first new build - help!!

[JrFowler]

I need 2 ask two questions, they might seem silly to you but ive never built my own pc before so its a bit daunting to me..

most things have gone well, ive got the motherboard mounted and the majority of things connected.. but its the electrical that has thrown me a bit..

I am trying to understand 2 things..

1. I am trying to connect up the front panel on my case to the motherboard and it says that the coloured wires are CLOSE wires.. does this mean they are negative or positive? I cant afford to get this wrong so any help would be appreciated.. as obviously I want to get them the right way round..

Secondly, ive got my WD Raptor in place, connected to a power supply.. I can see where the sata connection goes on the motherboard but the opposite end of the cable ive got doesnt look like its gonna plug in the back of the raptor? whats up with that?

ohhh and thirdly.. my power supply.. ive connected the 4 pin ATX 12v, but theres a spare 6 pin one coming off my PSU, HX620 corsair btw.. can I just leave this dangling....

many thanks for any help with this..

wanna get this up and running today!!

 

[JrFowler]

Ok, sorry, I knew as soon as I posted I should have put the specs up..

Gigabyte Aurora Case
Gigabyte DS3 Motherboard
E6300 Conroe Chip
Corsair 620w PSU
HIS ATI 1950 Pro Gfx
2 GB OCZ Platinum RAM

I have worked around the front panel wiring, and the hdd was just me being stupid lol.. never seen sata connections before so it stumped me.. how old skool am I..

The only things I have left to connect up are the following..

for some reason I have that 8 pin spare supply off my PSU, the graphics card already has its independant supply on it..

I also have 2 molex's that come from the front of the case, and split into 2 like a Y plan... im guessing theyre front fans or hdd activity connections.. either way I have on space on my mobo to put them in if theyre fans as my rear fans are on the mobo, can they be wired directly to the PSU, ive looked at all the masses of cables I have with the psu, but none seem to give me the final connection..

I also have a IEEE 1394 connection, but I dont think the mobo supports it, so thatl have to hidden...

Theres also what looks like 2 PCI-e power supply connections on the mobo, one above my gfx card. one below, should these have power to them or are they surplus to requirements for now?


thankyou very much for ** time and effort in struggling with me.. ha

 

[JrFowler]

Any chance of a picture? I'm struggling to understand how you've connected it now...

Its ok, all connected bar the IEEE connection now, am I right in thinking the DS3 doesnt support Firewire anyway, so I guess thatl be left un attached?

 

[JrFowler]

well, we are now formatting the hard drive for a fresh install of windows xp home.. il ask a somewhat dodgy question, a friend of mine gave me a legitimate copy of windows xp pro, still in the plastic wrapping, now ive had a read through it and I dont think il be able to install it because it says u need the certificate number from the machine, is this correct?

it doesnt bother me too much but I wouldnt mind upgrading to pro if I can..

 

[JrFowler]

No, you can't install it- all he has given you is the media and it is the expensive bit which you don't have (The license). Stick with XP Home which you know is all legal (I Hope )

yeah it is, the pro one was legal too... but he isnt living near me anymore so il struggle to get the licence code

thanks anyway