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[BravoSuperStar]

finished building my new PC yesterday, when i insert the windows 7 DVD for installation, the hard drive is not detected, i checked under the BIOS and it isn't detected either.
my motherboard is an ASUS P7P55D-PRO. help.

Is power plugged into it? =)

Reseat the cables, try another SATA port, and if possible put it in another PC and see if it's detected. Could be DOA though, it happens.

 

[brain_stew]

finished building my new PC yesterday, when i insert the windows 7 DVD for installation, the hard drive is not detected, i checked under the BIOS and it isn't detected either.
my motherboard is an ASUS P7P55D-PRO. help.

Try plugging them in different SATA ports and try replugging the SATA cable into the HDDs again. I've had the same problem before and after hours of pulling my hair out trying to found out what was wrong, it turned out I'd plugged the SATA jack into the wrong part of the HDD in my haste to get things setup . :lol Its fair to say that left me feeling more than a little silly.

Can you hear them spinning up?

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

Is power plugged into it? =)

Reseat the cables, try another SATA port, and if possible put it in another PC and see if it's detected. Could be DOA though, it happens.

yeah. i'm fairly certain power is connected........ but i'll go home and check to make sure....

i will test the drives at my girl's house....

Try plugging them in different SATA ports and try replugging the SATA cable into the HDDs again. I've had the same problem before and after hours of pulling my hair out trying to found out what was wrong, it turned out I'd plugged the SATA jack into the wrong part of the HDD in my haste to get things setup . Its fair to say that left me feeling more than a little silly.

Can you hear them spinning up?

ok, i'll check on that. i'm also confident there are no other problems as the BIOS recognizes everything else (DVD, m/kb 360 pad, headphones) and teh PC powers on fine.
what are some good drives for games then if i have to buy new ones?

 

[Firestorm]

Does it specifically say it's your hard drive? My cousins had an issue with Windows 7 installation saying device not recognized and it was just a bad disc burn. Doing it again at half the speed fixed it. Obviously not a likely issue if the disc is retail. If it's HDD specifically, change AHCI to IDE for now if that's the mode it's in.

Fake Edit: Noticed you said it doesn't show up in BIOS either, I have no clue then =P

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

Does it specifically say it's your hard drive? My cousins had an issue with Windows 7 installation saying device not recognized and it was just a bad disc burn. Doing it again at half the speed fixed it. Obviously not a likely issue if the disc is retail. If it's HDD specifically, change AHCI to IDE for now if that's the mode it's in.

Fake Edit: Noticed you said it doesn't show up in BIOS either, I have no clue then =P

well, what is says if i remember correctly is that there are no drivers detected as well. dont know if that helps....

 

[Grayman]

Can anyone assist me?
FurMark burn mode is causing immediate rebooting.
^This happens intermittently in gaming.
Also having hard lockups while using a second monitor.


card, drivers, psu ideas?

 

[Manp]

Can anyone assist me?
FurMark burn mode is causing immediate rebooting.
^This happens intermittently in gaming.
Also having hard lockups while using a second monitor.


card, drivers, psu ideas?

reboot? if it's not a bsod (make sure automatic reboot on bsod is not enabled!) then it sounds like a PSU issue

 

[Grayman]

reboot? if it's not a bsod (make sure automatic reboot on bsod is not enabled!) then it sounds like a PSU issue

I have the reboot on bsod checked/unchecked whichever it should show a bsod on, don't think i've seen one still (win 7 rc)

Don't think I can afford a new PSU for awhile, I believe I was told this one built in the case would be good enough when I built the computer. Will unplugging the unused dvd drive help a little? The problem was not as bad months ago and the drive and second monitor are the only major changes.

 

[brain_stew]

I have the reboot on bsod checked/unchecked whichever it should show a bsod on, don't think i've seen one still (win 7 rc)

Don't think I can afford a new PSU for awhile, I believe I was told this one built in the case would be good enough when I built the computer. Will unplugging the unused dvd drive help a little? The problem was not as bad months ago and the drive and second monitor are the only major changes.

That's a major red falg right there. Have a look at the side of the PSU and let us know what its average sustained 12v rail output is, and let us know your PC specs to go with that.

 

[Manp]

I have the reboot on bsod checked/unchecked whichever it should show a bsod on, don't think i've seen one still (win 7 rc)

Don't think I can afford a new PSU for awhile, I believe I was told this one built in the case would be good enough when I built the computer. Will unplugging the unused dvd drive help a little? The problem was not as bad months ago and the drive and second monitor are the only major changes.

a dvd drive or hdd should make no difference... usually PSU that come with the case are pretty crappy (well not always, depend on the brand of the case). an hard reboot usually mens the PSU can't keep up with the power consumption of the system.

you can try disconnecting everything that's not essential and see, i'm not sure it would make a huge difference. too bad only thing to do is try...

 

[Grayman]

That's a major red falg right there. Have a look at the side of the PSU and let us know what its average sustained 12v rail output is, and let us know your PC specs to go with that.

It looks like 16.5 average to me

DC	+12V1	+12V2	-12V
Max	17A	16A	0.8A
Min	1A	1A	0A

Page 45(100 per page)

The Antec EA 430w is a solid PSU, you should have no problems.

specs from the last page:
Intel E5200 @2.50ghz
4gb ram
GTX 260 8.17.11.9562

win 7 build 7100
there is a rosewill cooler on the cpu
the case fan is set to low
one harddrive 640gb sata
one ide dvd drive
usb mouse ps/2 keyboard

video dvi - vga - monitor
dvi - hdmi (empty right now)


and there is also the hard lockups with graphical corruption when I use two monitors, instead of a reboot.

 

[BravoSuperStar]

I'm thinking your PS is to low on the 12v rails for your card.

Edit: Does the PS have a dedicated PCI-E output?

 

[Grayman]

I'm thinking your PS is to low on the 12v rails for your card.

Edit: Does the PS have a dedicated PCI-E output?

PCI-E output? Do you mean the 6 pin connector to my video card? It has one, the video card uses it and a 6 to 4+4 adapter.

 

[BravoSuperStar]

PCI-E output? Do you mean the 6 pin connector to my video card? It has one, the video card uses it and a 6 to 4+4 adapter.

What brand/model graphics card is it exactly? The 12v rail requirements should be listed under the info on their website.

 

[Grayman]

What brand/model graphics card is it exactly? The 12v rail requirements should be listed under the info on their website.

http://www.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=896-P3-1255-AR&family=GeForce 200 Series Family

Requirements
Minimum of a 500 Watt power supply.
(Minimum recommended power supply with +12 Volt current rating of 36 Amps.)
Two available 6-pin PCI-E power dongles

guess I should have not taken Hazaro's word on this.

 

[Firestorm]

Anyone know how well a 5770 does in 1080p? =/

 

[brain_stew]

Anyone know how well a 5770 does in 1080p? =/

Decent enough, depends on what your expectations are really. A 5850 would definitely be worth the extra cash if you afford it at that resolution though.

 

[brain_stew]

That PSU should be fine.

 

[Grayman]

That PSU should be fine.

so card problems maybe?

When I ran two monitors I had problems similar to this http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=79407, i usually only did movies in this mode and would turn one off to game.

 

[Pachinko]

well I got the price matching confirmation email, hopefully if all goes well I"ll have this thing on monday the 4th

I'll keep you guys posted on how it turns out. Hopefully that means that about a week from now I'll be posting screen caps with a windows experience rating.

 

[Firestorm]

Decent enough, depends on what your expectations are really. A 5850 would definitely be worth the extra cash if you afford it at that resolution though.

Yeah, I know. It was a build for someone else. She said she had a 1280x1024 monitor, but then her dad got her a 1920x1080 monitor x.x I'll just say to keep Anti-Aliasing at 4x for games. Right now I only see her playing Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, and Batman Arkham Asylum for a while...

 

[brain_stew]

Yeah, I know. It was a build for someone else. She said she had a 1280x1024 monitor, but then her dad got her a 1920x1080 monitor x.x I'll just say to keep Anti-Aliasing at 4x for games. Right now I only see her playing Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, and Batman Arkham Asylum for a while...

Well I mean you're still going to get significatly better graphics and framerates than you would in the console version of those games, even at 1080p. For many that's a huge upgrade, for some the fact that you probably can't guarantee a constant 60fps might be a deal breaker. I'd wager most would be more than happy with its performance though tbh.

 

[Firestorm]

Yeah, 30 locked is something I'm fine with and I'm sure she's fine with (yay v-sync). L4D2 and TF2 should run great at 60fps on that still I think. Well, aside from Hard Rain cuz holy shit x.x

 

[chixdiggit]

Can somebody tell me if I need a better heat sink for i5 processor http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=46...cture=Gigabyte

Also does it come with thermal paste?

Edit: fixed me broken engrish

 

[Firestorm]

Broken link. Also not sure what you linked to as NCIX doesn't have a Gigabyte heatsink... not sure if Gigabyte even makes them.

This is a good i5 heatsink: http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=47090&vpn=NH-D14&manufacture=Noctua&promoid=1012

 

[MWS Natural]

Anyone know a good software fan control program. I have to reset Speedfan after each time I reboot.

 

[brain_stew]

Anyone know a good software fan control program. I have to reset Speedfan after each time I reboot.

Riva Tuner

 

[chixdiggit]

Broken link. Also not sure what you linked to as NCIX doesn't have a Gigabyte heatsink... not sure if Gigabyte even makes them.

This is a good i5 heatsink: http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=47090&vpn=NH-D14&manufacture=Noctua&promoid=1012

Sorry about that....
So you do recommend a different heat sink? This is what I ordered: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002KQ5KDY/ref=ox_ya_oh_product

 

[Firestorm]

The stock fan is fine unless you want to overclock. The Noctua is also very quiet if that's a concern.

 

[naib]

Just built a new PC. Haven't done any PC gaming.. since I bought a G5 a few years ago. Last PC was a Athlon 1800+
I want to thank everyone in this thread for all the tips and suggestions. I've just been lurking and reading.

To my surprise it booted up on the first go. The front panel connections have always made me feel stupid and/or blind. lol.

Had some issues trying to get my crappy 2.1 altec setup to use both right and left channels, then I remembered my Triton AX360s.. About to play Audiosurf while I wait for Steam to finish downloading TF2. I think I have a chubby.

Any new or returning PC gamers looking for some noob Steam buddies, shoot me a PM. Haven't worked out mic yet(ax360 mic cord too short) but I intend to work it out tomorrow.

 

[Kuro Madoushi]

The stock fan is fine unless you want to overclock. The Noctua is also very quiet if that's a concern.

UGH!!!! I spent the past 3 goddamned days dealing with my stock fan. I have an older CPU, Intel C2D E6420, but if you overclock and start getting weird ass BSOD's, be sure to get a better heatsink/fan.

I got bad pool caller, driver irql not less or equal, ntfs.sys, page fault in non paged area errors.

So just a heads up so if there are any strange problems so you don't spend as much time as I did diagnosing the sucker.

 

[chixdiggit]

The stock fan is fine unless you want to overclock. The Noctua is also very quiet if that's a concern.

Thanks for the input Firestorm. I watched a unpacking vid of the i5 and the cooler looked cheap. I ordered this to make me feel better: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0028Y4S9K/ref=ox_ya_oh_product. I figure $20 is not much in the grand scheme of things.

 

[Grayman]

so card problems maybe?

When I ran two monitors I had problems similar to this http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=79407, i usually only did movies in this mode and would turn one off to game.

I am not able to cause crashes now, maybe crashing will go away for awhile.

 

[Brandon F]

What is the story with 59hz vs. 60hz for refresh rate? I never know what to pick when asked!

My spec:
Core i7 920
Radeon 4890
9gb RAM
Dell 2407WFP monitor

 

[Darkatomz]

^Pick the one native to your monitor and it's resolution, almost always 60Hz (which it is, if you're running it in 1920x1200).

 

[Nabs]

i'm picking some pieces and i've arrived here:

CPU: i5 750 - http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0317379
GFX: Sapphire HD 5850 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102857&cm_re=5850-_-14-102-857-_-Product
Mobo: ASUS P7P55D http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131407
Case: Antec Nine Hundred Two http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0305999
PSU: Corsair CMPSU-650tx http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005
Ram: G.Skill 4gb (2x2) DDR3 1600 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...231193&cm_re=1600_ddr3-_-20-231-193-_-Product

hopefully you guys can help me pick this apart, so I can make the best picks. thanks for the help.

 

[Firestorm]

I personally <3 this case if $130 is your price range:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129061&Tpk=antec p183

Both should be great. The Sapphire card is now OoS.

 

[Nabs]

oh nose, i waited too long!

thanks for the recommendation on that case, i'll probably grab that.

 

[Shambles]

Any help?

Buying a soundcard to improve game performance is an enormous waste of money. You're better off buying a new GPU instead if it bugs you that much.

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

all is fixed and am now posting from my brand new built PC, thanks PC GAF!!

edit: ok, maybe not everything. i cant see my NVIDIA control panel, i already installed the latest drivers but i dont see anything when i right click on the desktop.

 

[senahorse]

I personally <3 this case if $130 is your price range:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129061&Tpk=antec p183

Both should be great. The Sapphire card is now OoS.

I love my P182, and I am picking up a P183 for my HTPC later this week. Great cases, cool and silent

 

[Firestorm]

all is fixed and am now posting from my brand new built PC, thanks PC GAF!!

edit: ok, maybe not everything. i cant see my NVIDIA control panel, i already installed the latest drivers but i dont see anything when i right click on the desktop.

By newest drivers do you mean what Windows 7 downloaded or did you manually install it? If you manually installed the drivers, they should show up... Windows 7 doesn't seem to grab the right ones.

 

[Hazaro]

Can anyone assist me?
FurMark burn mode is causing immediate rebooting.
^This happens intermittently in gaming.
Also having hard lockups while using a second monitor.


card, drivers, psu ideas?

Sounds like your card is going out because of the second monitor issue. Your PSU is still fine. (In terms of wattage/quality)

Clean off the dust with air from the card (and the rear ports) clear your drivers and update to 185.85
Also make sure all your connections are secure.

From my experience with nVidia drivers (which have been fine except that tf2 seems to like to crash). These have not given my any problems at all.

What kind of crashing are you getting? Hard reboot? Blue Screen -> restart?

 

[spons]

I personally <3 this case if $130 is your price range:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129061&Tpk=antec p183

I'm actually going to get that case soon. Doesn't seem to be any comparable cases in that price range (all the Lian Li tower cases are about the same but overpriced). Most other cases of this type have absolute terrible 'gamer' design with leds and what not. There's probably a market for that shit but I hate it.

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

By newest drivers do you mean what Windows 7 downloaded or did you manually install it? If you manually installed the drivers, they should show up... Windows 7 doesn't seem to grab the right ones.

no i manually grabbed, don't know why but it was missing some stuff from the file so i just re-downloaded them and am good to go now.
where can i buy SLI bridges? i have a tri-SLI bridge but it cant reach to the second card (something to do with the way the ASUS Mobos are built) i need one thats 4-5 inches or so....

 

[Grayman]

Sounds like your card is going out because of the second monitor issue. Your PSU is still fine. (In terms of wattage/quality)

Clean off the dust with air from the card (and the rear ports) clear your drivers and update to 185.85
Also make sure all your connections are secure.

From my experience with nVidia drivers (which have been fine except that tf2 seems to like to crash). These have not given my any problems at all.

What kind of crashing are you getting? Hard reboot? Blue Screen -> restart?

I have had the reboots when running 3d applications. With dual monitors I would have some corruption of graphics, usually a brown monitor, and a system locked right up that I have to reboot with the power button or switch on the back.

I have not been able to reproduce either today while I could cause reboot on command yesterday. I seem to get fits of one issue or the other for a day or two then they go away.

In the morning I'll check connections and dust. If I get the dual monitor to bug out again i will downgrade the drivers. Problems with two monitors did start after a driver update. My second monitor is a tv across the room that I was not using constantly so i did not notice right after whichever driver update did it.

 

[GamePnoy74]

I'm planning to build a new PC myself soon, just curious on how many watts my new box should be running...

Planning to have the following:
- CPU: Intel i7-860
- Motherboard: ASUS P7P55D-E (newer LGA 1156 board with USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s support)
- Graphics Card: XFX HD Radeon 5850
- Hard Drive: 1TB WD Caviar Black SATA HDD (maybe also a smaller-sized HDD as well)
- Memory: Corsair XPS 4GB (2x2GB)

Is a 650W power supply good enough for this? I'm not really planning to overclock my system (maybe a very mild overclock if anything). Thinking about getting a 650W PSU either from Corsair (CMPSU-650TX) or the newly-released one by XFX (P1-650X-CAG9).

Thanks! =)

edit: fixed name of hard drive I'm planning to use :lol

 

[Annihilator]

Just built a new PC. Haven't done any PC gaming.. since I bought a G5 a few years ago. Last PC was a Athlon 1800+
I want to thank everyone in this thread for all the tips and suggestions. I've just been lurking and reading.

To my surprise it booted up on the first go. The front panel connections have always made me feel stupid and/or blind. lol.

Had some issues trying to get my crappy 2.1 altec setup to use both right and left channels, then I remembered my Triton AX360s.. About to play Audiosurf while I wait for Steam to finish downloading TF2. I think I have a chubby.

Any new or returning PC gamers looking for some noob Steam buddies, shoot me a PM. Haven't worked out mic yet(ax360 mic cord too short) but I intend to work it out tomorrow.

Looks nice. I love the fact that windows gives a 5.9 to just about everyones hard drive. You think even if people have the same type of drive that it might change the score by .1 from time to time but it doesn't.

I'm planning to build a new PC myself soon, just curious on how many watts my new box should be running...

Planning to have the following:
- CPU: Intel i7-860
- Motherboard: ASUS P7P55D-E (newer LGA 1156 board with USB 3.0 and STAT 6Gb/s support)
- Graphics Card: XFX HD Radeon 5850
- Hard Drive: 1TB WD Black Hard SATA HDD (maybe also a smaller-sized HDD as well)
- Memory: Corsair XPS 4GB (2x2GB)

Is a 650W power supply good enough for this? I'm not really planning to overclock my system (maybe a very mild overclock if anything). Thinking about getting a 650W PSU either from Corsair (CMPSU-650TX) or the newly-released one by XFX (P1-650X-CAG9).

Thanks! =)

I have 575w in a system with i7 920 and an Radeon 5870...so I would think your 650 would be good.

 

[MWS Natural]

Riva Tuner

Thanks! Forgot about that program.

 

[edible_candle]

Settled on most of the parts for my new desktop:

CPU: Intel i5 750
Mobo: ASUS P7P55D LE
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 2x2GB
Graphics: XFX Radeon 5770
Power: Antec Neo Eco 520W
Case: Antec Nine Hundred
Harddrive: Samsung Spinpoint F3
Disc Drive: Lite-On DVD Burner
OS: Windows 7

Total (after bing cashback and rebates): 764.62

Any suggestions for changes or improvements?