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BUILDING GUIDE
(New - highly detailed guide coming soon)
If you want this guide in a printer friendly format, click here. It is in one page, without any additional links on it, in order to make it easy for you to print it out. After all, you are buying or upgrading a computer, so you might not have the Internet handy while working on your computer.
You will also find a lot of useful information regarding installation on your motherboard handbook. You will have to address this handbook in order to setup several things. I will not explain that in this guide, as it will be explained in details in the handbook that you will get inside your motherboard package. The most common things that you will have to refer to is how to setup jumpers (to match CPU speed), and to setup BIOS features. However, most motherboards do not use jumpers any more. You will be able to setup CPU speed directly from the BIOS.
IMPORTANT!!! - READ THIS BEFORE YOU BEGIN!
Static electricity can severely damage electronic parts. Take these precautions prior to beginning the installation: |
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Before touching any electronic parts, discharge the static electricity from your body by touching the internal metal frame of your computer while it is unplugged. |
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Do not remove a card from the anti-static container it shipped in until you are ready to install it. Whenever you remove a card from your computer, always make sure to place it back in its container. |
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Do not let your clothing touch any electronic parts. |
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When handling a card, hold it by its edges, and avoid touching its circuitry |
Next Step - CPU INSTALLATION |
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