i have the latest edition of forge.
i have tried all weekend but it wont work this is what the log file in the .minecraft says:
[iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Forge Mod Loader version 5.1.8.611 for Minecraft 1.5.1 loading
2013-04-30 19:46:23 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Java is Java HotSpot Client VM, version 1.7.0_17, running on Windows 8:x86:6.2, installed at C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7
2013-04-30 19:46:23 [FINE] [ForgeModLoader] Java classpath at launch is C:\Users\Dave\Downloads\Minecraft.exe
2013-04-30 19:46:23 [FINE] [ForgeModLoader] Java library path at launch is C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin;C:\Windows\Sun\Java\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel® Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel® Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel® Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel® Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\OpenCL SDK\2.0\bin\x86;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\OpenCL SDK\2.0\bin\x64;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin;.
2013-04-30 19:46:23 [FINE] [ForgeModLoader] Enabling runtime deobfuscation
2013-04-30 19:46:23 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] All core mods are successfully located
2013-04-30 19:46:23 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Discovering coremods
2013-04-30 19:46:23 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Downloading file http://files.minecraftforge.net/fmllibs/argo-small-3.2.jar
2013-04-30 19:46:23 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Downloading file http://files.minecraftforge.net/fmllibs/argo-small-3.2.jar
2013-04-30 19:46:24 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Download complete
2013-04-30 19:46:24 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Download complete
2013-04-30 19:46:24 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Library file argo-small-3.2.jar was downloaded and verified successfully
2013-04-30 19:46:24 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Downloading file http://files.minecraftforge.net/fmllibs/guava-14.0-rc3.jar
2013-04-30 19:46:24 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Downloading file http://files.minecraftforge.net/fmllibs/guava-14.0-rc3.jar
2013-04-30 19:46:38 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Download complete
2013-04-30 19:46:38 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Download complete
2013-04-30 19:46:38 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Library file guava-14.0-rc3.jar was downloaded and verified successfully
2013-04-30 19:46:38 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Downloading file http://files.minecraftforge.net/fmllibs/asm-all-4.1.jar
2013-04-30 19:46:38 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Downloading file http://files.minecraftforge.net/fmllibs/asm-all-4.1.jar
2013-04-30 19:46:39 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Download complete
2013-04-30 19:46:39 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Download complete
2013-04-30 19:46:39 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Library file asm-all-4.1.jar was downloaded and verified successfully
2013-04-30 19:46:39 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Downloading file http://files.minecraftforge.net/fmllibs/bcprov-jdk15on-148.jar
2013-04-30 19:46:39 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Downloading file http://files.minecraftforge.net/fmllibs/bcprov-jdk15on-148.jar
2013-04-30 19:46:54 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Download complete
2013-04-30 19:46:54 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Download complete
2013-04-30 19:46:54 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Library file bcprov-jdk15on-148.jar was downloaded and verified successfully
2013-04-30 19:46:54 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Downloading file http://files.minecraftforge.net/fmllibs/deobfuscation_data_1.5.1.zip
2013-04-30 19:46:54 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Downloading file http://files.minecraftforge.net/fmllibs/deobfuscation_data_1.5.1.zip
2013-04-30 19:46:56 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Download complete
2013-04-30 19:46:56 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Download complete
2013-04-30 19:46:56 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Library file deobfuscation_data_1.5.1.zip was downloaded and verified successfully
2013-04-30 19:46:56 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Downloading file http://files.minecraftforge.net/fmllibs/scala-library.jar
2013-04-30 19:46:56 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Downloading file http://files.minecraftforge.net/fmllibs/scala-library.jar
2013-04-30 19:47:41 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Download complete
2013-04-30 19:47:41 [iNFO] [ForgeModLoader] Download complete
2013-04-30 19:47:41 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Library file scala-library.jar was downloaded and verified successfully
2013-04-30 19:47:41 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Running coremod plugins
2013-04-30 19:47:41 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Running coremod plugin FMLCorePlugin
2013-04-30 19:47:41 [sEVERE] [ForgeModLoader] FML appears to be missing any signature data. This is not a good thing
2013-04-30 19:47:41 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Coremod plugin FMLCorePlugin run successfully
2013-04-30 19:47:41 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Running coremod plugin FMLForgePlugin
2013-04-30 19:47:41 [FINEST] [ForgeModLoader] Coremod plugin FMLForgePlugin run successfully
what am i dong wrong? i load minecraft it shows the three mods that are with forge but it doesn't show the mods i have in the "mods" folder. i boot it up before putting the mods in, is this what i am doing wrong. please help.