Recent content by stu1234

Hi All, I just got a SATA power cable from be Quiet, for the be Quiet modular PSU I have. I had to do some creative twisting and pulling (being careful!) so that I could connect the two SSDs which are sitting next to each other in the panel of the Bitfenix Phenom M. Unfortunately a wire from...

That was the problem all along!! So simple, grrrr! That was even one of the things I read about when deciding on the Xeon over the i7. I didn't have any need for integrated graphics, as I was always going to use a dedicated GPU anyhow. Well, silly me. That's a mistake I won't make again!

Hi, my CPU (Intel Xeon E3-1231v3 4x 3.40GHz So.1150) doesn't have integrated graphics. Does this mean I HAVE to use my GPU (and it's connectors) if I want an output to the screen?

OK thanks. Whereabouts can I find a detailed table, perhaps, of the BIOS codes? When I install the speaker, I'll try first without RAM and see what happens. Then with RAM. Can you confirm; by a successful Post, will it give one short beep? Thanks.

OK. Yes, it's brand-new. Took it out of the box and installed it myself. Along with the other parts. Hmm... OK, well hopefully tomorrow I'll get my hands on a speaker and report back my post codes (if it beeps :/...) Can you confirm if this mobo uses the AMI BIOS beep codes...

Hi, it's the Intel Xeon E3-1231v3 4x 3.40GHz So.1150

Hi All, After having a good time carefully putting together my PC, I became very, very disappointed when it failed to post last night. I've followed all the instructions here and still can't get it to post. I've checked for bent pins twice: nothing (I was extremely careful with the...