Okay, so here are my components:
- Intel C2D E4300
- Arctic Freezer Pro 7
- Gigabyte 965P DS3 Rev 3.3
- MSI x1950 pro 256MB
- Antec 480 Watt PSU
- 2x1GB Super Talent DDR2-667
- 400GB Seagate Sata HDD
- 16x Sony Nec DVD Burner SATA
- Sceptre 20.1" WS LCD Monitor
- Thermaltake Mambo case
- Vista Business
Question 1:
I was reading some stuff about the motherboard and its "jmicron?" ports? From what I understand, as long as I put the hdd and dvd burner on the intel ports (yellow), I won't run into any problems? There's two sets of intel ports - so four total.
Yellow -
Sata II 0
Sata II 1
Sata II 2
Sata II 3
Which one do I plug the hard drive in, and which one for the dvd burner?
Question 2:
My PSU and 120mm case fan both come with a 3 pin plug. They are for monitoring the speed of the fan while it is spinning, correct? There's only one 3 pin ports on the motherboard that I see - PWR_FAN. Do I connect the PSU's fan plug into the PWR_Fan? Where would I attach the 120MM fan plug tp? There's a SYS_FAN with 4 pins
Question 3:
I have two usb ports on the front, and they both have their own headers (?) to connect to the motherboard.
Shield
VCC
USB 1 (and 2) -
USB 1 (and 2) +
GND
This is how the plug on the motherboard looks:
F_USB1
0---- (1 empty, 4 pins)
----- (5 pins)
Here's a picture: usb.JPG
Unfortunately, the cables aren't arranged in a block with one keyed blank. So looking at my picture, how would I connect the wires?
Question 4:
My case also has one more set of headers that I'm not sure where to plug onto the motherboard.
First one:
GND
R-OUT
L-OUT
R-RET
L-Ret
I believe the R-OUt and L-OUT are Line out (right and left), but what are the R-RET and L-RET ?
The front of my case has 2 usb ports, a pink port for a mic, and a green port a headset.
- Intel C2D E4300
- Arctic Freezer Pro 7
- Gigabyte 965P DS3 Rev 3.3
- MSI x1950 pro 256MB
- Antec 480 Watt PSU
- 2x1GB Super Talent DDR2-667
- 400GB Seagate Sata HDD
- 16x Sony Nec DVD Burner SATA
- Sceptre 20.1" WS LCD Monitor
- Thermaltake Mambo case
- Vista Business
Question 1:
I was reading some stuff about the motherboard and its "jmicron?" ports? From what I understand, as long as I put the hdd and dvd burner on the intel ports (yellow), I won't run into any problems? There's two sets of intel ports - so four total.
Yellow -
Sata II 0
Sata II 1
Sata II 2
Sata II 3
Which one do I plug the hard drive in, and which one for the dvd burner?
Question 2:
My PSU and 120mm case fan both come with a 3 pin plug. They are for monitoring the speed of the fan while it is spinning, correct? There's only one 3 pin ports on the motherboard that I see - PWR_FAN. Do I connect the PSU's fan plug into the PWR_Fan? Where would I attach the 120MM fan plug tp? There's a SYS_FAN with 4 pins
Question 3:
I have two usb ports on the front, and they both have their own headers (?) to connect to the motherboard.
Shield
VCC
USB 1 (and 2) -
USB 1 (and 2) +
GND
This is how the plug on the motherboard looks:
F_USB1
0---- (1 empty, 4 pins)
----- (5 pins)
Here's a picture: usb.JPG
Unfortunately, the cables aren't arranged in a block with one keyed blank. So looking at my picture, how would I connect the wires?
Question 4:
My case also has one more set of headers that I'm not sure where to plug onto the motherboard.
First one:
GND
R-OUT
L-OUT
R-RET
L-Ret
I believe the R-OUt and L-OUT are Line out (right and left), but what are the R-RET and L-RET ?
The front of my case has 2 usb ports, a pink port for a mic, and a green port a headset.