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1. Make a good space on a work
surface for your desktop computer system.
2. Check the power (you will need at least 2 grounded sockets) and other house
connections (phone line or cable line nearby, for example).
3. Sort your PC components and cables. If there are disks, sort those aside.
4. Place your pc box, and accessories: monitor, keyboard, and mouse in position
on your work surface.
5. Identify the sockets and card slots on the back of your desktop computer.
Each component can be plugged into each socket. Most sockets are identified for
their use, for example:
A: printer displays printer graphic
B: modem displays modem graphic
C: mouse displays mouse graphic or green socket
D: keyboard displays keyboard graphic or keyboard sockets
E: monitor displays monitor graphic
F: power displays a power graphic
6. Attach the cables to the accessories. Some cables are attached. The monitor
cable, for example, is usually attached. Never force any cable connector into
any socket. Be gentle and steady.
7. Lay your accessory cables in position with the components.
8. Attach the accessory cable connectors to the sockets in the back of the
computer.
9. Finally plug the power cord into the surge protector.
10. Plug the surge protector into the power source. Turn on its power switch.
11. Press the PC power button, on the back or front of the computer (identified
with a power 1/0 graphic).
12. Press the monitor power button, on the back or front of the computer (also
clearly identified).
13. Watch the screen graphics as the PC starts up.
14. Use the computer when the desktop hourglass icon stops spinning.
The sound card, like most PCI
cards, can be installed in any PCI slot. The EPoX 8RDA+ has six PCI slots. They
are white and run vertically in this picture and are circled in blue. I chose
the slot circled in red in the picture, which is PCI slot 2. As with the PCI
slot selection for the sound card, the only reason for choosing this particular
PCI slot was for cooling purposes, to space out the cards within the interior
since they all generate an amount of heat. After installing the sound card and
replacing the panel. Hook up the computer and turn the system on. The computer
should recognize the new hardware and install the drivers.
Turn the speaker on - there's a power button on the back of the sub-woofer. Plug
everything back into the rear of the computer, including the video cable,
keyboard cable, mouse cable and power cord. Flip the switch on the power supply
into the on/1 position. Here's how the rear of the case looks once everything is
connected again.
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