The power supply is held in place by four screws. You will need a philips head (+) screwdriver for the job.
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this diagram as you read the description below.You will be using this diagram to identify different types of connectors... ignore any voltages or wire descriptions/colors that are there.
As for the wires, there are a few different types.
Main Power Connector You will notice a larger connector with 20-24 wires coming out of it. This will connect to the motherboard (and will only plug in one way). Notice there are two different ones on the diagram... one is 20 the other is 24... you probably require the 20 if I was guessing. If there is an extra bit on your connector (to compensate for 24 pin connectors), just ignore it... It will be fine just resting aside the others not plugged into anything.
Peripheral Connectors and
Sata connectorsYour hard drives and Cd drives will either use 4-pin (four wires per plug, bout an inch in width) and will only plug in one way, or will use a SATA power cable which is also about an inch wide, will probably be black on the connector, and looks like it has an L shape inside it. These all just snap in place. Make sure each hard drive, and each Cd drive has a power cable going to it. (if there are multiple choices, it makes no difference, as long as everything has power.
Peripheral ConnectorIf you have an after-market or third party video card (one that you have added or purchased separately) it may require its own power wire... This will (in most cases) be a four wire connector, and will plug into the edge of the video card. If you have not purchased a video card, this wont be a concern, as the default video gets its power from the motherboard its self.
+12v Power ConnectorLastly, there may be an extra power plug that goes to the motherboard (it will be four or six wires and will be arranged into a cube... unlike the hard drive wires which were in-line.) This four-wire square plug (or six wire) will plug into the motherboard somewhere near the processor.
Hope this helps!
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