A newb desperate for help on building a new comp!

[buford]

I have an asus p4p 800vm motherboard and I can not find where the hdd led wire connects to

 

[taffy653]

most HDD LED wire connect to a header on the bottom right of the board if the light does not flash when working just sping it around to get the + and the - connected properly.

also a quick looks says that some mobos only have a LED indicator for IDE HDD is your drive IDE or SATA ?
if its IDE take a quick read of this: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/148568-12-light-p4p800vm-sata-hard-drive