PC People Help Please!

[Final Maxim]

hmmm ill try it inasec, its curently set to 1st boot dvd 2nd boot hd

cooking atm so gimme 10 mins to report back

 

[ViolentJ]

Reading around it could be a partition issue.

Do you have any existing partitions on this drive? Does the Vista pre-install setup allow you to create / delete partitions? I believe you need to install it to a partition, however people have had trouble installing to a partition made using other software.

 

[seb]

hmmm ill try it inasec, its curently set to 1st boot dvd 2nd boot hd

cooking atm so gimme 10 mins to report back

no worries, i am currently ordering dominos. see you on the other side brother.

 

[ViolentJ]

pmsl

 

[Final Maxim]

ok tried switching boot up to hdd first dvd second, still same.

the hdd has only the 1 partition, i aint ever split it up.

windows dont let me partition it, just says refresh, format, next

 

[ViolentJ]

Are you sure? XP used to let you delete and create partitions...

Edit: I'm looking at a screenshot of the beta version and the screen that lets you choose the partition to install to has a delete and create option...

 

[Final Maxim]

let me go boot it up, but im sure i cant click that create button, it wont let me, its just greyed out

 

[Final Maxim]

ok sorted it i think. ive hit Delete and its deleted a partition and its allowed me to create a new one, its allowed me to click next too and its now installin vista, wish me luck

 

[ViolentJ]

google is your friend, took me a few seconds to find that it could be a partition problem!

 

[Final Maxim]

all installed, no problems apart from that glitch, just copying files overnow like music then ill get half life 2 on and check the graphics

 

[seb]

nice get a benchtest sorted too

 

[Final Maxim]

right im on the net, whats best to use to get a benchmark?

 

[Final Maxim]

averaged 252.49 fps on the css video stress test

 

[seb]

use 3dmark06 iirc.

 

[Final Maxim]

k done it

 

[seb]

nice score.

 

[Andy.]

Nice score indead... is that an "out of the box" score or have you tweaked the system?

 

[Final Maxim]

out of the box

 

[Andy.]

Nice!! I am just about to start building mine.. managed to get them from the neighbour finally!

Perhaps a few questions coming this way shortly.....

 

[Final Maxim]

good luck, im nursing my cut to bits hand

 

[ViolentJ]

Did you mod your case with razor blades?

 

[thecremeegg]

Nice score there, mine only manages 6-7000

 

[Andy.]

I was going to finish mine off this evening but am just back from a BBQ and am completely ratted... playing with electrostaticsensitive things probably is not a good idea. Might have a coffee and try anyway.

 

[Andy.]

Pc powers up, all fans spin, lights up etc but there is no video output. The card has power as the fan on that is also spinning.

The case does not have a speaker so I can't hear any BIOS beeps.... looks like a rebuild and start from the beginning again to see what it is.

I was hoping that this was going to be an easy one!

 

[ViolentJ]

Assume the graphics card is seated properly?

 

[thecremeegg]

Checked the monitor connection is well seated? mine looked fine once but it was that causing the issue lol
Havent got built in graphics on the MB have you?

 

[Andy.]

The fan on the card is turning so it must have power. The monitor cable is also screwed in pretty tight. I will have another go tonight and take it to pieces bit by bit.

There is no onboard graphics card, might have to ask somebody to borrow their graphics card to do a test.

 

[Final Maxim]

hows it going dutch?

i just had to do a full reinstall of vista due to removing nero from my system :S

wouldnt boot up, popped in windows cd tried to repair boot up, that crashed, then it buggered the partition on the harddrive so i had to start again, oh well lol

 

[Andy.]

I started a new thread as I am getting so pissed off with my PC!! You have had it easy!

Just out of interst, was your P5B the vanilla version or Deluxe? The Geil ram is not on the recomended manufacterers list but as it is sold together as a package on a couple of sites it should not be causing a problem.. I hope.

Have spent three hours messing about with it tonight and cannot get as far as the BIOS screen.... you have no idea how frustrated I am.

Sounds lilke you are having fun with it anyway!

 

[Andy.]

I am secretly wishing that I had paid the 30 extra quid and had the shop put it together for me!

 

[Final Maxim]

i dunno the difference between the deluxe and vanilla, on the sticker it says P5B <GREEN> if that helps, im running the geil ram too.

put both ram in the yellow slots on the mobo as a complete guess

 

[Andy.]

The vanilla is the basic board... there are four of five different models of the P5B. Deluxe - Wifi being the top dog.

Apparently different models are compatable with different RAM so I wondered if you were using the same version as me.

Packed the whole thing away last night and put it in the corner so that I could cool down....