Category: technical

My first PC Build – Help & Tips

My first PC Build – Help & Tips – Learning Material Used

I recommend Intel Processors due to the fact are used by Apple Macs hence is supported/you-can-build a Hackintosh system or run a Virtual Machines(VM) and have as guest platform MacOS in addition to the normal Windows 10 or Linux VMs…
I recommend pickup the items you want but Not purchase them at the moment,… but await a Holiday Discount period to buy them under discount… I buy most items under Black Friday(BF) period at 20% Off. You can buy at BF if USA store or at Prime Day from Amazon or at Xmas etc

 

eBooks

  1. (c) 2009 , Build Your Own PC – Do-It-Yourself For Dummies [ Part-of-Tens useful Tips at the end of the eBook ]
  2. (c) 2017 , Troubleshooting and Maintaining Your PC All-in-One For Dummies – 3/e
  3. How to Buy/Choose a PC.PDF
  4. Windows 10 Anniversary Update Bible (2017), Wiley
  5. Linux Bible 9th Edition 2015, Wiley
  6. Build a Better PC – 2013
  7. https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/leonidassavvides/rhel_5_6_7_cheatsheet_11x17_0417_jcs.pdf

Web-Sites

  1. https://choosemypc.net
  2. https://pcpartpicker.com
  3. http://techreport.com/review/23624/how-to-build-a-pc-the-tech-report-guide/
  4. https://www.singular.com.cy/ – buy components etc

Videos

  1. https://youtu.be/mqb4dDSPRP0 – Win 10 Pro for 15$ [best to install/activate immediately]
  2. How To Build The Best PC For Photo and Video Editing
    https://youtu.be/7D50mMbxB8o
  3. http://techreport.com/review/23624/how-to-build-a-pc-the-tech-report-guide/
  4. Watch “Avoiding Common PC Building Traps – Episode 1,2,3,4” on YouTube
    1. https://youtu.be/-plesrt8ZCs
    2. https://youtu.be/pPFEkL5GIiI
    3. https://youtu.be/CB9KiKrC-C4
    4. https://youtu.be/CkbgkOeqT0Q

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Coming Soon my Components & Setup Process

My new 15″ Mac Book Pro 2016

My new 15′ Mac Book Pro 2016 – Unboxing & Review
(MBP 2016 & Accessories)

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I definitely recommend use/read manual prior using your new Mac… I also turned off File Vault [is turned Off by default – but by error activated it] for a little more faster usage of the MBP.

here are some extracts from manual….

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2017-01-25_23-38-04_mbp3

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Ordering accessories procedure I followed….

Amazon.com [US]  >>>  MyUS.com [FL, US Forward address]  >>>  Europe [My Home]

myUS.com

MyUS: Free 1 Month Membership + 20% off your 1st Shipment!

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Mac Book Pro 2016 Accessory : usb c hub
usb c hub
aukey usb c hub
aukey usb c hub

 

samsung t3 ssd
samsung t3 ssd
Mac Book Pro 2016 Accessory : mbp2016_sleeve
mbp2016 sleeve

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Buy from Amazon

http://amzn.to/2iUm7JT   aukey hub

http://amzn.to/2iOdrUK   Samsung T3 ssd

http://amzn.to/2iUgfQT   hub hdmi

http://amzn.to/2i4Uj4h   sleeve case

Shipping address in Amazon put your MyUS.com forward address MyUS: Free 1 Month Membership + 20% off your 1st Shipment!

After all items delivered to Forward address

Request shipment to you eg Europe or Africa …

 

Amazon Order History – Last 6 mos

 

MyUS Box/Suite (Fwd Address from US, FL => To me Europe) Prior Ship it to me!

 

MyUS Box/Suite After Ship it to me!

 

Unboxing Accessories

 

Unboxing MBP 2016 15″

 

Arranging Boot Order in BIOS

Note Boot Order in my PC: In my PC a HP Compaq 8200 Elite Micro Tower PC , On startup PC Press(press many times the …) just prior Windows 10 logo appear:

F9 – temporary choose Boot Device (Disk) – without changing/entering the BIOS setup

F10 – enter Bios setup to set Boot Order Permanently, till you change it again

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Set Boot Order

To arrange boot order in BIOS so can boot from desired location/media/disk you setup Bios temp or permanently so the desired is the first booting device e.g. DVD (1) > USB stick/Disk (2) > HDD (3) … meaning boot from DVD if you have bootable CD or DVD, (if not) boot from USB if you have Bootable USB Stick or USB HDD… etc.

To boot from DVD Or USB bootable media:
1. If you use a USB flash drive as a bootable media, plug it into the USB port.
2. Turn your computer on. During the Power-On Self Test (POST), you will see the key combination that you need to press in order to enter BIOS.
3. Press the key combination (such as, Del, F1, Ctrl+Alt+Esc, Ctrl+Esc, in my PC is F10). BIOS setup utility will open. Note that BIOS may differ in appearance, sets of items, names, etc.
Some motherboards have a so called boot menu opened by pressing a certain key or key combination, for instance, F12. The boot menu allows selecting the boot device from a list of bootable devices without changing the BIOS setup [in my PC this is F9].
4. If you use a CD or DVD as a bootable media, insert it in the CD or DVD drive.
5. Make your media (CD, DVD or USB drive) device the first booting device:

1. Navigate to the Boot order setting by using the arrow keys on your keyboard.
2. Place the pointer on the device of your bootable media and make it the first item in the list. You can usually use the Plus Sign and the Minus Sign keys to change the order.

 

Bios setup image
boot order in Bios

 

6. Exit BIOS and save the changes that you made. The computer will boot from bootable media if present.
If the computer fails to boot from the first device, it tries to boot from the second device in the list, and so on.

 

Notes & More Reading