[pchelpers] Re: [Fwd: Re: Re: Cheap PC]

That was a mouth full Scott - now take a breath!   Thanks

Scott McNay wrote:

>Hi Judy,
>
>Thursday, December 30, 2004, 6:24:08 AM, you wrote:
>
>
>JLR> I've not been confident enough to try and put one together. I attached
>JLR> a slave HDD once and had bad nerves for a week.   Writing software - now
>JLR> I have little problem with that.  'All head, no hands' this guy.
>
>At least you won't be messing with your main computer, so there's
>little cause to be nervous.
>
>With modern computers, there's only a few things that are important.
>
>The first is to be sure that the keyboard and mouse are plugged into
>the right ports, although on most modern computers, they'll simply not
>work. On older systems, reversing could cause damage. Ditto for
>unplugging them while the system is on; it could fry the controller on
>the motherboard on older systems, but modern systems seem tolerant of
>that.
>
>Also, need to check that the hard drive and floppy cables are plugged
>into the drives and the motherboard the right way -- most only fit one
>way, but not all. On hard drives and CD/DVD drives, the stripe goes
>towards the power cable, but on floppy drives, this rule doesn't
>always hold. Plugging the floppy in the wrong way generally results in
>the floppy drive light being always on; on older systems, this would
>cause the drive to fry if left for more than a few seconds, although
>newer equipment seems more tolerant. Reversing the hard drive cable
>can have varied results, including the system not turning on or the
>drive simply not being detected by the BIOS. Check the markings on the
>drive and the motherboard (look for a "1", arrow, or a square mark at
>one corner) to be certain that you're plugging it in the right way.
>Sometimes the LAST pin is marked ("34" or "39"), which means that pin
>1 is on the other end. Just to add some excitement, I've seen a couple
>of situations where the cables were made backwards, and at least one
>where the markings on the motherboard were backwards.
>
>If your case has front-panel USB ports, make sure that the USB is
>hooked up properly, especially if you have a separate connector for
>each wire. According to one motherboard manual that I looked at,
>hooking these up wrong can cause damage.
>
>Mistakes anywhere else don't cause any peramanent damage that I can
>think of, offhand (of course, don't do anything inside while the power
>cable is plugged in -- ignore the power switch), although if the
>motherboard has jumpers, make sure that they appear to be set
>correctly before turning on the power.
>
>  
>

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