- Feb 10, 2020
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I just finished building my PC, and was able to install Windows 10 and get to the desktop and access the internet, but there are some problems and things missing (such as my Internal HD), probably resulting from going through BIOS the wrong way as well as perhaps connecting cables the wrong way during the build. My motherboard is a Gigabyte X570 Gaming X.
So I'll break it down by issue. But before I continue, these are the parts I used.
BIOS/UEFI
It's based on my X570 Gaming X motherboard. When I first turned on the computer (I had the USB 3.0 flash drive with the Windows 10 installer connected), the keyboard and mouse turned on, but nothing was reaching my screen via HDMI. So I believed I pressed F2, and if not, I may have pressed Delete. Nothing showed up still, so I turned the computer off and on again a few times. Eventually, I was greeted with the "Classic" view of the UEFI (with the M.I.T. tab, as well as the System, BIOS, Peripherals, Chipset, Power, and Save & Exit tabs). I wanted to update the BIOS because I heard that was a good idea, but my manual (it's so confusing and unhelpful most of the time) didn't include instructions on how to do so. So I turned the computer off again, turned it back on, pressed Delete, and the Windows 10 installer process started.
Windows 10
Once I got to the Desktop, I was able to connect my ethernet cable and get on the internet. However, it was very odd that I wasn't greeted with the task manager that showed all the drivers and everything else that was updating. (what this guy was going through in this video at the time stamp of 17:45 (
View: https://youtu.be/vHS_3qi0kXg?t=1065
). It just was at the desktop, almost as if I had already done all of that updating driver stuff.
Also, I couldn't register my activation key (I was greeted with error 0x87e10bcf (Something prevented us from communicating with our activation servers. Wait a few minutes and then try again.) I did wait a few minutes, and I even reset the computer, before trying again, receiving the same error message.
Internal Hard Drive
When I was installing Windows 10, at the step where you direct where you want it installed, all I was able to select was Drive 0, which I believe had only 64GBs. I didn't see my 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Western Digital Purple Internal Hard Drive. And once I was able to get to the desktop and then look at the This PC folder, I didn't see it either.
I could have sworn that I set the SATA power cable up correctly. My only thought is that the SATA data cable which I also attached to the HDD may have been attached to the wrong SATA3 connector on the motherboard. The video I was watching said that it sometimes matters where I should connect it (there were 6 areas to connect on my motherboard) and that I should look at the manual to confirm where. But the manual didn't tell where to put it. All it said was "The SATA connectors support RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10. It also numbered the connector pins with definition words such as Pin #1 being GND, Pin #2 TXP, #3 TXN, #4 GND, #5 RXN, #6 RXP, and #7 GND. It also said the three on top were 4, 2, and 0, and the three on bottom were 5, 3, and 1. I'm pretty sure I connected to 2, but I can't remember for sure.
Solid State Drive
I'm not sure if the SSD was installed correctly or not. I'm using a PCIe Gen 3x4 M.2 2280 512GB SSD. I installed it under the heat sink area, but there was no place to attach any sort of SATA cable afterward. It's not showing up when I go to "This PC"
Memory
I'm pretty positive I put in the two 8GB DDR4-3200 Memory sticks correctly. But do I find out?
I know this is a lot, but I thought it best to include this in one thread rather than create multiple threads.
So I'll break it down by issue. But before I continue, these are the parts I used.
BIOS/UEFI
It's based on my X570 Gaming X motherboard. When I first turned on the computer (I had the USB 3.0 flash drive with the Windows 10 installer connected), the keyboard and mouse turned on, but nothing was reaching my screen via HDMI. So I believed I pressed F2, and if not, I may have pressed Delete. Nothing showed up still, so I turned the computer off and on again a few times. Eventually, I was greeted with the "Classic" view of the UEFI (with the M.I.T. tab, as well as the System, BIOS, Peripherals, Chipset, Power, and Save & Exit tabs). I wanted to update the BIOS because I heard that was a good idea, but my manual (it's so confusing and unhelpful most of the time) didn't include instructions on how to do so. So I turned the computer off again, turned it back on, pressed Delete, and the Windows 10 installer process started.
Windows 10
Once I got to the Desktop, I was able to connect my ethernet cable and get on the internet. However, it was very odd that I wasn't greeted with the task manager that showed all the drivers and everything else that was updating. (what this guy was going through in this video at the time stamp of 17:45 (
). It just was at the desktop, almost as if I had already done all of that updating driver stuff.
Also, I couldn't register my activation key (I was greeted with error 0x87e10bcf (Something prevented us from communicating with our activation servers. Wait a few minutes and then try again.) I did wait a few minutes, and I even reset the computer, before trying again, receiving the same error message.
Internal Hard Drive
When I was installing Windows 10, at the step where you direct where you want it installed, all I was able to select was Drive 0, which I believe had only 64GBs. I didn't see my 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Western Digital Purple Internal Hard Drive. And once I was able to get to the desktop and then look at the This PC folder, I didn't see it either.
I could have sworn that I set the SATA power cable up correctly. My only thought is that the SATA data cable which I also attached to the HDD may have been attached to the wrong SATA3 connector on the motherboard. The video I was watching said that it sometimes matters where I should connect it (there were 6 areas to connect on my motherboard) and that I should look at the manual to confirm where. But the manual didn't tell where to put it. All it said was "The SATA connectors support RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10. It also numbered the connector pins with definition words such as Pin #1 being GND, Pin #2 TXP, #3 TXN, #4 GND, #5 RXN, #6 RXP, and #7 GND. It also said the three on top were 4, 2, and 0, and the three on bottom were 5, 3, and 1. I'm pretty sure I connected to 2, but I can't remember for sure.
Solid State Drive
I'm not sure if the SSD was installed correctly or not. I'm using a PCIe Gen 3x4 M.2 2280 512GB SSD. I installed it under the heat sink area, but there was no place to attach any sort of SATA cable afterward. It's not showing up when I go to "This PC"
Memory
I'm pretty positive I put in the two 8GB DDR4-3200 Memory sticks correctly. But do I find out?
I know this is a lot, but I thought it best to include this in one thread rather than create multiple threads.
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