cant figure out which one of these are the one i have...
and cant tell the difference...
motherboard
CASEDGE 915P7AC-8KS 915P7AC8KS 915P LGA775 MAX-4GB DDR ATX 3PCIE 3PCI ATA-R SND GBE 800MHZ
or
Foxconn 915P7AC-8EKRS LGA775/ 915P/ DDR/ RAID/ A&GbE/ ATX Motherboard
ram
Newegg.com - G.SKILL Value 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Desktop Memory
dvd drive
Newegg.com - ASUS Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 22X DVD Burner - CD / DVD Burners
hd
Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE WD5000AAJS 500GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives

anyway how does this build look? look like itll work?
puter already has a psu and v card....got it that way...

Just to clarify/verify:

You already have a case; PSU; CPU; & Graphics Card?

If so then yes that RAM should work on that board.

That board appears to be only SATA I (or 1.5Gb/s) so that drive at SATA II (or 3.0Gb/s) will need to be jumpered down to SATA I.

Most drives have such a jumper but that is one thing to verify.

the book, under the heading "onboard serial ata" states 150 MBps xfer rate..is that what your referring to? if so how do i jumper the drive down as i have never heard of that...and is this a big problem?
and yes i have case, psu and g card
the cpu is this one
http://www.intel.com/products/proces...um4/specs.htm#

Model 631 Socket 775 Intel Pentium 4 Prescott W/HT 3GHz with [EMT64]

That board is SATA I (150 MBps xfer rate) and that drive is SATA II (300 MBps xfer rate).

That board BIOS will not "see" a SATA II drive unless it is "jumpered down" to SATA I. So it would be a problem as it would not work.

As almost all new SATA drives are SATA II most all of them have this jumper but I would verify that your chosen drive does have it.

I will look up that hard drive when I get a bit more time tonight.

Here is WD's page on that drive:

WD Caviar Blue 500 GB SATA Hard Drives ( WD5000AAJS )

My red circle should be the jumper I am talking about:



True SATA I drives are very hard to find. Newegg lists only one:

Newegg.com - Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives

As I said I assume that pic shows the jumper but I have not yet verified this via documentation.

ok i looked on the hd and it said to use pin 5 and 6 to jumper it down to 150....so thats done and this is the link to the exact hd i have..
Western Digital Caviar SE16 Hard Drive - WD5000KSRTL - Buy.com

and did you see the cpu i left will that work with this board?

bummer thought i had a super good board but i guess ill shoot for a better board next time i build.....

Board:

Foxconn - Products: Motherboard

CPU List:

http://www.foxconnchannel.com/EN-US/...202915P7AC.htm

CPU

Intel® Pentium® 4 Processors 631 - SL94Y

630 series should work.

You may need the latest BIOS if you do not have it:

Foxconn - Support - Downloads

how will i know if i need the latest bios and do i need to make a bootable floppy to get those bios?

One main reason a BIOS is updated is for new CPU types.

That boards highest type is 6xxx and you are using 631 so there is a possibility you might need to update. It depends on what BIOS the board currently has.

Floppy is the usual method. In that download there should be a "READ ME" file that should contain all the instructions.