Recent content by Blenderhead

Thank you very much wolf!

I appreciate the sentiment and thanks for the help, this is not what i was expecting for my first personal build, this is just the most bizarre thing ive ever encountered. A computer tech is coming to my house tomorrow to hopefully figure out what is wrong.

CPU is i5-4690k

Original motherboard was the ASrock z97m oc formula, new board is the MSI z97-g55 sli

Is there anyway to update the bios, thats what tech support recommended on my first board and i installed the new chip only to find the board was dead.

I need some help figuring out why my computer im building will not boot. Before you post the link to the sticky about what to do if your computer will not post PLEASE READ THIS before. I have looked through the sticky like five times and ive already gotten a different motherboard and different...

So i built my first computer and i need some help figuring out why my monitor isnt showing up with a display. But first lets rule out what ive already tried. -Tried both integrated and gpu graphics -tried a different monitor -tried different mouse and keyboard -replaced the board already once...

For clarification i get the 3 beeps when the ram isnt installed.

So im troubleshooting my computer because it wont display to the monitor, i have a post speaker and it beeps when the ram is unplugged so the motherboard isnt dead, however when the ram is in the computer the speaker wont beep at all, does this mean the ram is dead? My motherboard is an ASrock...

Just built my first computer and the computer isnt displaying anything on the monitor, i believe its an issue with the cmos. So my question is, do i have to unplug my graphics card to reset the cmos from a jumper? The manual just says to move the jumper to the 2nd and 3rd pin and thats it. My...

So I just picked up the new 4690k and want to do some overclocking. My Motherboard is a micro-atx form factor so that could potentially cause a problem. I am stuck between the noctua nh-d15 and the nh-u14s. The overclock I am going for is 4.5 Ghz, and i want the cpu to be as cool as possible...

My first computer build will have the 4690k in it, however im stuck trying to find a good motherboard, i am stuck between the asrock z97m oc formula motherboard and the asus z97-a. Normally i wouldve gone for the asus no problem, however there are countless poor reviews on newegg for that...