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Computer won't Post after New Case Transfer

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sstrunks84

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I recently transferred all of my components to a new case and now my computer won't post. The BIOS screen doesn't even show up.

My specs:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (@ Stock)
Tuniq Tower 120 Cooler
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 (Rev 1.0)
4x1GB OCZ Platinum PC6400 (@ Stock)
EVGA GTX280 SC Video Card
Hitachi 320gb SATAII HDD
Antec P182 Case

I tried clearing out the CMOS by taking out the battery (i left it out for a couple of hours and power cycled the computer). I tried booting with one stick of RAM at a time. I swapped out videocards. I took out my CPU and tried to boot (Will a computer boot into the BIOS without a CPU?).

Does anybody else have any other suggestions? I am almost certain that my motherboard is the problem but I also think that it may be my CPU.
 
I assume you used the posts/stand offs to mount the motherboard into the case? LOL

take mobo out and power it up outside of the case for starters. Then work from there.
 
Most likely something is shorting it.

Oh, check to make sure all of your power connections are carefully plugged in. I remember forgetting to push my 8-pin EPS12V power connector all the way in and the motherboard would not boot. Then after I reinspected everything, I saw my mistake, laughed, and felt stupid for the next hour.

:eek:
 
You don't mention if the fans, etc. are even coming up. You just said its won't "Post" which just means its not fully coming up. If its not powering up at all then yes probably a short. But if the fans, etc. come on then its not a short. Just hope and pray its not the cpu socket pin issue I had when I changed CPUs. The board would come up for a few seconds with the fans, etc. then shutdown. Rinse and repeat x237428934923! :mad: Other then that. Try reseating your ram, video card, etc. Did you remember to plug in the 4 pin connector into the mobo? :)
 
lets hope you didn't fry the board. Did that once because an old motherboard had posts in different places then the new one I was putting in. I left an unused one in there by accident and when I turned the thing on, nothing happened. Took the board out to do the desk option and the bottom of the board got nice a black where that post was.
 
i hope that I didn't fry it....but when I push the power button on the case, all the case fans do come on. It's just that nothing shows up on my screen. Not sure if the CPU fan comes on, but I DID notice that the GPU fan doesn't spin. The green light on my GPU turns on though.
 
Where I work, we once worked with a computer that a case that killed motherboards. We replaced EVERYTHING and i mean every last part (even the standoffs) and they would not post once installed in that case. they would post outside it before and out of 4 motherboards 1 survived. We never figured it out and told the customer he was gonna need a new case.
 
i figured out the problem. MY CPU Cooler, the Tuniq Tower, was preventing my computer from booting. If I screw the Tuniq into the motherboard all the way, the computer and all of is components will turn on but the computer won't POST. So basically, all the components are up and running with the fans all spinning but nothing will show onscreen.

Right now, the computer boots up fine and I can go into Windows because the Tuniq Tower is screwed into the motherboard really lightly (it's almost falling off...). Is there something wrong with my motherboard or my Tuniq?
 
sounds like the mount might be shorting something.

What if you install the cooler on the CPU while the board in out of the case and on a desk? Maybe it has something to do with it being mounter and vertical in the case. Maybe the weight of the thing is bending the board (is that possible?)
 
Could tightening the screws for the heatsink be causing the motherboard to flex and bend? Thats what it kinda sounds like to me. check for unused stand-offs under the board and look into a way of supporting the heatsink better by strapping it to something inside the case to help anchor it down with some zip ties or something. That way its not putting all that pressure on the socket its self.
 
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