Category Archives: Assembling the Computer

Well, were back!  That took a good month, well, to be honest in the middle of that my wife and I took a trip to Europe to celebrate our anniversary.   The rest of the time, I’ll call part problems which … Continue reading →

Well, folks sorry for the delay, but we’re having some hardware problems. Just because you get the system to come up and “Post” does not mean that everything is connected and operating properly.  And that is the case here. When … Continue reading →

It’s time to see how well you’ve done.  We’re going to test your hardware installation, before moving on to the software installation.  To do this we have to hook up your outer components, that is the monitor, keyboard, mouse, and … Continue reading →

The power supply seems like an easy install, but get ready for spaghetti.  Now that you have your drive data cables connected, your fans connected, and your case wires connected to your motherboard, your computer inside may seem like a … Continue reading →

This one should be relatively easy.  There are two types of data cables for connection to storage devices, such as: solid state drives, hard drives, and DVD drives. The first is the old version which is called IDE or EIDE, … Continue reading →