Starting up the New Build...

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Booting up the new build for the first time and very apprehensive about doing it. Any good guides out there that would be a good step by step guide of setting up a new computer to get it up and running. Like a guide going every little detail. I'm looking at stuff online now...

 

[alexoiu]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIF43-0mDk4 3 parts or similar
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems
And to not forget the motherboard's manual.

 

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Might help on things to check:

http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1753671/bench-troubleshooting.html

 

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Thanks for the links.

Good news: I started up my first build!

Bad news: Only fans that are running are the ones I hooked directly to my MOBO. The case fans are not working. Leads me to believe that the one wire that I did not hook up is keeping the fan controller wires from firing up. So it looks like I might have to disconnect the case fans from the fan controller hub and plug them into the MOBO directly????

 

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The fan controller hub in question.


The one wire I did not hook up because i didn't see a place for it.







Where does the fan controller hub, that I guess is pictured above, go?

 

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A better pic of the connector.

 

[alexoiu]

What case? NZXT? What model? The fan controller should have a molex that has to be connected to the power supply.
Molex: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Molex_female_connector.jpg

 

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Case is a NZXT Phantom 630

 

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What case? NZXT? What model? The fan controller should have a molex that has to be connected to the power supply.
Molex: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Molex_female_connector.jpg

I see, so that molex goes into the mother board somewhere then.......just where is now the question. Becauase I did indeed find the molex connector in the PSU box. My mother board is an ASUS Z97 A

 

[alexoiu]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnmSEPXpqHw
Min 6.21 Connect that molex to the power supply.

 

[alexoiu]

A power supply cable with a molex connector looks like http://cdn.overclock.net/e/e1/e134d1fe_molex-8.jpeg

 

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Hmmmm, the molex that comes with the PSU does NOT fit the fan controller hub... Back to the drawing board.

 

[alexoiu]

Have you watched the video? Pay attention at min. 6.20 - 6.23

 

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Yeah, I saw that molex wire that plugs in. I have that one plugged in but this one is still unplugged that she mentioned was the for the side fan....which mine doesn't come with since I have the windowed edition. I know this is something simple that I'm missing.

 

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THe molex that I have plugged in is at the bottom of the picture.

 

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I got it all going. The molex connection must have been off because I played with it and reconnected it and now all the fans come on. Now I just need to set everything up. Do you install the OS system first or do you install the MOBO CD?

 

[alexoiu]

The system and then drivers/utilities.