What motherboard you have? Typically ATX motherboards have two power connectors, one toward the top of the board near the rear IO plate and one large one (which you show plugged in) My guess is the arrow would indicate the hot wire (as in, the not-GND), but afaik it shouldn't matter which way you plug it in for the…
The minimum needed is: PSU motherboard CPU w/fan power button (power sw) Some motherboards require the RAM to be plugged in to boot up, but iirc most will work fine without it (basic functions only). The SSD/HDD are only needed to boot into an OS, so don't worry about having them plugged in for now. Plug the screen into…
Yes that cable is in correctly So do the power/reset switch go horizontal or vertical? Should they go in as they are displayed? I'm trying different ways as we speak
Okay I've put it all together and now it's not working, I'm thinking it's to do with connecting the graphics card with the PSU Edit: yes took the graphics card cables out of the power supply and now it works
The white wire is usually negative/ground (or has been in my experience). From what I've read It shouldn't matter which way you plug in the power/reset switches as long as they are in the right spot.
The system powers up, fans moving and the graphics card even lights up it's just when I try connect the card to the PSU it doesn't do anything so I'm either putting it in the wrong slot or using the wrong cables
If its still not working after all that, I'd try plugging your working PCs power switch jumper into the new motherboard and see if that works. Be sure to remember how it was plugged in though before pulling it out of your old motherboard.
Hello, I really need some help I've almost finished building my first PC however I'm struggling with the front I/O connectors I have a power SW and reset SW and HD LED +/- and I can't figure out where/ which way they go
You have a sata data cable, which goes to the HDD from the motherboard: And the sata power cable, coming from the PSU You say that there is only 1 pin, but I think that the "GND" pin next to it will be what you plug into also - this simpy stands for "ground" as it grounds the connection.