If you’ve ever opened a PC case and stared inside, or looked at a bare motherboard, you may be taken aback by the number and variety of connectors, pins, and slots that exist on a modern PC ...

I’m a big proponent of DIY PC building and I tend to describe it as “relatively straightforward.” For the most part, everything just plugs in where it should. But there is one aspect of putting ...

System users do not always know where all the critical points of cables are. Sometimes difficulties are encountered in connecting jacks to the motherboard. Generally the difficulty is located in the ...

I recently aquired a Gateway Pentium II BX chipset motherboard, Gateway's #4000597,and want to mount it in a non-Gateway ATX case that I have. Problem is that my case has the usual front-panel ...

Which side of a PC case power or reset switch is positive or negative? (and can I damage my motherboard by connecting it incorrectly?) No, you won't damage a motherboard by connecting the power and ...

I get the above message even after I've removed both front panel USB connectors (2.0 and 3.0). I originally thought it was because those had been damaged, since the 3.0 ones are very tight (my case is ...