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Building a Gigabyte Brixx i7-4500U computer- having some major problems !

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kjurgens

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hello out there,
i'm trying to build a computer to help me out at work, yadda yadda.
I bought all the required parts, mSATA Ram, 16GB worth of memory and put it together.. with german instructions. :thumbsdown:
when I plug everything in, keyboard, mouse, monitor... nothing happens.
I'm sitting there waiting to install the operating system. and it's just a black screen.

If anyone could offer a suggestion i would appreciate it very much.
Thank you.
 
Burpo said:
mSata Ram? You mean mSata HDD? Is there any LED to show power supply is good?
Using the correct RAM is essential. G.Skill’s 16GB DDR3-1600 Ripjaws kit with the BRIX is as simple as plug and play.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4857#sp
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This is exactly what i bought, Cruial M500 240GB mSATA
& 2 x 8GB PC#L Kingston ( bear with me please) KVR16LS11/8 - Theres a ton of numbers on the packages i'm sure exactly which ones you want....

When everything is plugged in, monitors on, the Brixx does have an LED light on, and i did read on a different forum somewhere that you press F8 or delete when starting up. i tried that several times. (both separately and together. ) Nadda.

If the products are not compatible i'd like to know that, i was instructed that they would be, and that it would be a plug and play situation, That the only real "work" would be downloading the operating system. lol
 
The mSATA drive isn't on their compatibility list, but not many are on there, and it's just a drive, so I don't know if that would matter much.

The delete key or F2 (the manual says either will work) should get you into the BIOS.

If there is no screen display, make sure you are using a good cable, and that the monitor is in the correct mode.

If it still won't get into the BIOS, remove the mSATA drive a see it that makes a difference.

If that doesn't help, try one stick of RAM at a time.
 
I don't understand. WTF does specs have to do with what I said about standoffs, GPU power connections and broken CPU socket pins.
 
John Connor said:
Wow! $504 and no dedicated video? forgetaboutit.
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Imagine having a HTPC that mounts to the back of the TV. Or you have a small office and can have a PC that doesn't use desk or floor space, but you don't have to settle for a laptop-size display. Dozens of possibilities here, if you need it. I don't, but many to, and I hope kjurgens can get this figured out.
 
I have a netbook for that connected to a small dell LCD. 😀 Not as fast, but it works and much cheaper. Don't think a netbook would serve as a HTPC though. I had a thin client, but the flash drive went out on me. Its a 2.5" PATA connector and I'm going to install a 2.5" SSD PATA drive to it one day I get off my lazy butt.
 
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