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Okay I received my case today and started putting stuff together.

I think I may be missing a piece for my motherboard.

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Shouldn't there be another piece?
 
What do you mean?

Thats the I/O panel that you put on your case, you pop off the one that comes with the case and replace it with that one
 
I can't figure out how it goes on. Do I not have to screw it to anything? How does it stay in place?

Also, there are several different types of screws that came with the case. Does it matter which ones are used where?

Man, I am having all kinds of trouble. I kinda got the back panel for the motherboard figured out. I can get it in there but it is loose, nothing holding it in place.

Now I am trying to install the graphics card and the connections doesn't line up with the slots in the rear. I don't know if I am doing something wrong, but something isn't right.
 
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Okay I got the back panel on for the motherboard and I got the video card installed. Now I am trying to figure out the wiring. Man it's confusing. How do I know where what goes where? I looked through the directions but they were not help at all. It does not say anything about where everything goes.
 
that doesn't give you all the electrical hookups, but it's the best diagram i could find. find the big 24 pin connector on your power supply and the 4 pin power connector. Plug those into the board. That seems to be the only power to the board. You'll have the fan connectors from the fans to the board. You'll have wires from your power supply to your ide or sata drives and wires from your drives to your motherboard.
Just realize that the power supply has wires for the motherboard and the cd/ hard drives. Once you have those set, you also need to connect different wires from your motherboard to your cd/ hard drives. That way, the motherboard has power, and your drives have power directly from the power supply, but the motherboard and drives are also connected directly to each other. everything's connected to everything else.
The wires that control your case (power button, reset button) are the most trouble. just compare the manuals for your case and your motherboard and match up where the wires go.
good luck, don't give up.
 
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