HOW TO INSTALL
MOTHERBOARD
Before you start you will need to check
if u need all of your pieces together and parts. Then you need to check if you
have the right size case for your mother board. The find a bare floor to work
on its the best place. Then download latest drivers for your pc so you cannot
have headahces later on. Now you are ready to install your motherboard.
Lay your case on its side for installing the motherboard. If your case has a removable motherboard plate then take it out to install the motherboard on it. Match up the motherboard mounting hole with the case or plate. Now use the standoffs and install them to the case or plate where the holes lined up. Then use the screws and screw the motherboard down to the standoffs. Some case use plastic standoffs. These usually have pointed ends you push up through
the back of the motherboard and then slide the flat head into the case or plate. Make sure that the motherboard is not touching the case or plate on the back of the motherboard. Now install the plate if your case came with the removable one. Make sure your motherboard is tight but not too tight as to cause it to crack.Next connect the power to the motherboard. If you have an AT motherboard it will use 2 large 6 wire plugs. The black wires have to be together in the middle or you will fry your motherboard and believe me it has happened a lot. They will be hard to install but they will fit just keep trying. The problem is the little tabs placed on 1 side of them. If you have a ATX motherboard then you will have 1 large 20 wire plug. It is made so it can only be installed the right way. If you have a CPU that needs the extra 12 volt hooked to the motherboard then you will need to install it also. It looks different from the other connectors and will install only the right way.
You must decide if you want a desktop or tower or one of the new small cases. You will want to allow for expandability unless you are building a small form case. Make sure you get a case that will fit the space where you plan to put it. Make sure the case has at least one intake fan or a place to install one in the front. Bottom front is best. A place for an exhaust fan in the back near the middle to just below the power supply unit (psu). Make sure all the cables that are suppose to come with the case are present and all the screws and motherboard standoffs are there also.Here you will have to decide if you want a motherboard with everything built on the board or if you want one where you add the stuff to it. Also you will need to decide if you want to use an Intel or AMD CPU.Buy the best board you can. Also you can check out the motherboard and CPU combos for sale. You should get a collection of ribbon cables with your motherboard. Make sure all cables are present that is said to come with it.
Buy a brand name power supply (psu). A power supply is the 2nd most important item to a computer. A cheap psu can cause you lots of problems as it goes up and down with supplying power to your unit. I have fixed many a problem for clients that were caused by the psu. Buy at least a 350-watt unit. I recommend at least 400 watts. I use Enermax PSU myself but there are plenty of other makers of psu's out there. Make sure all cables are presents that should be.
There are plenty of video cards out there. The 2 biggest names are ATI and NiVida. What you choose is up to you. Buy the best you can afford. Make sure it will work with your motherboard. Since newer motherboards have the PCI EXPRESS SLOTS NOW.Remove the back case insert cover that lines up with the video slot you are using. They could be held in with a screw or they could be of the punch out type. These inserts cover the slots in the back of the case. There are AGP card slots which most motherboards have used for the last few years. The slot is usually the top most one and is brown in color. There are still PCI video cards out and they use the PCI slot and they are white in color. Take your video card and insert it into the slot. You may need to rock it into place. Place one end in the slot and then move it back and forth to insert the rest of the pins. Let me point out that AGP video cards insert upside down. Take the card will have a cutout for a screw to hold it tightly in place. Take a screw from the supplies ones or if your insert was held in place with a screw use that one. If your card has a cooling fan that uses a power connection that is not on the video card hook it up and then make sure it doesn't hit the fan and that all ribbon cables and power connector wires are out of the way of the fan.
Install the hard drive into your case. It will go into a 3.5 space. Mount it as far from other devices as possible since it will generate lots of heat and it will need to have plenty of air moving around it to keep it cool. Make sure you mounted it tightly. Before installing the hard drive look at the back end of it and make sure the jumper is set to master. The instructions for setting or checking the settings will be printed on the topside of the drive. Install the ribbon cable with the end connector with the number 1 pin hole lined up with the number 1 pin on the drive. The cable will be marked with a red edge or stripe to mark the side of the connector that is the number 1 pinhole. The hard drive number 1 pin will be near the power pins. Install the other ribbon cable end connector into the primary connector on the motherboard which is usually marked IDE1. Now days the IDE1 connector on the motherboard is usually blue in color. The motherboard manual will point it out for you in case you are not sure.
Now if you decided to install a floppy drive this is the time. If you put it in a 5.25 bay then you will need to use the adapters that came with it or the case. After installing the floppy connect the power cable. The plug is very small and is the smallest coming from the UPS. Then hook up the ribbon cable to it. The ribbon cable for the floppy will have a twist in the cable at one end. Hook the one end of the ribbon cable to the motherboard labeled FED. Make sure to hook the cable with the pin marked number 1(edge of cable will have a red stripe) to the connector with the pin marked number 1 so the pins match. Hook to floppy drive the same way. If you get this reversed it will not hurt you floppy drive. It will just not work and the floppy drive light will stay on. Just reverse how you hooked the ribbon cable.
It will only fit in a 5.25 bay. Make sure you mount it tightly then hook up the ribbon cable. The ribbon cable will be a 40 pin on and the number 1 pinhole on the connector will have the red edge or stripe. The number 1 pin on the drive unit is usually the one nearest the power connector on the drive unit. Use the end connector for the unit on the ribbon cable and the other end connector for the motherboard. On the motherboard it will have a little number 1 marked on it near the corner. Hook the ribbon cable to the secondary connector on the motherboard usually marked IDE2. The primary motherboard connector is usually blue color but it is marked on the motherboard and it is pointed out in the motherboard manual. If you install a 2nd unit use the middle connector on the ribbon cable for it. Now hook up the power to it. Use a 4 pin connector. It will be shaped so that it installs the right way. Hook up the audio cable to the drive with the 3 wire connector. Plug it into the back where it says audio on the drive and then you will connect the other end to your sound card when you install it or to your motherboard if you are using the onboard sound. The motherboard manual will show you where to plug into.
Turn your power switch on the power supply to the on position if it has the extra switch on the back of it. Now turn on your power switch on the front of your computer. The power on led should light up. If so then congratulation on getting this far. You should get your BIOS screen on the monitor. You will need to get into the CMOS/BIOS so know which key or keys to push. The motherboard manual will tell what you need to do.
With your system on load your CD if that is what your OS is on. Reboot your computer. Follow the on screen instructions. If it ask to install from CD say yes. If it ask to partition the hard drive say yes. Say yes to formatting the drive after that also. The keep following the instructions to finish the loading of your OS. And that’s how to build your own pc.
have headahces later on. Now you are ready to install your motherboard.
Lay your case on its side for installing the motherboard. If your case has a removable motherboard plate then take it out to install the motherboard on it. Match up the motherboard mounting hole with the case or plate. Now use the standoffs and install them to the case or plate where the holes lined up. Then use the screws and screw the motherboard down to the standoffs. Some case use plastic standoffs. These usually have pointed ends you push up through
the back of the motherboard and then slide the flat head into the case or plate. Make sure that the motherboard is not touching the case or plate on the back of the motherboard. Now install the plate if your case came with the removable one. Make sure your motherboard is tight but not too tight as to cause it to crack.Next connect the power to the motherboard. If you have an AT motherboard it will use 2 large 6 wire plugs. The black wires have to be together in the middle or you will fry your motherboard and believe me it has happened a lot. They will be hard to install but they will fit just keep trying. The problem is the little tabs placed on 1 side of them. If you have a ATX motherboard then you will have 1 large 20 wire plug. It is made so it can only be installed the right way. If you have a CPU that needs the extra 12 volt hooked to the motherboard then you will need to install it also. It looks different from the other connectors and will install only the right way.
You must decide if you want a desktop or tower or one of the new small cases. You will want to allow for expandability unless you are building a small form case. Make sure you get a case that will fit the space where you plan to put it. Make sure the case has at least one intake fan or a place to install one in the front. Bottom front is best. A place for an exhaust fan in the back near the middle to just below the power supply unit (psu). Make sure all the cables that are suppose to come with the case are present and all the screws and motherboard standoffs are there also.Here you will have to decide if you want a motherboard with everything built on the board or if you want one where you add the stuff to it. Also you will need to decide if you want to use an Intel or AMD CPU.Buy the best board you can. Also you can check out the motherboard and CPU combos for sale. You should get a collection of ribbon cables with your motherboard. Make sure all cables are present that is said to come with it.
Buy a brand name power supply (psu). A power supply is the 2nd most important item to a computer. A cheap psu can cause you lots of problems as it goes up and down with supplying power to your unit. I have fixed many a problem for clients that were caused by the psu. Buy at least a 350-watt unit. I recommend at least 400 watts. I use Enermax PSU myself but there are plenty of other makers of psu's out there. Make sure all cables are presents that should be.
There are plenty of video cards out there. The 2 biggest names are ATI and NiVida. What you choose is up to you. Buy the best you can afford. Make sure it will work with your motherboard. Since newer motherboards have the PCI EXPRESS SLOTS NOW.Remove the back case insert cover that lines up with the video slot you are using. They could be held in with a screw or they could be of the punch out type. These inserts cover the slots in the back of the case. There are AGP card slots which most motherboards have used for the last few years. The slot is usually the top most one and is brown in color. There are still PCI video cards out and they use the PCI slot and they are white in color. Take your video card and insert it into the slot. You may need to rock it into place. Place one end in the slot and then move it back and forth to insert the rest of the pins. Let me point out that AGP video cards insert upside down. Take the card will have a cutout for a screw to hold it tightly in place. Take a screw from the supplies ones or if your insert was held in place with a screw use that one. If your card has a cooling fan that uses a power connection that is not on the video card hook it up and then make sure it doesn't hit the fan and that all ribbon cables and power connector wires are out of the way of the fan.
Install the hard drive into your case. It will go into a 3.5 space. Mount it as far from other devices as possible since it will generate lots of heat and it will need to have plenty of air moving around it to keep it cool. Make sure you mounted it tightly. Before installing the hard drive look at the back end of it and make sure the jumper is set to master. The instructions for setting or checking the settings will be printed on the topside of the drive. Install the ribbon cable with the end connector with the number 1 pin hole lined up with the number 1 pin on the drive. The cable will be marked with a red edge or stripe to mark the side of the connector that is the number 1 pinhole. The hard drive number 1 pin will be near the power pins. Install the other ribbon cable end connector into the primary connector on the motherboard which is usually marked IDE1. Now days the IDE1 connector on the motherboard is usually blue in color. The motherboard manual will point it out for you in case you are not sure.
Now if you decided to install a floppy drive this is the time. If you put it in a 5.25 bay then you will need to use the adapters that came with it or the case. After installing the floppy connect the power cable. The plug is very small and is the smallest coming from the UPS. Then hook up the ribbon cable to it. The ribbon cable for the floppy will have a twist in the cable at one end. Hook the one end of the ribbon cable to the motherboard labeled FED. Make sure to hook the cable with the pin marked number 1(edge of cable will have a red stripe) to the connector with the pin marked number 1 so the pins match. Hook to floppy drive the same way. If you get this reversed it will not hurt you floppy drive. It will just not work and the floppy drive light will stay on. Just reverse how you hooked the ribbon cable.
It will only fit in a 5.25 bay. Make sure you mount it tightly then hook up the ribbon cable. The ribbon cable will be a 40 pin on and the number 1 pinhole on the connector will have the red edge or stripe. The number 1 pin on the drive unit is usually the one nearest the power connector on the drive unit. Use the end connector for the unit on the ribbon cable and the other end connector for the motherboard. On the motherboard it will have a little number 1 marked on it near the corner. Hook the ribbon cable to the secondary connector on the motherboard usually marked IDE2. The primary motherboard connector is usually blue color but it is marked on the motherboard and it is pointed out in the motherboard manual. If you install a 2nd unit use the middle connector on the ribbon cable for it. Now hook up the power to it. Use a 4 pin connector. It will be shaped so that it installs the right way. Hook up the audio cable to the drive with the 3 wire connector. Plug it into the back where it says audio on the drive and then you will connect the other end to your sound card when you install it or to your motherboard if you are using the onboard sound. The motherboard manual will show you where to plug into.
Turn your power switch on the power supply to the on position if it has the extra switch on the back of it. Now turn on your power switch on the front of your computer. The power on led should light up. If so then congratulation on getting this far. You should get your BIOS screen on the monitor. You will need to get into the CMOS/BIOS so know which key or keys to push. The motherboard manual will tell what you need to do.
With your system on load your CD if that is what your OS is on. Reboot your computer. Follow the on screen instructions. If it ask to install from CD say yes. If it ask to partition the hard drive say yes. Say yes to formatting the drive after that also. The keep following the instructions to finish the loading of your OS. And that’s how to build your own pc.
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