DevBlog

Do-it-yourself kits are always fun...not in the way of excitement, but in that something seems to go wrong. Either a screw is missing or one is left over and you wonder where it goes. We all know about the parents that stay up late on Christmas Eve, putting things together for the kids or finding out that batteries were not included. Well, my fun is still ongoing.

If you read my blog yesterday, you know that I just bought a new computer...not ready to go, but I bought the parts and am building it myself. I've always done my personal computer this way as it saves money and it keeps me somewhat up to date on the latest hardware changes. And, yup, there are some issues. The first is the cable on the front fan is too short and doesn't reach the motherboard. I'll have to find out what to do about that. The second problem is that the motherboard doesn't support IDE harddrives...only SATA drives...so my desire to reuse the old drives has been shotdown. There are also several wires from the case that don't seem to have a place to plug into on the motherboard...and I can't decipher what they mean. Since I have to run back to the computer store, I'll make sure to ask them.