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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?

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*

Timmargh wrote:
> Once you've built a few you'll be throwing hard drives in from the
> other side of the room ...

Heh, sooo true!

Once you've built a few you'll be throwing hard drives in from the other side of the room ...

Heh. I always take care over things which i reckon i'm gonna break, and insides of computers are things i really think i'm gonna break.

Trying to be cocky and do everything in one go.

It was me and a mate replacing my motherboard some years ago.

I'll bare that in mind *runs*. How the heck did you forget to attach it?

Wait until you build one and forget to attach the heatsink to the processor ...

*switch on*

*whirr-whirr*

*CRACK*

:^(

Yes. Which is why i'm surprised it turned out OK on the first switch on.

Nice. Is this your first build?

No probs, glad I could help!