Building my First Computer- Lost on Cabling
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I too built my first comp from some very slickdeals. It took some trying but it got done!
As they suggested, stock up on cables and what not, you can always use them.
Be sure to read and...
Building my First Computer- Lost on Cabling
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No you will have some left over. Hard drives and optical drives only have one place to plug in power, if they have more only do one. The left overs are for additional drives in the future.
This...
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Does not matter. Ideally put it in a slot where your drive can get the most airflow. If you add a drive later, skip a space between them.
If you eventually end up with 3 or 4 drives stacked on top...
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Woohoo, finally after spending a ridiculous amount on a monitor cable at Best Buy (I was too excited to wait!), I'm installing Windows. So far, everything seems to be working well, thanks to you...
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Actually, there's a 3-pack of SATA Data cables for $1 today on the front page. See here: https://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2653371
Multiple plugs on the same wire are to plug in...
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I recently bought this deal from the front page. It's my first build. I had been thinking it might be fun to try and build a computer for awhile. I saw the deal and I jumped. I now think I should...
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Thanks so much for your help! I'm going to order a couple of SATA cables from that link because I'd like to add a blu-ray drive in the future. I've ordered a memory card reader that will install in...
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Someone,
for instance you'll have 2 or 3 power cables for hard drives on one "chain"...the assumption is that you have the drives installed in the case right next to one another and thus you can...
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Cables are constructed so that they only fit in where they're supposed to go. Every device should have one cable going to it from the power supply.
Your motherboard has a 24-pin power plug, so you...
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And I thought it was done. But it won't turn on.
The only cables I'm left with from the power supply are extra SATA, one that looks like a floppy, several that look like Molex, one that looks...
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What happens when you press the power button? If nothing happens, you may have the plug connected to the motherboard in reverse.
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WTF, no power cable included with the monitor.
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You called it perfectly my friend! It is on! Time to connect a monitor and keyboard and mouse and install Windows and see what happens! But dinner, first. So freakin' excited! I'm helplessly...
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Another silly question- does order of the hard drives matter? My case has slots for 4 hard drives. I only have one. I had originally put the hard drive in the top most slot. I then saw the...
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Right. I helped a friend built this deal yesterday. We put it in the middle so it could get airflow over the top and bottom (he has a front fan, which is a good idea to get much better airflow in...
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Gonna go try and find a power cord for the monitor now. Let's hope that goes better than trying to buy SATA cables did.
"I need an internal SATA cable."
Radioshack: "Yeah, we sell internet...
