Starting my new MP for 1st time- I have a spinning wheel...

[marklight]

Just trying to figure out how long I should let this pinwheel go for. It's been about 10 minutes or so.

Before booting up for the 1st time I installed both my terabyte drives and 2x2 gigs of ram. Wondering if maybe those are conflicting with the initial set up sequence.

 

[Eidorian]

You didn't boot it before installing new hardware? Are you sure you didn't wang something or it was DOA?

 

[brn2ski00]

Yup, remove those drives and do some recon. first.... Before adding additional hardware it is a good point of reference to make sure that your machine is functional first.

 

[GotPro]

Yep.

First thing to do on a new machine before you add new hardware is make sure the thing works as advertised, as is... first.

Typically, it's also a good idea to add things one at a time after that, as well... so that if something does get fubar'd... you have a pretty darn good idea what did it!

Good luck!