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to that effect.
3. Study the case connectors on the motherboard and match them up
with case connector wires. The connectors are usually a big block of pins
located in the lower section of the board. Some boards label the pins, but
it is best to have your manual since it can sometimes be difficult to
determine which label goes to which set of pins. If you have a good case,
each connector will be labeled to tell you what case feature it leads to. If
this isn't the case, you may have to physically trace the wires back to
see what feature it goes to. When connecting, consult the manual for pin
1's, to make sure each connector is plugged in the right way. Remember,
if the particular case feature is not working later, you may only have to
turn the connector around on the motherboard. The following steps will
outline each wire:
4. Connect Turbo Switch. If your case has one. If not, you can simply roll
up the wire and stuff it aside or tie it up with a garbage bag tie.
5. Connect the power switch - ATX form factor only. On ATX machines,
the power switch is connected to the motherboard instead of the power
supply itself. Consult your manual. The connector is usually labeled
PWR_SW, or maybe just PWR, but you must make this connection. Doing
this wrong could cause your system not to start later.
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6. Connect the reset switch. It can be plugged in any way, just make
sure you connect it to the right pins. The pins may be labeled RST or
RESET, but it is best to also consult the manual.
7. Connect Power LED/ Keylock Switch. Many system cases put these
two devices on one 5-pin plug, but if you case does not have a keylock,
it will be alone. The motherboard will probably be labeled accordingly.
Just plug in the plug. If your system has separate plugs for each,
connect them separately.
8. Connect the Turbo LED. Like the turbo switch, this is a relic. You can
connect it if you wish, although many boards just light it and don't really
do anything with it at all. If you wish, you can skip it. Some also connect
it to a different part, such as a SCSI adapter, and use it for SCSI drive
activity instead.
9. Connect the hard drive activity LED. Some come on a 2-pin plug.
Others come on a four-pin plug, sometimes only two of the pins actually
doing anything. Consult your manual, or play with it until it works. It is
usually labeled HDD, HDD_LED, or something like that. If this is attached
wrongly, the light may either never come on later or will stay on all the
time when the PC is running.
10. Connect the PC speaker. Most cases put this onto a 4-wire plug.
Just plug it in to the 4 pins on the motherboard. Other cases put the
speaker connector on two 1-wire plugs. In this case, plug them into pins
1 and 4. I never could figure out why they did that&
11. Double-Check your work, as always.
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STEP 12 : Install Floppy Drive
1. Choose which drive bay you want to install the drive to and remove the
face plate off of that bay. Save the face plate for future use. Pick a bay
that will fit the drive. If you have to install a 3.5" drive in a 5.25" bay,
you'll have to use a special front panel to adapt it. This panel usually
comes with a new floppy drive.
2. Now, slide the drive into the bay from the front. If your particular case
has a drive rack, then you may need to remove the rack from the system
and then screw the drive into the rack separately from the actual case.
Otherwise, screw the drive into the case itself. Before doing so, make
sure the front of the drive is flush with the front of the PC.
3. If you are using brackets to hold the drive in place, secure them now.
You may need to temporarily disconnect the cables. Once in, tighten the
drive in place. Double-check the connections, also checking the
connections for other drives to make sure you didn't bump one out of
place.
4. Now, the floppy disk drive should be installed properly.
5. OPTIONAL : If you are installing a 3.5 internal ZIP drive, you install it
the same way and into the second floppy drive bay of your case.
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STEP 13 : Configure the Hard Drive & CD-ROM
It is much easier to configure these drives before you actually install them in
the case. If you install them first, having enough room to actually set the
jumpers can be a problem.
Before doing this, you must decide what type of drives and how many you
want in your system. Then you will need to decide how to configure them to
make them all work together. Here is some data to help you out:
Your motherboard has two IDE channels, each supporting two devices. So, if
you want two hard drives, for example, you should have one be the master
and the other be the slave . Have your main hard drive (the one with your
operating system) be your master and the other one will be your slave. If
you will only have one hard drive, then you will have it configured as the
master , or on some drives, you would choose single or cable select to tell
the IDE bus that it is the only drive on that chain.
The same procedure goes for your secondary IDE channel, where you will be
running your CD drives, tape backups, or if you have a crapload of hard drives,
other hard drives.
Configuring these drives is very easy. Often the jumper settings are printed on
the top of the drive itself. On CD drives, the settings are described right above
the jumper pins. On hard drives, the information is printed on the top of the
hard drive, if it is printed at all. If not, then consult the manual for it or go
online to try finding the specs. The manuals will also outline any special jumper
settings such as use of the limiter jumper on Maxtor hard drives.
In general, have hard drives on a separate channel than the CD drives. If you
have a second hard drive, set it as slave on IDE 1. Likewise, if you have a
second CD drive, such as a CD-RW drive or a DVD, then install it as a slave on
IDE 2. Keep in mind you can use a CD-RW or a DVD drive as a CD-ROM drive,
although it won t be as fast in some cases (usually older ones).
If a particular drive does not need to be jumpered at all, it is best to hang the
jumper over one pin. This is the same as being unjumpered, but make sure the
jumper is there for future use if needed.
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