Whos ever built a comp from scratch and had it work first time??

[Anubis]

yes
very rarley do i have it not work

 

[Snapster]

Originally posted by: SeaSerpent
99% of the time they work fine on start up for me.

Ditto, the only times where it hasn't is the power/reset wires which I have yet to see a motherboard match exactly what they should be. Wish there would be a standard header or something.

 

[meltdown75]

i slapped one together Friday night, and i forgot to switch the jumpers to support the crappy CPU i was plunking into it. so i had to scratch my head for a second on that one.

but i have had them boot up on the first crack. it's nice when they do

edit: CORRECTION i have had them POST on the first attempt

 

[SilentZero]

Yes.

 

[GeneValgene]

i have had it post on the first try...

but i don't think ever 100% (e.g. drives, leds, usb ports, or everything else)

 

[JEDI]

"Whos ever built a comp from scratch and had it work first time??"

Urban legend

 

[drinkmorejava]

hell yeah, it's only when you start putting in 5 hard drives, custom wiring, and kick it that you get problems. But damn, I gotta try that vegetable oil cooling over at tomshardware.

 

[AdamSnow]

It's funny, like you say there is always something wrong, or something I forgot to do...

I've had tonnes work first time... but then again I was building 6-7 systems a day... kinda got a routine to it after a while...

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: cRazYdood
Usually it works the first time. Sometimes I screw up the led headers though.

Same here

 

[meltdown75]

one time i put one together and powered it up, and it booted right into XP pro, loaded up FireFox and started posting on Anandtech. (by itself!)

amazingly, it's posts were much better than mine.

 

[natto fire]

Originally posted by: Kyteland

Originally posted by: Captain Howdy
Hardware, every time except my first build when I installed the WOL connector and could not figure out why it wouldn't power on. Software, that's more like 60/40, but I guess that happens when you have to use Windoze.

OMG, Bill Gates is holding your family hostage too? :Q

Yeah, first it was just unmarked envelopes with a letter in it that said Windows ME is good, and some white powder. Then he started calling my cell phone, saying he was going to mess up my family if I bought OpenGL games. It then escalated to him buying buildings in my home town and painting "Nate, if you do not install XP on every computer you build I will frame you for some sort of DRM scheme". Needless to say, I moved to a new city and changed my phone number, but it is only a matter of time before he finds me again...

 

[The Stigenator]

i have never had a computer not turn on after i built it but there was that one time. Turns out I didnt plug in the power connector on the mobo.

 

[Kyteland]

Originally posted by: Captain Howdy

Originally posted by: Kyteland

Originally posted by: Captain Howdy
Hardware, every time except my first build when I installed the WOL connector and could not figure out why it wouldn't power on. Software, that's more like 60/40, but I guess that happens when you have to use Windoze.

OMG, Bill Gates is holding your family hostage too? :Q

Yeah, first it was just unmarked envelopes with a letter in it that said Windows ME is good, and some white powder. Then he started calling my cell phone, saying he was going to mess up my family if I bought OpenGL games. It then escalated to him buying buildings in my home town and painting "Nate, if you do not install XP on every computer you build I will frame you for some sort of DRM scheme". Needless to say, I moved to a new city and changed my phone number, but it is only a matter of time before he finds me again...

Be careful, he has an account here....

 

[Saint Nick]

Originally posted by: Soviet
Anyone ever hit the ON button after slappin it together and had it work perfectly?

Theres always a problem solving aspect to it for me :frown:

usually they work at start up. i end up running into some stupid problem later on though and i will get a few phonecalls.

 

[Spydermag68]

I have never had a problem with a computer build...My first one was a 286 with jumpers to set for IRQs and the amount of memory installed and other fun stuff.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: Soviet
Anyone ever hit the ON button after slappin it together and had it work perfectly?

Theres always a problem solving aspect to it for me :frown:

99% of the timme it works for me on first startup. It's not rocket science. Make sure the PSU is hooked up, CPU is in, video card and memory, HDDs, and power it on with pen on the pins... if everything is ok, hook up everything else.

 

[mcvickj]

I just finished building a new machine for work. Fired right up on the first try. mmmmm.....A64 4400+ Dual Core......

 

[jjones]

I've only built 3 computers but they've all booted right up, no problems.

 

[conjur]

<---- raises hand

 

[IamElectro]

Originally posted by: SeaSerpent
99% of the time they work fine on start up for me.

 

[habib89]

i think maybe 1 of 10 don't work the first time..

 

[darkamulets]

Yea 1 outta 10 seems to be my rate and it's usually like plugging in the PSU to the mobo.

 

[batmang]

i have, about 9-10 times.

 

[Cheetah8799]

Originally posted by: Soviet
Anyone ever hit the ON button after slappin it together and had it work perfectly?

Ya, sorry, they almost always work fine for me. Any times I have trouble are if a part is faulty, or sometimes with used parts. For the most part though, 99% no problems.

Though I think the trick is to do your research ahead of time to avoid incompatible brands of parts. Also don't install everything at once, just the mobo/cpu/ram and whatever else is needed to get the bare system up and running before adding any extras.

 

[BW86]

Originally posted by: SeaSerpent
99% of the time they work fine on start up for me.

same here