I have 20 years of Navy avionics experience, but a lot has changed since the mid eighties. Trying to read non-military schematics is trying at times, but industry standards are improving. This is the first SATA wiring that I will experience, but easy. The worst will be finding all the correct pins and connectors on the motherboard. The only major issue is when it initially boots to the BIOS. Hopefully the choices will be straight forward. Since the card reader’s firewire, usb ports, line, mic, and headset plug directly to the motherboard, detection shouldn’t be an issue. The fan controller will be interesting to experiment with. So far this has been a fun project, even after about 10 hours of researching parts and ideas on the web. 😀
