Noobler Questions :D

1. Its best for the pc to be put on a desk so dust/hair is preventable

2. I recommend buying http://www.amazon.com/Metro-Vacuum-ED500-500-Watt-Electric/dp/B001J4ZOAW so whenever you need to dust out your pc you can remove the side panels and do a quick dusting.

3. Ground yourself and make sure you don't set it on carpet when you want to look at things.

2nd # 3/4 Not sure but i didn't turn my system on until a few months after i got it cause i didn't have the right keyboard but it turned on without any issue

5. You will need to run windows updates as there will be a bit

6. Bios is a type of firmware used during the booting process (power-on startup) on IBM PC compatible computers. The BIOS firmware is built into PCs, and it is the first software they run when powered on. Course you don't really need to go into it unless needed.

For the second #3 it may hang in the BIOS if it does not detect a keyboard. But, it should not hurt anything. If there is an LED read-out on the motherboard, you can look-up any codes that may pop up there (the codes that do pop up there are standard, they are just there to help with any debugging should anything go wrong with the motherboard).

I understand Alex. I will try my best to test it out. And thanks. I will definitely be enjoying this computer with Far Cry 4. :)

Edited by SuperSoldier23 - 26 Jan 2015 at 2:30pm

1 - Try to never set a computer directly on the floor. The dust problem will be twice as bad, along with, yes, dirt, hair, etc.

2- I've used an air compressor - just set it out on a table on your patio (or somewhere outside) and blow it out. That little blower someone linked looks pretty nifty too. Canned air is a waste of money, they're almost worthless.

Another thing to obtain is a microfiber cloth & some specially formulated cleaner (used for modern HDTV's and computer monitors). Make sure the cloth is microfiber, so it won't scratch and won't leave crud from itself behind.

3. The only time you have to worry about static is when opening the computer up and working inside it. In that event just be sure to ground yourself by touching the computer's chassis or something else that's grounded.

4&5. Pickup a cheap optical mouse & keyboard at a computer reseller - I mean, that's gonna cost $10.00 - $15.00, tops. Or borrow them from a friend.

You can use your TV as a computer monitor by buying an HDMI or DVI-D cable (look at the ports on your video board and look up the board's specifications to know what kind of cable to get).   This is ASSUMING  you have a modern enough TV so it boasts a HDMI port on it. There are probably coax-to-HDMI adapters, but I've never gone that route so can't advise. Once you get the TV attached you'll have to open up NVIDIA's (or AMD's) application to configure it properly . .  . be aware you won't get better than 1024x768 resolution unless you have a monster / 4K TV.

This at least will do, will tell you everything's operating, until you get your proper peripherals.

6. Frankly, despite the fact it's "free" (yeah, right, *cough-cough*) , do-not-install-McAfee Anti-Virus.
It's elephantine bloatware that has a huge memory footprint (eats up way too much memory & processing power), it turns into Begware after a year where it will constantly pester you for more money, refuse to update it's brain files (a must for anti-virus and anti-malware), it will possibly interfere with games, and so on.

Google "Microsoft Security Essentials" - it's 100% free, it's made by the same company that created your OS - Windows  (unless you're running LINUX or something :P), it has a small memory footprint, and you get updates all the time for, again, NOTHING.

(others recommend ESET which you might want to look into - can't advise as I've not tried it)

My opinion only. Perhaps McAfee has changed it's stripes in the years since I tried it, but I doubt it. I avoid it like the plague.

7. Just google BIOS. It's the basic start up set of instructions that sets up your peripherals and memory, how fast to run your CPU, video & hard drive initialization, etc. It does all the basic stuff then boots up your OS (operating system) which takes over from there.



Edited by Psimon - 01 Feb 2015 at 12:37pm

I always set PC on floor. It gets some dust, it can easily be cleaned. It's a matter of desk space. I need my desk for other things.

Late to the party here but the two free antivirus packages I've tried recently are MSE (Windows Defender I think it goes by now) and BitDefender free version. So far I'm sticking with MSE on my Slade, but I have both hardware and software firewalls and don't tend to do dangerous things on my PC.