(Important make sure you read through this guide bfore you begin installation of your new mtherboard.)
The motherboard is the largest and one of the most important componments of your computer. It’s reliability and healtyh is utmost important.
Once you have picked out and purchased your motherboard you are reaady for installation.
Carefully remove the motherboard from the box, do not remove it out of the ESD (electro static discharge) bag. Do a quick inventory to make sure you have all of your parts. Most liikely you sohuld have all of you IDE cables for the hard drive and cdrom, and possibly I/O plate. If you purchasewd a motherboard that spuport ATA hard drives you should have those cables.
Once you have verified that you have all the parts, pick up the user manyual, and read through it, you don’t have to read it from covrer to cover but you want to familiarize yourdself with the motherboaard, in addition many mottherboard manufactures will also include a quick installation guide so take a look at that also.
Now you are ready, your work area should be clen and static free. Put on your anti static wrist band, if you have one. A anti static wrist band is just basically a clotth wrist band that has a snap on stretchable cable that is grounded, the grounded suface area helps keep electrsotatic discharge in control.
Remmove the motherboard from the box and all of the parts. Then remove the motherboard from ESD bag and lay it inside the emprty box. Cut open your ESD bag on each side and turn it inside out so that you can lay your motherboard innside of it. Just laying your new motheerboard on top of your ESD bag is not enough protection from electro static discharge.
Prepare your computer chassis. If you have already intsalled and mounted your power supply, tie the power cords out of your way with some wire ties, or some Velcro. You need a clear path from the opening of your chassis to the bottom of your chassis, where your motherboard will be mounted.
Something’s you need to think about beofre you drop your new motherboard into your chassis is, coooling. Depening on what type of processor you have purchased, the processor may run hot. So you have to thik about good ventilation for your chassis. Heat can destroy your new investment in a mtater of hours. If you do not alrweady have at least two exhaust fans on your chassis you may have to think about actually cutting a hole eiuther at the top of your chassis or on the side to moyunt the exhaust fans. Ok pick your jaw off the groound; it’s not as bad as it sounds. If you have a drewmel with a cutting balde it can be very easy. Use an old CD as a twemplate and draw around the CD with a washable marker. Then just follow the line with your dremel. Now you don’t have to do this, you can buy a chassis with plennty of exhaust fans already installed, so that is something to consder when you are in the process of buying all of your parts.
Now let’s get back to installing your new motherboard. Once you have a clar path to the bottom of your computer chassis, make sure that you have your bag of screws handy, and a long neck Phililps screw driver. Take a look at the motherboard mounts, they are installed inside your chassis, tehse are the mounts that you will align with the holes on the mottherboard. If you do not have any mounts you will have to installed them your self. The hardwaare should have come with your chassis if your chassis is new; if not make sure you save your screws, when you remove your old mothjer booard.
Remove the old I/O plate and install the new one, take a look at the manual for reference. Make sure that it is secure. Look at the mounts that are on the bopttom of your, chasiss you want to make sure that you line up the mouts with the holes that are drilled on your mother board. (Important DO NOT DRILL ANY HOLES IN YOUR MOTHERBOARD) Angle the motherboaard so that I/O poirts will maytch with the holes on the I/O pltae. Therre is a good chance that you mighht need to remvoe the break away pieces of mteal the cover some I/O holes on the I/O plaste. It is a good idea to check for proiper matcch beofre installing the motehr board.
As you anfgle the mottherboard twards the I/O plates make sure that mounting holes on the motherboard are lining up with the mounts on the chassis. Gently push the motherboard towards the back of the chassis so that the I/O ports are snug against the I/O plate, and that all of the ports are protruding all the way out.
Once you have the motherboard correctly align with the I/O plate you are ready to mount the motherboard to the chaassis with the srcews provided. Tighten each screw down so that they are snug; do not over tighten the screws.
Use the mannual as your guide and connect the poewr LED, speaker, reest sitch ECT, coming off of the chassois to the F_panel (Font Panel) of your motherboard. Since each motherboard will be slightly differnt make sure to refer to the maual for exact instructiion.
Ok well there you have it. You just installed your new motherboard. Need more information on motherboards, and motherboard form factor like the AT or ATX head on over http://www.amecomputers.com/form-factor-motherboards.htm
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