putting together computer, hellllppp!

[FreakBaller12]

Alright I go to put the video card into the MOBO and line it up in the expansion slot. I go to put it in, it snaps in but the card itsnt completely in.like the piece of metal with the moniter slot and stuff has an L type cut. The fin or end of the L is too short and wont let the end of the card go all the way in the MOBO. Should i just cuz the little piece of the L off?

Also, when I put my processor in, I didn't realize there was a bar that snapped over the processor to keep it in. I have the fan and everything over it. Is it crucial to have the bar holding in the processor?

[Miscue]

Ask Kosmo... who seems to know so much.

[FreakBaller12]

some pins are bent on the processor and im about to scream/ cry. I think they may have been bent already, but I'm not sure. UGH

[Miscue]

some pins are bent on the processor and im about to scream/ cry. I think they may have been bent already, but I'm not sure. UGH

Have you OC'd the crap out of your processor yet like Kosmo suggested? Maybe that's the problem.

[FreakBaller12]

Have you OC'd the crap out of your processor yet like Kosmo suggested? Maybe that's the problem.

not in the mood for the jokes, honestly I'm not.

[Miscue]

You're not going to like what I'm going to say... but it is very likely that you F'd it up and it didn't come that way... ESPECIALLY if it is not an OEM CPU.

How do I know? First of all, you improperly mounted the CPU fan. You would have noticed the bent pins before you even got to that point. You didn't mention it, therefore it makes sense that you bent them.

If it's not too bad, you can straighten them and keep your fingers crossed - avoid pliers... easy to kink the pins. Otherwise... say goodbye to your warranty... if you really bent the crap out of the pins, throw it away and go buy a new one. If you're lucky... you can straighten them enough to sucker the sales people you got it from... into exchanging it. Typically computer sales people are retards that miss that stuff, or they just don't care. If you crushed the pins... good luck trying to make it look okay!

As far as your Vid Card fit problem... this is my guess. You mounted something incorrectly... something you bought is just a tad off and you need to jimmy it just a bit (which happens once in a while)... or you bought a POS with bad tolerances. Hard to say w/o it being in front of me.

You shouldn't have to force anything.

[FreakBaller12]

the truth hurts
If i go to turn it in, should i say it's DOA?

[Miscue]

the truth hurts
If i go to turn it in, should i say it's DOA?

Depends. If you returned it to me and said it was DOA... I'd put it on a board and see. If I noticed that the pins were bent when I tried to mount it... I'd tell you to screw off. If the board booted, I'd tell you to screw off. Oh yeah, and I'd make a note that you attempted to return physically damaged stuff... so that if you tried with another sales guy... he'd know too.

However, if you told me it had intermittant stability problems that are difficult to reproduce... I wouldn't even screw with it and give you another one, as long as I did not notice bent pins (which I always checked).

Now... if you get a retard to do your return... he might let you return a 486SX. (Well, not literally... but you know what I mean.)

[FreakBaller12]

I'll give it one more day of me trying then I'll call it quits and look for the return.
Building a computer suddenly sucked when I got to this and the video, I'm not a happy camper.

[Miscue]

Well... good luck with it.

The problem with bent pins and/or trying to straighten them is future intermittant stability problems. It depends on your perspective... but you're not supposed to attempt to straighten pins at all, and just go right for the RMA. Can you straighten them anyway? Well, technically yeah. Will it work fine? It might seem so at first, but not forever - unless you're fortunate. "I've straightened pins a dozen times and it worked fine!!! Blah blah blah." Well maybe so... but these things are delicate and it doesn't always work out that way... and problems might not crop up until later.

Even if your pins are bent... there's a good chance that you can get it replaced, unless you run into a return Nazi... really depends on how bad the pins are. I've had people try to return stuff (a lot of times) that was completely crushed with broken pins and stuff... no way I could return that. "It's your fault, you didn't teach me!" I can't tell you how many times I heard something like that. As long as it wasn't completely mangled and people had a good attitude about it - I would return it. "You sold me this POS! BLAH BLAH BLAH!" That really gets you points.

If I remember correctly, Intel and AMD will even honor the RMA. I don't know the exact details on what they will or won't do... but there is some flexibility with this.

[Miscue]

If you have a digital camera... show me a pic of the vid card issue you are talking about... and how your motherboard is mounted if possible.

[FreakBaller12]

I don't, only a camera phone and that isn't good enough quality.
The video card wont slide in even, The edge closest to the expansion slot is out and I can see the, let's call them gold teeth(I dont know the technical name), taper all the way into the pci-e slot. The edge furthest away from the expansion slot snapped in as that's where the piece is to make sure the card stays in.

[FreakBaller12]

I also installed the cathode and extra fan which is the easiest thing I have done yet today.
I have alot of little 1 black prong type connectors that come out of the case, not the power supply, do you know what those are for?
Also, how the heck do I slide my cd drive in ? I can't figure it out with those brackets they gave me.

[Yogster]

Hey Bro

Miscue I think he's talking about the little piece of plastic he hasn't taken out on his agp or pci express slot. FreakBaller12 if you look down at the slot near the back of the agp slot where it holds the card in sometimes manufactures like asus put a plastic peice in the agp slot.That has to be taken out and also make sure that the clip is open all the wall when you push on the card evenally that little plastic clamp will snap into place.

I think this what your talking about hope it helps.Too bad for the chip man,I think you made yourself a $$ pop coaster for your desk.

Yogster

[FreakBaller12]

towards the expansion slot?. I have a clip in thing that's furthest away from the expansion slot that will hold the card in, but the actualy part you see in the expansion slot looks like its stuck or messed up. Im not sure.