Building my own PC

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by ntl customer

When I built mine, I left plugging in the SATA harddrives until last because the connectors on them looked fragile and that they could snap easily. So I would leave them unplugged until you have placed the other components on the motherboard just in case you accidentally break them.

Good idea!
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Originally Posted by Richard M

Believe me, you're going to regret it - the Athlon 64 heatsinks are a "female dog" to fit.

BTW - do you not need power cables to your hard disks too? I can only see the data cables.

Can't be any harder than fitting a zalman flower cooler on a socket A mobo..........now thats a b*tch
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Originally Posted by Halcyon

- Remember that anti static wrist band ! .

Got it today, which is why I installed the mobo

socket a mobos have always given me the shivers every time i attatch a heatsink,god rest my little flat ended screwdriver and welcome cam fitting heatsinks lol

[Ramrod]

Lets talk about rounded cables.............
The HDD's don't need them 'cos I'm using the sata cables. I'll get one for the floppy drive..........do I need any others?

[Halcyon]

Yes, for the DVDRW, CD Drive, or any other optical drive.

Get rid of those nasty grey/black ribbon cables for good.

You can get some here

[Ramrod]

I am trying to figure out where on the mobo to plug the cables that come from the front of my case. I know what set of pins to plug them into, just not which pins for which plug. The mobo guide is b*gger all help as the terms it uses don't match what's written on the teeny, tiny s*dding plugs.

if you look near where you plugged the regular power switch etc there should be a yellow(normally) usb header 9 pins 1 row of 4 1 of 5 normally they run power - + ground in that order the ground near the end with the spare pin.As far as audio i wouldnt use them and if theres firewire you need a header for this too these should be highlighted in your manual

Im not sure but looking at the pic of your mobo some of these headers are not present with a bit of luck you should be ok lol

edit the usb header appears to be next to your first pci slot thats if you went with the asus and there blue lol lol

The other wires all ie switches ide active and power led are all 2 core plus minus normally asus boards are marked and the +pin so you cant go wrong if you use a magnifying glass or squint lol you will see the board is marked as to what goes where lol lol

[Ramrod]

Right..........here are pics of the mobo manual/connectors and mobo.........please can someone knowledgeable see if I have connected this up properly
Sorry to be such a dunce but I'd hate to blow something up

They do appear to be correct yes as you can see the ide was marked with a plus the power and reset are right and power led - is correct according to your manual wheres the speaker??? does your asus board come with voice error reporting at post??? if it does you need the speaker plugged in

[Ramrod]

Tnx m8.
I assumed the post error reporting speaker was on the mobo
Is there one on the case?

there should be something with the case either a little speaker that sits on the 4 pins above the reset pins or one in the bottom of the case that should have its own lead the post error reporting is only for if you have a problem hopefully you wont have any worries

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

there should be something with the case either a little speaker that sits on the 4 pins above the reset pins or one in the bottom of the case that should have its own lead the post error reporting is only for if you have a problem hopefully you wont have any worries

These are the sound leads that the case comes with..............sorry for the cr*ppy focus

edit--from the top: ground/r-out/r-ret/l-out/l-ret/mic-in/mic-power

[KingPhoenix]

Rammy, your not going to be using the onboard sound, so you wont connect them to your mobo, if anywhere they will connect to your SB Audigy2

[Ramrod]

There is this (speaker symbol) thing on the mobo (top left of pic)

they appear to be for the front audio there may be some for usb too?? you might have been given a little speaker on its own normally black with a 4 pin connection

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by KingPhoenix

Rammy, your not going to be using the onboard sound, so you wont connect them to your mobo, if anywhere they will connect to your SB Audigy2

Thats what I assumed...........but since this is a first attempt ever at connecting up a mobo, I can't be too careful