Some Basic PC Build Questions! Please Help.

[Hatton]

I'm nearing the end of my PC build but I have had some problems at the final hurdle.

Case: Corsair Obsidian 800D
Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula
PSU: Corsair HX850W

1) I have one spare front panel/case connecter that I don't know where to plug in. It's called "1394", I haven't a clue what it does either.

2) When I turn my powersupply switch to "on" and press the front panel "on" button nothing happens. In order to get my parts working I have to press the "Start" button which is on the Crosshair V Formula motherboard.

3) When my parts all start up I get green lights on different areas of the motherboard but a red light near the 24 pin (Does this mean something is wrong?)

4) I have got my monitor plugged in to the graphics card and put the windows 7 disc in but the monitor doesn't pick anything up and goes into sleep mode. I'm running two ATI Radeon 6850s in Crossfire - does it matter what graphics card I plug my monitor cable into to get a signal?

Any help is really appreciated, I hate to have come all this way to then get call a local "PC guy" over to finish the job off!

Cheers,

Hatton

 

[Hatton]

Also, my case doesn't seem to have the "speaker" attachment for the front panel connectors so when it is supposed to make certain beeps on boot up I can't hear them!

I checked the connectors and they are all in the same position as the diagram in the manual. The power button on the front still doesn't operate though.

I'm so frustrated, i'll sleep on it and have one more go tomorrow to see if I can actually do something.

 

[Hatton]

2) I have tried plugging the connector in both ways, front and back. It still doesn't power on using the front switch. All the other connectors work, the reset, the led lights, (i'm not sure if the harddrive led is working as I haven't written any data).

3) I have replugged the 24 pin cable correctly but still get the red status light. The light appears under the text "dram led", does anyone know what this means?