected, does it search for a disk and then give up?

What i want to say is are you sure the monitor is black (while switched on and connected) and the comp boots (fans spin, drives accessed, beeps etc.)?

You have it connected to the correct one of the ports on the graphic card?

Did you get a motherboard with 2 x16 slots and did you plug in the card into the correct slot?