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This is a continuation of this thread:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/247033-31-back-dell-hell-computer
I just felt it was important to make a new thread with my questions now that I have all the pieces and am starting to build it.
I followed this guide:
http://tools.corsairmemory.com/systembuild/print.aspx?report_id=12472
I was able to mount the motherboard, add the new power supply, install the processor and heatsink, install the video card and the memory. Now I have a lot of questions.
I am trying to place the DVD player in the dock for it. But there aren't any places to put screws in for it. Instead the tower has this black plastic device attached to the place where that stuff goes in that slides up and down. It has a picture of a lock when sliding down and a picture of an unlocked lock when sliding up. I played around with it and the dvd player and it doesn't seem to affect the dvd player one bit.
I have a bunch of small cords attached to the tower that I need to connect to the motherboard. They handle the extra usb slots in the front, the extra audio slots in the front, and the power, etc lights on the tower itself. A lot of them have a colored band around them, and I've found a place on the motherboard that is one big rectangle of slots to put things with different colors around them. I matched up many of the colors, but I have a few wires left over that don't match any of the colors and I have one that is actually the same size as the power cord for the fan installed on the inside back of the tower. The four-pronged white adapter but it is missing one of the prongs. I only have one place to put something like that, but I have 3 items that need that place. One is for the fan on the tower. The other is for this cord and the third is for my video card.
My video card had a slot in the top of it, and it came with a cord, that when you put the cord in the slot, it would have that same adapter (4-pronged white). Now how do I hook up all 3 items that need that one adapter?
When hooking up the power supply to the motherboard, I found many of the slots for the cords, but I couldn't find one. I have a cord that looks like a square with an adapter that has a 2 by 2 look. I can't find the place that I can put this square adapter. Here is a picture of it:
http://tools.corsairmemory.com/_images/systembuild/12472/sb057.jpg
I'm trying to install my hard drive. There are two places to put the hard drive in the very bottom of the case. I thought it was a weird position because the place to plug them to the motherboard is more than halfway up the case. Anyways, I can't seem to fit the hard drive into the holder for it. It fits well in the place where you put the floppy drives, but sticks out and I know it isn't supposed to go there. I can't seem to get it to fit. Is there any reason the hard drive wouldn't fit? I've tried putting it in upside down and right side up.
Okay, that's it for now. Any help would be a GODSEND!
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/247033-31-back-dell-hell-computer
I just felt it was important to make a new thread with my questions now that I have all the pieces and am starting to build it.
I followed this guide:
http://tools.corsairmemory.com/systembuild/print.aspx?report_id=12472
I was able to mount the motherboard, add the new power supply, install the processor and heatsink, install the video card and the memory. Now I have a lot of questions.
I am trying to place the DVD player in the dock for it. But there aren't any places to put screws in for it. Instead the tower has this black plastic device attached to the place where that stuff goes in that slides up and down. It has a picture of a lock when sliding down and a picture of an unlocked lock when sliding up. I played around with it and the dvd player and it doesn't seem to affect the dvd player one bit.
I have a bunch of small cords attached to the tower that I need to connect to the motherboard. They handle the extra usb slots in the front, the extra audio slots in the front, and the power, etc lights on the tower itself. A lot of them have a colored band around them, and I've found a place on the motherboard that is one big rectangle of slots to put things with different colors around them. I matched up many of the colors, but I have a few wires left over that don't match any of the colors and I have one that is actually the same size as the power cord for the fan installed on the inside back of the tower. The four-pronged white adapter but it is missing one of the prongs. I only have one place to put something like that, but I have 3 items that need that place. One is for the fan on the tower. The other is for this cord and the third is for my video card.
My video card had a slot in the top of it, and it came with a cord, that when you put the cord in the slot, it would have that same adapter (4-pronged white). Now how do I hook up all 3 items that need that one adapter?
When hooking up the power supply to the motherboard, I found many of the slots for the cords, but I couldn't find one. I have a cord that looks like a square with an adapter that has a 2 by 2 look. I can't find the place that I can put this square adapter. Here is a picture of it:
http://tools.corsairmemory.com/_images/systembuild/12472/sb057.jpg
I'm trying to install my hard drive. There are two places to put the hard drive in the very bottom of the case. I thought it was a weird position because the place to plug them to the motherboard is more than halfway up the case. Anyways, I can't seem to fit the hard drive into the holder for it. It fits well in the place where you put the floppy drives, but sticks out and I know it isn't supposed to go there. I can't seem to get it to fit. Is there any reason the hard drive wouldn't fit? I've tried putting it in upside down and right side up.
Okay, that's it for now. Any help would be a GODSEND!
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