almost done with the questions. There is a ATX 12v input on my mobo. The only connection from my psu that would fit it is two pieces. But that must be the correct connection correct? If I put my old school ide HD in my new computer from my old computer do I need to worry about jumper settings, slave master etc? hopefully I will be able to load windows 7 tonight.
See page 22 of your motherboard manual. The pair of 2x2 12V power supply plugs connect side-by-side into the 2x4 12V power connector on your motherboard. Your IDE drive should be set to Master. See http://freepctech.com/pc/001/installing_ide_devices.shtml for more information on IDE settings. It sounds like you're getting close. You may need to re-partition and format the HDD, but the Windows 7 install process should lead you through those steps. Dick
thanks, I should be ok plugging in my computer and making sure the fans spin and the lights light up etc.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129066 I have the above case, antec 3 hundred. are the blue leds supposed to flash whe the hard drive is working?
I am close to pulling this off. I installed windows 7 and everything seems to be ok. Here are my problems. 1. No sound. The sound this is confusing, I had HD audio on the case, and the mobo has left right and middle and an other speaker out. I will recheck them and see if any of the connections work. 2. Web pages flicker like crazy when I scroll down. What is the fix for this? 3. I was unclear in my last post. My blue lights do not blink when the HD is working I believe they are supposed to. I will try to recerse the polarity on the led pin. 3.
The LED connected between pins 1 and 3 of your F_PANEL header should flicker with disk activity. The LED connected between pins 2 and 4 of your F_PANEL header should be ON when the power is on and should blink when the system is in Sleep mode. Your AC'97 plug should plug into your F_AUDIO header. Check Chapter 5 of your motherboard manual for information on configuring your audio. I am not familiar with your video problem and will leave that to others to comment on. Dick
I used the HDA audio connection and not the ac97 one. I will try and switch it. windows updated and the flicker problem has resolved it seeof I think. K7VC do you have the same case I do? Are the fan leds supposed to blink or just the very small one near the power botton?
For which audio port to use, refer to the manual. It should be the middle green plug if you just have a 2 speaker set up. The flickering was likley a video card lacking a proper driver.
I am jumping ahead a little bit because I dont have all my issues fixed yet, but; When I see screen shots of peoples computer they know what tempture their processer is at. How is that done? I ended up going with the AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz. When I want to overclock, how is that done?
No sound and flickering web pages. Have you installed any drivers? A sound driver and graphics driver are typically required to display smooth graphics and to produce sound. While windows 7 includes standardised drivers for these, they don't work for every system configuration.
I loaded the disc that came with the mobo and the gpu and i believe it directed my to a web site to update the drivers. the flickering resolved it self after I updated windows. I had the speakers pluged in to the wrong input, and I found one that worked but the speaker volume in very low? my plan is to unhook the HDA connection and use the ac97 connection.
As a rule I always use the back panel connectors and never hook up the front panel audio connector, I don't see the point since you don't get surround sound from front panels anyway.
True, I'm not saying it's a useless feature, but generally you get better headphone sound if you plug your headphones into the headphone socket on your speakers, rather than directly into your sound card. That and the FP_AUDIO wire makes a real mess of an otherwise tidy case
I still cant get my sound right. I can hear the sound but it is at a level 3 out of 10. I have everything maxed out. I have tried the HDA hook up and the AC97 hook up. I tried to update the driver through the realtek high definition audio properties page and it said I was up to date. I hooked the speakers up to another computer and they were loud, so it is not the speakers. any suggestions to fix this
You've not got one of the volume sliders turned down in the software have you? If you're using Windows Vista/7, remember there is a separate volume slider for each program.
I see the 3 sliders for devise/speakers, applications/system sounds and internet explorer and they are all maxed out. Is that what you are talking about?
