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by PCQ Bureau January 2, 1999 0 comments


5		On to the cables. There’re cables for the hard disk, the floppy drive, and for COM and parallel ports (if they are not onboard). The cables have to be correctly aligned. Look for pin number 1, marked with a “1” on the board for each connector. Align this to the red/blue line on the cable

6		The motherboard is all done. Keep it aside for a while. We now need to fix the drives into the cabinet. Place the hard disk, the CD-ROM drive, and the floppy drive into their respective slots and put the screws in place

7			Time to put the motherboard panel back into the cabinet. The cabinet closes only when it’s put the right way in

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	Now connect data and power cables to the drives. Data cables go in only one way. Insert them such that the red/blue edge is near the power socket. Likewise, the power connector goes in only one way. The power connector for the floppy drive is smaller than that for other drives

9			The PCI and ISA cards go in now. Take special care connecting the audio cable to the card (its other end goes to the CD-ROM drive). These connectors are very small and can tax your patience