Who builds their own computers?

[Yeagermeister]

I'm trying to build a gaming computer. When I lock the processor in place it seems like there is to much pressure on the locking lever. The lever is acutally bending a little. Is that normal?

It's been a long time since I tried to build one so I'm very rusty.

 

[Meat-O-Rama]

Are you talking the lever to clamp the CPU in place? Or the leave to clamp the heatsink in place.

The CPU itself should slide in place pretty easily. Check and see that you got the pins lined up the right way.

If it's the heatsink, I've always felt like I had to apply a lot of pressure to get them locked in place right.

 

[dback]

On the new processors, the pins are located in the socket. This is a Land Grid Array (LGA) socket. These pins are precision cut and when you install a processor for the first time in this socket, it may require a good bit of force to push the pins to the proper height. If the CPU went in the socket easily and there are no pins that are bent out of place, then there is probably no problem applying the force you are talking about.

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

I'm not sure on Intel processors, but on all the AMD processors I've put in in the last few years, the processor just slides right in and the lever goes down easily. There's only one way for the processor to go in the socket and it just drops in.

 

[Jenky]

I'm trying to build a gaming computer. When I lock the processor in place it seems like there is to much pressure on the locking lever. The lever is acutally bending a little. Is that normal?

It's been a long time since I tried to build one so I'm very rusty.

Assuming it's intel's system, yes.

^ There is pressure holding the processor in place.

 

[theogt]

Who builds their own computers?

 

[kmp77]

I'm trying to build a gaming computer. When I lock the processor in place it seems like there is to much pressure on the locking lever. The lever is acutally bending a little. Is that normal?

It's been a long time since I tried to build one so I'm very rusty.

Sometimes the cpu lever and heat sink lever can be pretty tight...scares me every time. I guess since there's tons of heat and the connection is super important the pressure has to be great .

 

[big dog cowboy]

I'm very rusty.

There was a tornado movie about someone from around here that was experiencing the same issues. An oil can fixed him right up.

 

[rantanamo]

from my last few build's, AMD AM2+ was a little hard to put in. i7 didn't really have pins the way AMD's do and went in much easier. AM2+ heatsink took a decent amount of pressure, but this was a Zalman 9500. The stock cooler is pretty easy to hook and then lever down comparitively. The stock and CoolerMaster V8 were easy to put down as you had to screw both in from the bottom of the mobo. Besides that AM2 seems to be much easier fit than AM2+ and AM3. I think this is because the AM2 and 3 have tiny ridges on the processor board. Works fine though.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Assuming it's intel's system, yes.

^ There is pressure holding the processor in place.

Yes it's an Intel i5 processor and an asus motherboard.

I got it assembled and when I turn it on nada. No beep codes. Nothing

I'm hoping it's the memory and not the processor. According the manual for the motherboard it's not compatible but on the asus website it is.

 

[TheCount]

You should get a beep for memory errors, I believe.

 

[Yeagermeister]

You should get a beep for memory errors, I believe.

That's why I'm hoping it's not the processor.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

If the motherboard has the little metal spacers you put in before connecting it to the case, make sure you use those so there is a slight gap between the motherboard and the side of the case.

Sometimes if you do not use these, the under side of the mobo hits the side of the case and it does something so it will not start.

I had this problem in the past and once I put the little metal spacers (where it has a male screw end going into the case with a female end on the other side so you can screw the mobo into it) the computer booted up with no problem.

 

[Yeagermeister]

If the motherboard has the little metal spacers you put in before connecting it to the case, make sure you use those so there is a slight gap between the motherboard and the side of the case.

Sometimes if you do not use these, the under side of the mobo hits the side of the case and it does something so it will not start.

I had this problem in the past and once I put the little metal spacers (where it has a male screw end going into the case with a female end on the other side so you can screw the mobo into it) the computer booted up with no problem.

PERV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

I used them

 

[Jenky]

Yes it's an Intel i5 processor and an asus motherboard.

I got it assembled and when I turn it on nada. No beep codes. Nothing

I'm hoping it's the memory and not the processor. According the manual for the motherboard it's not compatible but on the asus website it is.

You seated the processor in with the corner arrow pointing in the correct direction right? List the core i5 model and Asus MB model. Also need to know what components you have installed: powersupply, how many hard drives, optical drives, what video cards, etc to make sure its not a power issue.

 

[Jenky]

Does anything else power up, like fans? Do you see the hard drive light flashing?

 

[Yeagermeister]

It's not a power issue the cooling fans come on and the heat sink fan come on. The PS is 750 watt.
The proc is a i5-760 lga1156
the mobo is an asus P7P55D-E.
The ram is g.skill F3-12800CL7D-4GBRM.
Hard drive is a WD 500 GB.
Optical drive is a Samsung 24x dvdr.

 

[Jenky]

It's not a power issue the cooling fans come on and the heat sink fan come on. The PS is 750 watt.
The proc is a i5-760 lga1156
the mobo is an asus P7P55D-E.
The ram is g.skill F3-12800CL7D-4GBRM.
Hard drive is a WD 500 GB.
Optical drive is a Samsung 24x dvdr.

Do you have the memory seated in a dual channel configuration? Also what Video card are you using?

Edit- Trying to do download the motherboard manual, but Asus' website is so slow right now. I'm not sure it has external speakers built in. You might have to hook some speakers up to hear beeps if any.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Do you have the memory seated in a dual channel configuration? Also what Video card are you using?

Edit- Trying to do download the motherboard manual, but Asus' website is so slow right now. I'm not sure it has external speakers built in. You might have to hook some speakers up to hear beeps if any.

There are two sets of color coded memory slots and I have the chips in the same color slots.

I connected the little enternal speaker but I don't know if that works or not. I'll try some real speakers.

 

[YosemiteSam]

You aren't getting any beeps and the screen remains completely black?

Most commonly that is a video card issue. Pull the video card and re-seat it. Also ensure you have enough power hooked up to it. I just purchased a Nvidia GTX460 and it took four cables from the power supply. I was lucky I already owned a good 500watt power supply that had enough extra unused plugs.