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Originally Posted by mr0161
1. lets say you put all the bits together that you buy for the PC, then switch it on, will it just work right away?
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It didn't when I spent £1300 building mine
. After a couple of minutes of despair I found that turning the power switch on the power supply from
off to
on helped
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Originally Posted by mr0161
2. when all the bits work, do you go into safe mode and put the windows XP disic in?
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Just stick disk in, turn on, and XP should do it's thing automatically. You may need to change a setting or two in the BIOS but it should be straightforward enough and if you get a reasonable brand of mobo the manual should have enough English in to get you by.
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Originally Posted by mr0161
3. does anyone know where i can buy a good book or DVD showing you how to make a PC, where it has pic's and stuff, putting it simple, so you learn and not just read it.
Thanks
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There are some good online sites/forums that I used, such as:
Build Your Own Computer Tips
Build Your Own PC
AMD system building guide
How To Fix Computers
Strange but helpful people
Google'll come up with a million others.
Warning: It all sounds simple enough in theory, but I found it more stressful than a job interview. It's not knowing whether you're on the right track that does it.
If I was going to do it again I'd buy a cruddy 4 year old box for £150 off ebay and take it apart and rebuild it a couple of times before I tried it on brand new bits.
I'd only recommend doing a build your own if you can face the possibility that you could destroy a £1000 of electronics in the space of half an hour ...
