There's always been a helpful manual with the motherboards I've bought -
did you not get one with yours?
Tony Wood
(from Linux PC)
On 10/11/11 18:41, Rob Malpass wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> My "mean machine" arrived today (Intel i7 2600, 8Gb DDR3) barebones
> and I need to build it. The thing is, I'm seeing a huge bundle of
> unfamiliar connectors - can anyone help?
>
> My main concern is keyboard and mouse - there's only one ps2 on the
> back of the mobo. I can think of 2 solutions:
>
> 1) Buy a ps2 female to usb male and use my ps2 mouse with that. [In
> fact it'll be connected to my kvm] The only thing I'm worried about
> here is whether the mouse will be correctly detected.
>
> 2) As I'm chucking out the Mac mini I bought 5 years ago and basically
> never used, it so happens that I have an existing 2 ps2 female to 1
> usb male adapter. Is this any better than 1) above.
>
> Now onto the really confusing stuff. I'm used to power supplies with:
>
> * Mobo power
>
> * Fan power (which connects to mobo)
>
> * a ton of standard 4 pin power plugs.
>
> In this latest board, I have 1 mobo power, seemingly 2 fan connections
> and no "standard" power plugs, they all seem to be the new SATA variety.
>
> Luckily enough, the hdd and dvd I have are both sata, but there seem
> some other connectors too (I haven't the technology to take a photo at
> the moment) so could someone tell me what they're likely to be - they
> look like terminal blocks to me!!
>
> Sorry for these basic questions - it's been well over 18 months since
> I built my last machine.
>
> Cheers
>
> Rob
>
>
>
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