Final Check - Computer

[DarrenToogood]

O yes, they are

Did you build your own?

[Recursion]

Yeh. built it on Christmas Day

[DarrenToogood]

What sort of problems did you encounter? One thing I am not looking forward to, is putting the processor on the mobo. How did you do it?

[Stephen!]

You just lift the flap and drop it in *Not literally drop it*

[Recursion]

I put the motherboard on top of its Anti static bag on top of the motherboard box, opened up the retainer (forgotten what its called) and what you don't want to do is touch the bottom. Just carefully pick it up with two fingers by the side and drop it in, MAKE SURE IT IS IN THE RIGHT WAY!! There should be an arrow making sure you put it in the right way.

While putting everything together, keep touching the case every couple of minutes to discharge you.

The Processor is the most worrying bit, £150 of hardware could be gone within seconds.

[N!ck]

MAKE SURE IT IS IN THE RIGHT WAY!!

You'd have a job on your hands trying to get it in the wrong way though .

[DarrenToogood]

Yeah, getting the mobo in is not the hard bit

Its the processor. Did you put the processor and RAM on the mobo before you put it into place?

[Recursion]

Yeh, Its easiest that way

If your CPU Cooler is a pushpin one, they require a lot of force, I thought I was going to bloody snap the motherboard LOL

[N!ck]

Yeah, it looks like he's using the stock Intel cooler. Once you think it's in i like to pick it up by the cooler and give it a shake lol. There should be no give in it and it shuld be a very firm fit.

[Recursion]

I just picked it up by the cooler and shock it slightly OVER MY BED so if it did fall it wouldnt break LOL