Recent content by j12y

When building the system the first time we never saw the fan of the cooler spin but weren't able to diagnose the source of the problem. I know we'll need the GPU eventually but I think success in breadboarding at this stage is simply observing the fan spinning. I tried to figure out which pair...

Is the GPU still required even for breadboarding? We tried a complete build unsuccessfully so are trying to isolate which components might be an issue so started back at the beginning to try and verify a minimum system. For pinout, I'm looking at the schema diagram 1.1.2 in the manual -- are...

First time build, still at breadboarding stage. I've read advice to short the pins with a screwdriver, but I need help identifying which ones specifically. I've been looking through the manual but it isn't entirely clear to me yet. I've connected: PSU (EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2) Motherboard...

Breadboarding is a great answer -- thank you. This limits the number of variables to debug and get things working. I made a few more mistakes along the way but was successful in seeing the fan spin. That means I can move on to a second stage of connecting GPU, etc. What I did: Disassembled...

Attempted to build a computer with my son (11) which did not go as well as some guides / videos made it out to be. After some initial attempts at debugging / troubleshooting we came to believe there was an issue with the motherboard. We're starting from the beginning again with new hardware...