Recent content by Virgil2U

I just finished building a system. I have been building and working on computers since 1995, but this is the first time I have installed an Intel Manufactured motherboard. I do understand how different makes are way different so I am not totally sure if I have it connected properly. I did double...

As a follow up to this today I did the process known as bread boarding where I removed the motherboard from the case and placed it on the bed and then connected the power supply to it and used a screwdriver tip to the power connections on the motherboard to start it up. It did as before and...

Yes I have held in the power button while it is running and doing the dang restarting stuff. I also removed both the power switch connectors and reset switch connector and used a screwdriver tip to try and start it by touching the two posts on the power switch side. At this rate I am thinking...

Well I removed the motherboard again and disconnected all the cables and then reinstalled the motherboard and connections and still have the same problem, I just had a thought earlier that since it is a very cheap case that it is possible that the power switch and reset switch are mislabeled and...

Well what I plan to do today is to take the motherboard back out again and go over the back of it to look for scratches and the like and then reinstall it. I have come across a few times in the past with other builds where after assembling the system it would not start up and after removing the...

Ok here is the story thus far. I had a Gigabyte motherboard with a i3 processor in it and when I wanted to go to a i7 system I needed to purchase a different motherboard and memory and so I decided to just get all new everything. I took the old Gigabyte motherboard with the i3 processor and put...