[olug] [OT] New build questions

[Kevin D. Snodgrass]

--- On Wed, 12/16/09, Dave Thacker <dthacker9 at cox.net> wrote:
> From: Dave Thacker <dthacker9 at cox.net>
> Subject: [olug] [OT] New build questions
> To: olug at olug.org
> Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2009, 11:15 PM
> Hardware has definitely passed me
> by.
> 
> So I'm struggling to get my new build to
> boot.   I have a Gigabyte EP45-UDR 
> board.  Questions so far:

Didn't find one with the "UDR", but I did find a "DSR3".

> I can't find anything in the 2 page English section of the
> of Gigabyte manual 

Try the 6+GB PDF at 
http://america.giga-byte.com/FileList/Manual/motherboard_manual_ga-ep45-ds3(r)_e.pdf

> that tells me how to arrange my 2 sticks of Ram.  I
> have 4 slots available.  
> 1 and 3 are matching color, 2 and 4 are a matching
> color.   No post with RAM 
> in 1 and 3.  Should it be 1 and 2 or 1 and 3?

Page 16 of the PDF has a little chart describing how to arrange your DIMMs.   Either 1&3 or 2&4 appear to be acceptible.

> 
> Power supply has an atx connector that fills most of the
> motherboards power 
> connector, except for 4 pins.  There's a secondary 4
> pin connector in the 
> same cable group that will fit there.   Do I
> plug in the second, 4-pin cable?

Yes, it will need the 4 pin cable.  Some ATX boards only use 20 pins, some use 24, so PSU manufacturers do a 20+4 to cover both.  If you don't have the extra 4 ping plugged in that might be what is preventing it from booting.

Kevin D. Snodgrass