I have just purchased these components and put them together. When I boot the computer I get the message "detect drives done; no drives found" before I enter BIOS. I can't boot without the boot disk, though Windows is installed. The SSD is set to boot priority 1.
After troubleshooting failed I disconnected everything from the motherboard and reconnected them to be sure they were all tight and correct. I forgot, however, to connect the extra power cables to the GPU. When I tried to boot I heard a loud CRACK and faintly smelled smoke. I also crapped myself a little. After I unplugged the PSU and looked around at the components I could find no evidence of damage, which is not comforting. I realized the GPU was disconnected and fixed it. I have booted to Windows via the installation disk successfully since the crack.
Sometimes when I reboot from windows the system continues to power up and turn off in ~10 second intervals. I have to turn off the power supply and restart the system. Might this be related to #17 on this thread:
When I am in windows the system seems very slow. The 8GB RAM is recognized and at the correct speed in BIOS.
What could be the problem here?
Components:
ASUS Maximus III GENE LGA 1156 Intel P55 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GV-N460OC-1GI GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16
Rosewill BRONZE series RBR1000-M 1000W 80Plus Bronze Certified
Intel Core i5-760 Lynnfield 2.8GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor (stock cooler with Arctic Silver Ceramique thermal compound instead of stock*)
Intel X25-M Mainstream SSDSA2MH080G2R5 2.5" 80GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive
OCZ Reaper Edition 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
TP-LINK TL-WN321G IEEE 802.11b/g USB 2.0 54M Wireless Adapter**
*About the thermal compound: I only applied this to the stock fan, not directly onto the CPU, which I have since read is the better way to do it.
** The wireless adapter is supposed to be compatible with Windows 7, but it isn't automatically recognized. I am unsure if this is a USB issue, or the adapter is DOA.
After troubleshooting failed I disconnected everything from the motherboard and reconnected them to be sure they were all tight and correct. I forgot, however, to connect the extra power cables to the GPU. When I tried to boot I heard a loud CRACK and faintly smelled smoke. I also crapped myself a little. After I unplugged the PSU and looked around at the components I could find no evidence of damage, which is not comforting. I realized the GPU was disconnected and fixed it. I have booted to Windows via the installation disk successfully since the crack.
Sometimes when I reboot from windows the system continues to power up and turn off in ~10 second intervals. I have to turn off the power supply and restart the system. Might this be related to #17 on this thread:
When I am in windows the system seems very slow. The 8GB RAM is recognized and at the correct speed in BIOS.
What could be the problem here?
Components:
ASUS Maximus III GENE LGA 1156 Intel P55 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GV-N460OC-1GI GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16
Rosewill BRONZE series RBR1000-M 1000W 80Plus Bronze Certified
Intel Core i5-760 Lynnfield 2.8GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor (stock cooler with Arctic Silver Ceramique thermal compound instead of stock*)
Intel X25-M Mainstream SSDSA2MH080G2R5 2.5" 80GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive
OCZ Reaper Edition 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
TP-LINK TL-WN321G IEEE 802.11b/g USB 2.0 54M Wireless Adapter**
*About the thermal compound: I only applied this to the stock fan, not directly onto the CPU, which I have since read is the better way to do it.
** The wireless adapter is supposed to be compatible with Windows 7, but it isn't automatically recognized. I am unsure if this is a USB issue, or the adapter is DOA.
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