Building a computer. Need answers...

Spi1lz · 04-25-2006, 02:49 AM

Figured it out... problem solved... Thanks man...

Another Q...

That red cable with the black end, which plug does it go into on the mobo? There 2 black plugs, and 2 red ones...

And for the RAM: Theres 2 black and 2 blue inputs... Which do I put the ram in? (I put them both in the black ones)

Spi1lz · 04-25-2006, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by 34erd

See my post above, look for those long thin red cables with black ends. The wider "bars" are for the SATA power cable.

The cable your looking at is for IDE.

The longer bar, the power cable, Just goes from the HD directly to power right? (there's 2 bars on the cable and the power connector)

34erd · 04-25-2006, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Spi1lz

The longer bar, the power cable, Just goes from the HD directly to power right? (there's 2 bars on the cable and the power connector)

The SATA power cable goes directly from the PSU... if not you might need a convertor but I think your PSU comes with SATA power cable.

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That red cable with the black end, which plug does it go into on the mobo? There 2 black plugs, and 2 red ones...

Doesnt matter from what I've been able to tell.

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And for the RAM: Theres 2 black and 2 blue inputs... Which do I put the ram in? (I put them both in the black ones)

If you've got 2 sticks put them in the same color slots so that you run dual channel. Doesnt matter which color as long as its the same.

i.e. put both stick in blue or both sticks in black

Spi1lz · 04-25-2006, 03:48 AM

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Originally Posted by 34erd

The SATA power cable goes directly from the PSU... if not you might need a convertor but I think your PSU comes with SATA power cable.

There is a SATA cable with the mobo... Has 2 bars on it though. I imagine for 2 HD's? Just plug one in the HD and merge with the PSU power cords, right?

And another Q: The tiny one pin connectors, like HDDLED / SWLED (not entirely sure of the names, trying to run off of my memory here)... The black output ends say what they are on them. Does it matter which way they are facing? Like towards the top of the tower, or towards the bottom?

**ceewi1** · 04-25-2006, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Spi1lz

There is a SATA cable with the mobo... Has 2 bars on it though. I imagine for 2 HD's? Just plug one in the HD and merge with the PSU power cords, right?

Yes, the SATA power cable may have more than one plug on it.

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And another Q: The tiny one pin connectors, like HDDLED / SWLED (not entirely sure of the names, trying to run off of my memory here)... The black output ends say what they are on them. Does it matter which way they are facing? Like towards the top of the tower, or towards the bottom?

Yes, the LEDs are polarised. The positive terminal corresponds to the colored wire. If they're working, then they're plugged in correctly.

Spi1lz · 04-25-2006, 04:25 AM

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Originally Posted by ceewi1

Yes, the LEDs are polarised. The positive terminal corresponds to the colored wire. If they're working, then they're plugged in correctly.

can anything go wrong if those are plugged in incorrectly?

(the white wire would be the ground, then, right?)

Spi1lz · 04-25-2006, 05:44 PM

Can ya answer my question above this post? I am getting my video card and CPU today and am going to fire it up.

Just in case I plugged those in wrong I wanna make sure something bad doesn't happen.

Spi1lz · 04-25-2006, 08:09 PM

Can you start the comp without the CPU and Video card in?

I know you can't use the comp, but just to check if everything is plugged in right?

or is that bad?

**ceewi1** · 04-25-2006, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Spi1lz

Can you start the comp without the CPU and Video card in?

I know you can't use the comp, but just to check if everything is plugged in right?

or is that bad?

No, it will not boot.

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can anything go wrong if those are plugged in incorrectly?

No, the LEDs just won't work.

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(the white wire would be the ground, then, right?)

Yes

Spi1lz · 04-26-2006, 01:57 AM

K I have everything plugged in to my knowledge...

I powered it up, everything turns on... etc...

(don't have an OS installed, but shouldn't the monitor turn on and show something regardless?)

No video signal...

On the video card, which is a beast by the way, there is a 3 prong input and a 6 block input. (meaning it takes a 6 wire plug)... I plugged in the 6 wire plug from the PSU... Do I need to put anything on the 3 prong?

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04-25-2006, 02:49 AM	#11 (permalink)
Spi1lz Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Elk Grove Cali Age: 20 Posts: 80	Figured it out... problem solved... Thanks man... Another Q... That red cable with the black end, which plug does it go into on the mobo? There 2 black plugs, and 2 red ones... And for the RAM: Theres 2 black and 2 blue inputs... Which do I put the ram in? (I put them both in the black ones)

04-25-2006, 05:44 PM	#17 (permalink)
Spi1lz Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Elk Grove Cali Age: 20 Posts: 80	Can ya answer my question above this post? I am getting my video card and CPU today and am going to fire it up. Just in case I plugged those in wrong I wanna make sure something bad doesn't happen.

04-25-2006, 08:09 PM	#18 (permalink)
Spi1lz Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Elk Grove Cali Age: 20 Posts: 80	Can you start the comp without the CPU and Video card in? I know you can't use the comp, but just to check if everything is plugged in right? or is that bad?

04-26-2006, 01:57 AM	#20 (permalink)
Spi1lz Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Elk Grove Cali Age: 20 Posts: 80	K I have everything plugged in to my knowledge... I powered it up, everything turns on... etc... (don't have an OS installed, but shouldn't the monitor turn on and show something regardless?) No video signal... On the video card, which is a beast by the way, there is a 3 prong input and a 6 block input. (meaning it takes a 6 wire plug)... I plugged in the 6 wire plug from the PSU... Do I need to put anything on the 3 prong?