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Well I'm up to my arms in power cables. Feeling not bad so far, but still abit overwhelmed.
-Case is all set up, got the DVD drive in and hooked up SATA and power.
-PSU mounted
-Brass standoffs mounted and motherboard installed, IO shield grudgingly mounted.
-CPU and heatsink mounted without any problems at all YAY! CPU fan hooked up
-Hard Drive mounted, power and SATA connected
-RAM installed
-(just gonna use the IGP gpu right now to limit possible issues while building)
-USB and firewire connections to front panel
-Rear chassis fan (3 pin?) hooked up to MOBO
-Front chassis fan 3 pin hooked up to MOBO
-20? 24? pin main power to MOBO hooked up. However, there is also a 4 pin sort of plug off in another corner of the MOBO, I've heard that I should not plug in both..can I get confirmation?
What's left to do:
-There is a side fan, but only has molex connection..uh I guess this goes to the PSU?
-A couple of lose case cables that I don't recognize. AC97? HD audio?
-Gotta connect some light led's, sound etc to the MOBO but Asus provides a nice plastic piece that seems to hold the lose 1 pin cables.
-I don't seem to have a power supply fan cable to connect my PSU to the mobo? What's up with that?
-Side fan with a molex...no way to connect to motherboard, does this go right to the PSU?
Would love to hear any thoughts or advice as I try to complete..
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