For the most part I got it right in one go with one notable exception. I even had a 2 disc raid 0 array working(this was still the day of loading raid drivers via floppy disc at OS install). Everything was going great until I booted a game. Then the whole thing shut off.
Pentium 4’s were one of the first to move to the 12v rail and I didn’t understand the sticker on the PSU at the time. I had a PSU for a Pentium 3 and it lacked the amps on the 12v rail. So once the gpu fired up as well…poof. Swapped out the PSU with an P4 compatible one and all was good again.
I’ll put an edit in…now I’m building stuff like this. I’ll mention this is a work in progress in the photo. Some wiring is temporary(too short) and it’s doing a 24 hour bleed down/leak test which is what the gauge is for.
Ah, I once literally burned a motherboard with an overheated CPU, as in the machine turned off when the mobo was black, smelly and bendy and something finally came loose.
That day, I learned the important lesson of having the store install the CPU for me, got a complete replacement for it too.
For the most part I got it right in one go with one notable exception. I even had a 2 disc raid 0 array working(this was still the day of loading raid drivers via floppy disc at OS install). Everything was going great until I booted a game. Then the whole thing shut off.
Pentium 4’s were one of the first to move to the 12v rail and I didn’t understand the sticker on the PSU at the time. I had a PSU for a Pentium 3 and it lacked the amps on the 12v rail. So once the gpu fired up as well…poof. Swapped out the PSU with an P4 compatible one and all was good again.
I’ll put an edit in…now I’m building stuff like this. I’ll mention this is a work in progress in the photo. Some wiring is temporary(too short) and it’s doing a 24 hour bleed down/leak test which is what the gauge is for.
Ah, I once literally burned a motherboard with an overheated CPU, as in the machine turned off when the mobo was black, smelly and bendy and something finally came loose.
That day, I learned the important lesson of having the store install the CPU for me, got a complete replacement for it too.