New Comp First Start Up

1) Yes, but DVD/CD and floppy are not necessary hardware. I would start by installing RAM and graphics card only to verify that the PC posts.
2) You need the drivers for whatever hardware you have. These usually come with the hardware when you buy and usually on a CD. However, you may want to forget about those and go to the manufacturers sites and download the latest versions. Most won't fit on a floppy so you need to put them on a CD.
3) Check the user guide for the mobo.
4) Enter the bios and correct the mistake.
5) Start by bios default setting and let it auto detect all drives. Set boot priority to CD rom. When you get it to POST, insert the OS install CD rom. Boot from that and install the OS.

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Those drives are not neccessary to check if the PC POSTs. Once you get the PC to POST, obviously you install whatever drives you need to continue.

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POST = Power-On Self Test. Simply means that the machine says beep and displays something on the screen.

You don't need to only install the neccesary hardware. But if the machine doesn't post, the first thing you are going to do is to pull out all un-neccessary. Thats why I always only install the neccesary, make the computer post and then install the rest.

The only hardware you'll need to get the PC to post is: PSU, mobo, CPU, graphics card and RAM. No drives are required.

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