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I bought all the listed stuff, and a lian li case. I assembled it all to the best of my knowledge... but it will not start. There is a light on the mobo that leads me to believe it is getting power... but when i turn it on the fan on the psu and the cpu fan both spin for about 1-2 seconds then nothing at all.
I removed everything.. ram cpu... everything.. Now it is just the mobo and the psu and it does the same thing. What am I to do?
ASUS P5B-E LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3160811AS 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
SeaSonic S12-500 ATX12V 500W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CE, CB, FCC - Retail
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz 2M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail
POWERCOLOR X1600PRO 256MB DDR PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
I removed everything.. ram cpu... everything.. Now it is just the mobo and the psu and it does the same thing. What am I to do?
ASUS P5B-E LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3160811AS 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
CORSAIR ValueSelect 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
SeaSonic S12-500 ATX12V 500W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CE, CB, FCC - Retail
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz 2M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail
POWERCOLOR X1600PRO 256MB DDR PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
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Since I'm not quite certain of your skill level, lemme start with some basic questions. Forgive me if you already know/tried this:
- How is the mobo secured to the case? Are you using the brass posts or are you screwing it directly to the case?
- Is the power supply set for the right voltage? This is usually not a problem, but sometimes the switch on the PS is shipped with it set to 240v. It should be set to 110v if you're in the US.
The psu does not appear to have a switch on it for that as near as I can tell.
Hmm. Duh. I should learn to read. Anyway, are there any beeps or blinking lights or anything that could help you diagnose the problem?
Isolation is the key to troubleshooting assembly, so we'll proceed from there.
The first step is to remove all your little switch connectors (reset, power, led, speaker, etc) then reseat the only the power connector switch and the ATX power connector on the mobo. Also, if your board comes with a CMOS reset jumper, I'd do a reset as well. Try running it after that.
The next step is to isolate the mobo and PS and see if it's a shorting problem. If you're feeling brave, you can remove the mobo and PS from the case and try running it bare on your table, assuming it's not metallic.
If it still doesn't work, the next step is to isolate the problem to the mobo, which means swapping the PS with another one, or lacking one, getting one from your local Best Buy/Fry's and returning it after testing (check the return policy before you do this).
If it still doesn't work after that, then you got a faulty motherboard and you'll need to RMA it with Newegg or whereever you bought it from.
Make sure you've got it set right in the case. Use every single one of those riser screws, as they're used for proper grounding in addition to spacing the motherboard from the case.
Thanks for the advice, I probably would have thought to just take it apart and try again... if not for the fact that that is the single largest sum of money I have ever spent... I was panicking a bit.
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Are you sure the ribbon cable is the right one for your drive? Make sure you're not using a ATA133 or ATA66 cable, depending on the type of drive you got.
Edit: Oops, didn't read the other posts. Thought you were set up. Hey, are you using a tutorial? That's what I used the first time I built my computer. Like, step by steps, just grab a bunch and intake the information. The worst thing about building a computer is having to figure out which unlabeled ports take *this* labeled wire and such.
Wow.. I have no idea. The ide drives are from my old box.. a dvd drive and a cd burner. I used the cables that came with the mobo.. they fit so I assumed they were the correct cables.. there are different IDE cables that fit the same holes?
Only 2 hang ups so far... not too shabby.
They do, but that's not going to help you at the moment. It can also be a possibility that the IDE cable is bad. Try swapping out to another IDE cable (say, one that came with your old box) and see if it works.
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