20071006-08 - building Hades - 139-3941 - computer - lots of wires, no problems yet!

Now that it's almost a computer, we get to the phase where you turn it on each step to make sure nothing has gone wrong. Notice the "7F" code. I don't remember what it means, but it's quite useful that the motherboard has a 2-character LED display for error codes. This lets you debug situations without having a monitor hooked up.

 

BACKSTORY: So, as mentioned before (in a 10-part series of blog posts), my trusty computer of 9 years, "Storm", died a nasty death. My secondary/kitchen computer "Hell" stepped up to bat and took Storm's place, but I still needed a new computer for our somewhat newly-built upstairs space. So I built Hades, during which I wrote another 5 blog posts. These are the pictures I took while building it.

 

building computer.

Abit IP35 Pro motherboard, Intel Core2Duo E6750 CPU, OCZ 800mHz PC6400 DDR2 Dual Channel RAM, OCZ GameXStream 600W power supply, Thermaltake computer case, fan, wires.

Hades.

 

Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.

 

October 6, 2007.

 

 

... Read my blog at ClintJCL.wordpress.com

... Read Carolyn's blog at CarolynCASL.wordpress.com

 

 

 

A run-down of all parts in my new computer, with links to buy them, can be found here: clintjcl.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/journal-hardware-purcha...

 

Buy this insane case for $145 at NewEgg: www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811133154

 

Buy this killer power supply for $110 at NewEgg: www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16817341001

 

Buy 2G of this modern RAM for a mere $42 at TigerDirect: www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details...

 

Buy this great processor for $170 at NewEgg: www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16819115029

Done