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•Step 1. Prepare your workplace

•Step 2. Prepare the Motherboard
•Step 3. Install the CPU
•Step 4. Install the CPU Heat Sink and Fan
•Step 5. Install Memory (RAM Modules)

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•Step 6. Place the motherboard into

the case
•Step 7. Connect the Power Supply
•Step 8. Install Graphics / Video Cards
•Step 9. Install Internal Drives
•Step 10. Install the Add- in Cards
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Step 1. Prepare your workplace
A. Take Inventory:
• Before you start, take an
inventory of your parts.
Do not begin assembling
your computer if you don't
have everything you
need. Begin the step-by-
step process once you
are ready with everything
you need.
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B. Make Space, Make Time:

•Building a PC takes up space - about a dining
room table worth. So make sure you have
plenty of working room and a few hours to
proceed with minimal interruption. Work on a
flat, stable table top surface, or bare floor,
where you have room to layout all of the
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C. Prepare
Grounding Protection:
• Make sure you are
wearing your
antistatic wrist strap
correctly and you
are ready to
proceed.
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A. Great care should be taken when installing

the motherboard.
•First, take the board out of its packaging and
put it on top of the antistatic bag it came in.
•Remember, you always want to safeguard
your components from potentially hazardous
static electricity.
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B. Before you secure the motherboard onto the

PC case/chassis, inspect it carefully for any
visible defects.
C. Next, review the motherboard manual, to make
sure you are familiar with the motherboard layout
and understand which socket is which. You
should not place the motherboard in the computer
case until you are told to do so.
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Step 3. Install the CPU
A. Use the unlocking mechanism
to open the CPU socket which is
usually a lever.
B. Carefully line up the pins and
place the chip in its socket; it will fit
only when oriented the proper way.
An arrow or a missing pin on one
corner of the chip will show you
how to line things up.
C. Align Triangular CPU and
socket key marks a.
D. Lower the lever to lock the CPU
into place.
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A. Attach the clip that holds

the heat sink in place
keeping in mind that it
may require a fair amount
of force.
B. Plug the CPU fan's power
connector into the proper
connector on the
motherboard.
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• In order to install the
memory modules, insert
them into the proper
sockets and push down
firmly but evenly until the
clips on both sides of the
socket pop into place.

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motherboard into the case
A. Some PC cases have
a removable
motherboard tray. If
yours does, remove the
screws holding it in
place and pull it out of
the case.

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motherboard into the case
B. Note the pattern of
the holes in your
motherboard and
screw brass standoffs
into the motherboard
tray or into the PC
case in the correct
locations.
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motherboard into the case
C. Check the layout of
the sockets on the
motherboard, and
confirm that the ports
on your motherboard's
back panel match the
holes on the case's
Input/Output (I/O) shield
that is installed in your
case.
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D. Carefully position the

motherboard on top of
the brass standoffs, line
up all the holes, and
use the screws that
accompanied the case
to fasten down the
motherboard.
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Power Supply
A. First, plug the large
ATX power connector
from your power
supply into the
matching port on your
motherboard.

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Step 7. Connect the Power style Supply
B. Locate the smaller,
square processor
power connector and
attach it to the
motherboard.

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Step 7. Connect the Power Supply

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A. Begin by removing
the backplane cover
from the AGP (the
metal piece where
the monitor connector
will emerge).

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B. Install the
graphics board in
that slot, and then
secure the card with
a screw

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A. Use the included screws

to attach your drives to the
rails or cage, and slide
them into the case.
B. When the drives are
installed, connect power
and data cables to each
one

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Add- in Cards
A. For each add-in card, you
must choose a free PCI slot.
B. Remove its backplane cover
to allow access from the
rear of the case.
C. Carefully position the card
above the slot, and press
down firmly to seat the card.
D. Secure the card with a
screw.
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