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"My computer is built!"

Huzzah, i've built my computer and turning on the power, everything seems to be running ok... now what the feck do i do? The guide i've been using doesn't seem to help me at the moment, i've got to get into the BIOS screen, and apparantly i just use the key things it displays at the bottom of the screen... Except there is no key things at the bottom of the screen. All i get is the intel startup type thing then

"Starting...

Microsoft(R) Windows Millenium
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1999.

A:\>"


Now what does one do?

adrian wrote:
> Aoe wrote:
> Thank you, *scrolls* Much better!
>
> So was it the graphic card drivers?

Yeah.

GasMask wrote:
> Run them at full speed :)
>
> (80mm ones)

It was my Aero 7 lite, running at 3700rpm.

Aoe wrote:
> Thank you, *scrolls* Much better!

So was it the graphic card drivers?

Thank you, *scrolls* Much better!

Aoe wrote:
> Well, i bought a router yesterday and i've managed to set up both my
> PCs and my Xbox to it, which is very good, infact, this is the first
> time i've been online with my new PC on the new desk i bought
> yesterday only i seem to have found one problem, whenever i scroll
> down a screen of text or a webpage, it's incrediby slow and jumpy,
> how would i go about fixing this?

For me it was graphics card drivers. When I first installed the PC I didnt want to install the ones on the CD but get the latest ATI ones and the pages were jumpy when scolling down. Also what Motherboard do you have? Because if its nForce 2 then you need to put the drivers on as soon as you have installed Windows.

Well, i bought a router yesterday and i've managed to set up both my PCs and my Xbox to it, which is very good, infact, this is the first time i've been online with my new PC on the new desk i bought yesterday only i seem to have found one problem, whenever i scroll down a screen of text or a webpage, it's incrediby slow and jumpy, how would i go about fixing this?

Run them at full speed :)

(80mm ones)

Heh, ive checked a few fans by touch, they arent really fast enough to hurt.

cookie monster wrote:
> Timmargh wrote:
> Wait until you build one and forget to attach the heatsink to the
> processor ...
>
> When i built mine i forgot to plug in the CPU fan.
>
> *Goes into bios*
>
> Me: 56° seems a bit high
> My Brother: Your CPU fan isnt spinning
> Me: Oh.
>
> *Switches off comp*

Heh, i didn't know if mine was spinning because it was silent and i didn't see anything moving, so i started to put my finger in to check... I'm glad i remembered just before i reached it that i would be able to see the fan if it wasn't spinning, then noticed that i couldn't see it... Close one.

My first (and only) computer build: -

Citylink driver: "Hello here are you goods"
Me: "Thankyou"

*builds*

Computer: "BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP"
Me: "I'm a silly willy, I forgot to put in my RAM"