Recent content by Ben

Is it this post? NFC Systems: S4 Mini#3854

On Saturday I decided that I didn't want to wait for the crimp terminals, so I soldered the terminal on the wire instead. The system booted up fine to the BIOS, but for some reason my DIY motherboard speaker doesn't work. No internal pictures yet, I'll take some when I have better light. This...

Finally got all the parts I needed and installed everything, only to find out that the 24 pin connector that was included with the HDPlex had a badly crimped wire which pulled out while I was installing it... :( It doesn't look like the insulation got grabbed in the crimp. Now I'm waiting...

Almost all the parts are now here and I just realized that I didn't order a motherboard speaker. :oops: I do however have this piezo transducer from one of my electronic projects and I can easily wire it up, would that work? Edit: 2018-02-08 That piezo didn't work, however I just got one...

Finally got the HDPlex adapter (~2 days ago), it shipped from their china warehouse so it took a-bit. Now that I have the power supply side I'm going ahead with ordering the Motherboard, CPU, Heatsink, & Memory. Hopefully everything gets to me at around the same time and I can test it all and...

Got a Dell DA330PM111 adapter in the mail. :) I bought one from eBay since the price was significantly better than anywhere else. It was advertised as a genuine new adapter from a decent looking seller, and as far as I can tell it is. However the exterior is slightly scuffed up which makes me...

Thanks, that's good to know. :) Ok, that makes sense, good thing I bought an alternative then.

Cool, taking a closer look at the pictures of the motherboard I can actually see it now. :)

Hello everyone, new guy from the north here! This will be my first PC build ever, i.e. a complete noob. I'd love it if someone would check over my build and tell me if I've missed something obvious (or not so obvious). Main usage (right now) would be relatively light gaming, CAD work & photo...