Where can I go to get good illustrated advice about wiring up the motherboard with the rest of the hardware??

Question

I just finished building a gaming PC (Asus M2N32-Sli mobo, geforce 7950 gx2 graphics, AMD 64FX 62 CPU, etc. etc. I thought I knew enough to connect it all but theres a hell of alot more wires involved than I thought. For example the wires coming from the display on the PC case, where do they go??

Answer 1

Hi
normally the best place for an illustrated guide on how to connect the motherboard to the rest of the hardware is the motherboard manual. The display you are speaking about on the case, is normally either for a fan controller (i which case you plug the connections directly into the internal fans inside the case, or it will be for a temperature sensor, i which case you position the temp sensors in the cas (ie the cpu temp sensor goes between the cpu and heat sink) however again, the best place to tell you where they go is the manual for the case. If you do not have the manuals, then head to the manufacturers website to get an online version.
The spec of that machine sounds extreamly good!, must have cost a bit.
If there are any specifics, then drop me a line and i am sure i can help. I have built many computers, infact i am building 2 at the moment, and work with them every day
regards
rob

Answer 2

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Answer 3

extremely, the processor is the biggest hardware. once you've determined on the processor, then you actually might want to elect the motherboard, because of the actual undeniable actuality that diverse chips have diverse pin configurations. once you elect your chip and motherboard, i might want to assert the perplexing stress form and length might want to be next, then RAM volume, then video card form and RAM volume. wish this helps

Answer 4

You should have received wiring instructions from the case manufacturer. If you can't find them go to the manufacturers web site and download them for your model. Good Luck.

Answer 5

Have a look here: http://www.pugetsystems.com/part_info.php?part=3799 If it's the right motherboard, go to the bottom of the page to download a manual.