The Moment of Truth
The time has come to see if what we built is truly as awesome as we want it to be. Make sure your monitor’s power cable is plugged in and press the touch-sensitive power button on the front lower-right corner to turn on the monitor. Plug the power cable into the PC’s power supply, turn the power-supply switch on, and press the power button on the front panel of the PC case. If everything was assembled and connected correctly, you should hear the internal fans whir and see your monitor flicker to life in a few seconds. On the initial boot screen, you should see the message "New CPU installed! Press enter Setup to configure your system. Press F1 to Run SETUP." Pressing the F1 key will bring you to the UEFI BIOS settings screen ...
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