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    Cool building a basic pc - help!

    ok, well i've started off with this motherboard and intel processor thanks to a friend:

    http://support.intel.com/support/mot...s-008786.htm#3

    ftp://download.intel.com/support/mot...t/A9220001.pdf

    I also have a 250gig SATA hard drive, but this board doesn't have any sata plugs.


    So I purchased this:

    http://www.directron.com/ugtst300.html

    And I got a stick of 512mb kingston RAM.

    I took a spare ATX case I had laying around and threw everything into it - along with a cd rom.

    Now I just need a video card, but I'm stumped on a couple of things.....

    There are several sets of wires paired and coming from the power switch area on the front of the case:

    'reset sw' = purple and white
    'h.d.d led' = red and white
    'power led' = green and white
    's/b sw' = black and white
    'speaker' = red and black

    Now I plugged them in according to what I thought was the right way to do it - at least according to the .pdf I linked above.....

    BUT, upon trying to turn on the machine it doesn't do anything other than light up the led on the motherboard...

    I did find this note:

    Caution: The processor fan must be connected to the processor fan connector, not to a chassis fan connector. Connecting the processor fan to a chassis fan connector may result in onboard component damage that will halt fan operation.

    Note: Do not use a standard ATX power supply. The Intel Desktop Board D845EBT will not boot with a standard ATX power supply. Use only ATX12V-compliant power supplies with the Intel Desktop Board D845EBT. ATX12V power supplies have an additional power lead that provides required supplemental power for the Pentium® 4 processor. The Intel Desktop Board D845EBT will not boot if the ATX12V power supply is not connected to both the 4-pin and 20-pin power connectors.
    So for now I'm stumped..... <_<
    Last edited by Black R; 07-27-2006 at 03:38 AM.


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