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September 8, 2021 at 7:08 pm #68599
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I purchased new kit to build a computer, I have put it together over a week taking my time and doing it to the letter. Last thing I had (today) was ram. I put the ram in and powered it up with a Windows 10 instaltion USB in.

Their is a light on the mobo the CPU fan is spinning and that’s as far as it goes.

Here’s the kit

Mobo

CPU

Ram

SSD

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John
September 8, 2021 at 7:13 pm #68600
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Have you checked the bios settings? It should at the very least say that the USB drive is the boot device.
September 8, 2021 at 7:32 pm #68602
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cheers Ed

I can’t get into the bios nothing is working other than the fans and a light on mobo, not even any beeps.

I was thinking could it be lack of power to the CPU the PSU only has 4 pins so I purchased this

maybe it needs a PSU with 8 pin plig?

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John
September 8, 2021 at 8:52 pm #68603
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John, as I said to you before. This i3 10105F processor you linked to does not have integrated graphics – so you’ll need a dedicated graphics card.

Never trust an atom - they make up everything !
September 8, 2021 at 9:07 pm #68605
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cheers Boris

I remember, it has a socket that my plug went in. Shows how much I know I should have listened.

Is it just a PCIe I need

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September 8, 2021 at 9:22 pm #68607
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will this do or does it need to be dedicated

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September 8, 2021 at 11:06 pm #68608
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The slot is marked PCI_E1 (the long one – under the CPU and above the motherboard battery).

That Dell ATI Radeon R5 240 card originally dates from about 6 years ago ?

It has DVI and DisplayPort outputs.

Never trust an atom - they make up everything !
September 9, 2021 at 7:14 am #68610
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Thanks Boris

Thanks Boris

I am clueless

When I search PCI_E1 it throws up some like when I click the link it doesn’t state as PCI_E1, could it be E3 (further down)

I don’t want to get the wrong type which is 6 years old.

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John
September 9, 2021 at 7:22 am #68611
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looking deeper it’s getting frightening did I buy the wrong CPU as onboard graphics (CPU required)

This is my first new kit project, maybe I should have left it.

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September 9, 2021 at 8:43 am #68614
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is this what I need,

When I search dedicated they are far to expensive.

I am nearly giving up and put it all in the box/s. I fetched the mobo box out (ready to pack) and changed my mind for now.

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John
September 9, 2021 at 9:17 am #68618
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John, that looks to be far too big for your case, Dave said in your ‘Calling ricedg’ post:-

It must be half height (aka low profile) as your case won’t take full height ones. So you must make sure it does have the right brackets in the box.

Asus GeForce GT 710 2GB GDDR5 £50 Only get this if you can’t afford anything else.

Gigabyte GT 1030 Low Profile D4 2GB £80 All the current GT 1030 cards have only digital output i.e. no VGA. So if you have a VGA only monitor you’ll need an adapter like this for £8.
September 9, 2021 at 9:24 am #68619
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Thanks JayCee

O yes I forgot what David said (when it comes to it) glad you pointed it out.

Thanks for the suggestions I will have a look.

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John
September 9, 2021 at 10:27 am #68620
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Is this one any good

It does match the suggestion, so maybe a silly question.

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September 9, 2021 at 10:33 am #68623
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That looks like the Low Profile version of this one I’m looking at for my build.

Just make sure that your monitor has an HDMI port ( or Display Port ). If it only has a VGA port you may need the adapter Dave also referenced.
September 9, 2021 at 10:50 am #68624
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Lovely JayCee thanks

I wish I was going for the one you’re having, maybe 1 day I can get a bigger case. At the moment I use what I can for now.

I have only VGA but I do have the adapter.

Hopefully I can fire the rig up soon.

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John
September 9, 2021 at 11:27 am #68625
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All good John, hope it works for you.👍👍
September 10, 2021 at 9:28 am #68632
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Thanks JayCee

I hope it does work, once gfx card is in?

Boris wrote:

John, as I said to you before. This i3 10105F processor you linked to does not have integrated graphics – so you’ll need a dedicated graphics card.

A confession

The i3 10105F was cheaper (by half) than the i3 10105, so I then forgot all about integrated. However I should have added up the savings I could have made not buying a GFX card. I was trying to save but ended up not.

All becuase of an F, that I was warned about.

Anyway my thanks go to all participants in this and my other recent threads.

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John
September 27, 2021 at 8:52 pm #68797
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JayCeeDee wrote:

Asus GeForce GT 710 2GB GDDR5 £50 Only get this if you can’t afford anything else. Gigabyte GT 1030 Low Profile D4 2GB £80 All the current GT 1030 cards have only digital output i.e. no VGA. So if you have a VGA only monitor you’ll need an adapter like this for £8.

Going back to the above suggestion I cheated a little (to save money) and purchased this as a cheap substitute. It’s in a gigabyte mobo. The mobo fires (I think) the HDD flickers, I can’t see it on a monitor, is the gfx card purchase not a good substitute for GT 1030 Low Profile D4 2GB.

Using this

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John
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