First-Timer Assembly Advice

[MRCL]

so when my OCZ ModXStream says it has 6 x SATA that means it has 6 of those connectors that'll plug straight into my HDD from the PSU and them the red wire will go into the mobo, right?

Yes!

Shit, well that's a waste of $10 for two of those wires, lol

Well...yes

 

[saadzaman126]

Also, idk if you can see it or not, but on the right there's these 4 pins, smaller than normal molex. This is the seagate barracude 500 gb sata2 hdd that came in today,





Should I worry myself about those?

 

[saadzaman126]

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Originally Posted by saadzaman126
so when my OCZ ModXStream says it has 6 x SATA that means it has 6 of those connectors that'll plug straight into my HDD from the PSU and them the red wire will go into the mobo, right?
Yes!

So when it says it has 4 x peripheral, those are the 4 female molex, right?

 

[MRCL]

Also, idk if you can see it or not, but on the right there's these 4 pins, smaller than normal molex. This is the seagate barracude 500 gb sata2 hdd that came in today,

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Should I worry myself about those?

"squints exes* Look like jumper pins. No need to mess with those.
Jumper pins are used to set the HDD either as master or slave, but with SATA thats generally no more necessary. So you can leave them alone

So when it says it has 4 x peripheral, those are the 4 female molex, right?

Correct.

 

[saadzaman126]

Does it make a difference whether I use the PSU's sata cable or my adapter and ther peripheral cable?

 

[MRCL]

Does it make a difference whether I use the PSU's sata cable or my adapter and ther peripheral cable?

No that doesn't make a difference.

 

[saadzaman126]

Ok, so i have a built in front fan controller and out of it are these wires. Look like molex but they have stuff written on em and they only have 2 prongs






Sorry the pics suck, taken them really quickly with my ipod but, the male 2 prong molex says "Input DC 12V" and the female 2 hole molex says "Output, 0.3 A, 4 Fan, Max 12 A" Now I'm assuming that fan controller has to be attached to the front fan I have with 1 of those? and the other goes to the PSU? maybe? idk.

 

[MRCL]

Ok, so i have a built in front fan controller and out of it are these wires. Look like molex but they have stuff written on em and they only have 2 prongs
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Sorry the pics suck, taken them really quickly with my ipod but, the male 2 prong molex says "Input DC 12V" and the female 2 hole molex says "Output, 0.3 A, 4 Fan, Max 12 A" Now I'm assuming that fan controller has to be attached to the front fan I have with 1 of those? and the other goes to the PSU? maybe? idk.

What does the manual of the case say? I've overlooked a few reviews of that case, it looks like the fan controller is only for the front fan. So, then, its likely that one Molex goes to the fan, and the other one hooks up to the PSU.

 

[saadzaman126]

It doesnt come with a manual actually and if it did I don't think I would still have it .

 

[MRCL]

It doesnt come with a manual actually and if it did I don't think I would still have it .

Eh, its like I said anyway most probably. Power via the PSU, but they slapped a potentiometer in between so you can regulate the power sent to the fan = fan controller.

 

[happita]

Would Sata external Hdd's be faster than usb?

I don't know whether or not you've made any permanent decisions based on your interest on getting an external SATA hard drive, but from what I disassembled from my old CoolerMaster 690 case, I took the eSATA plug from the top I/O port cleanly off.

So if you want, I'll ship it to ya free. I'm at work right now, so around 12am EST I will post a picture here for you to see what it looks like.

 

[saadzaman126]

I don't know whether or not you've made any permanent decisions based on your interest on getting an external SATA hard drive, but from what I disassembled from my old CoolerMaster 690 case, I took the eSATA plug from the top I/O port cleanly off.

So if you want, I'll ship it to ya free. I'm at work right now, so around 12am EST I will post a picture here for you to see what it looks like.

Haha I live in canada so idk if that shipping's gonna be free any more . Also, you took the eSATA off your case? How would i possibly install that into mine?

 

[MRCL]

Haha I live in canada so idk if that shipping's gonna be free any more . Also, you took the eSATA off your case? How would i possibly install that into mine?

eSATA plugs into the SATA ports of your motherboard, you would just have to find a spot for the external port then

 

[saadzaman126]

Eh, its like I said anyway most probably. Power via the PSU, but they slapped a potentiometer in between so you can regulate the power sent to the fan = fan controller.

So the male 2 prong molex will connect to the peripheral connector on the PSU and the female will plug into the male on the fan? How will i power the fan then? Through the fan controller?

eSATA plugs into the SATA ports of your motherboard, you would just have to find a spot for the external port then

external port on my case or coming out of one of the back panels then?

 

[MRCL]

So the male 2 prong molex will connect to the peripheral connector on the PSU and the female will plug into the male on the fan? How will i power the fan then? Through the fan controller?



external port on my case or coming out of one of the back panels then?

- The fan will be powered as soon as you switch on your computer. The fan controller simply regulates the speed the fan spins.

- External port of your case. But you could always ghetto mod it to fit anywhere

 

[saadzaman126]

- The fan will be powered as soon as you switch on your computer. The fan controller simply regulates the speed the fan spins.

Don't I have to plug it into anything to actually juice it up. Like both the fan controller and fan have a male and female molex, fan controller's on have 2 prongs. So I was assuming to power the front case fan, it'd hook the male molex from the fan to the PSU? And to regulate the speed hook up the the female molex on the fan to the male on the fan controller.

In, contrast i could to it the other way, your way, in which i hook up the male 2 pronged molex(fan controller) to the psu and the female 2 pronged molex(fan controller) to the male molex on the actual fan?

 

[happita]

Ohhhhhh yea, I forgot that you live in Canada.....dammit haha, well whatever, if its reasonable I'll just send it. I just sent you a PM.

- External port of your case. But you could always ghetto mod it to fit anywhere

This is true. Ghetto modding isn't always the prettiest though, but it will fulfill your needs unless your creative by nature.

 

[saadzaman126]

How hard is it to do a "ghetto mod"

 

[MRCL]

How hard is it to do a "ghetto mod"

Depends on your skill, creativity and tools at hand. Theres a Ghetto Modding thread here on TPU, have a look.

 

[saadzaman126]

Quote:
Originally Posted by MRCL
- The fan will be powered as soon as you switch on your computer. The fan controller simply regulates the speed the fan spins.
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Don't I have to plug it into anything to actually juice it up. Like both the fan controller and fan have a male and female molex, fan controller's on have 2 prongs. So I was assuming to power the front case fan, it'd hook the male molex from the fan to the PSU? And to regulate the speed hook up the the female molex on the fan to the male on the fan controller.

In, contrast i could to it the other way, your way, in which i hook up the male 2 pronged molex(fan controller) to the psu and the female 2 pronged molex(fan controller) to the male molex on the actual fan?

I hate to quote myself, but haha I actually have no idea... any thoughts geniuses of TPU?

 

[MRCL]

I hate to quote myself, but haha I actually have no idea... any thoughts geniuses of TPU?

Oh. Well how many plugs does that thing have? If its only two (a male and a female Molex), do as I said. The fan controller will only act as a potentiometer and doesn't need to be powered separately.

Now if there are more wires I have no idea

 

[saadzaman126]

The LED on the fan has it's own wire, I presume i power that with the PSU?

 

[saadzaman126]

Also, after reading my mobo manual that i downloaded online I noticed some things. Firstly on this page of the manual, how come there's two "Power LED" pins? Also, on the manual it shows the Power LED as being 2 pins side by side, whereas the Power LED wire coming from my mobo takes up 3 spots and is just one wire, in contrast to the two separate wire the mobo wants.


Also, problem #2: The Front Audio my mobo wants has the following pins it:


So the mobo wants 9 pins, only 1 of them being a ground. However the wire from my front audio on my case are

L-RET
R-RET
L-OUT
R-OT
MIC-POWER
MIC-IN
GROUND
GROUND

I only have 8 pins, 2 of which are ground and none of which have the same name as the ones the mobo wants?