Monthly Archives: November 2009

Installing the Power Supply

The power supply seems like an easy install, but get ready for spaghetti.  Now that you have your drive data cables connected, your fans connected, and your case wires connected to your motherboard, your computer inside may seem like a … Continue reading

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Hooking up Drive Data Cables

This one should be relatively easy.  There are two types of data cables for connection to storage devices, such as: solid state drives, hard drives, and DVD drives. The first is the old version which is called IDE or EIDE, … Continue reading

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Hooking Up the Case Wiring

For me, the hardest thing to do in building a computer is hooking up the computer case wiring.  You are handling very small plugs and pins.  Most of the time, you can’t get to the plugs, because other wires and … Continue reading

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