Rev. Night
[H]ard|Gawd
- Joined
- Mar 30, 2004
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ok, my new case came in today. It is a brand new Antec P180 and my old case is a 3 yo Compusa Gamerz case (crappy i know). The computer had been working just fine, games and all, when i turned it off to switch it into the new case. i turned it off, turned off the psu, and removed all of the cables. 2+ hours later, this new case was a BITCH to work with due to the bad instructions, i finally get everything installed. no new or different components were added, just moving all the stuff from my old case to my new case.
So when i pushed the power button to turn on my computer, it does for like 1 sec then shuts off. Its like it is a failed start. I figured it was a power issue of not enough voltage to go around (since the new case has two 120mm fans and one 80mm fan in it, compared to just one 80mm fan in my last case). I take those out, still a failed start. I take out the 6800gt, and still a failed start. Finally i say the hell with it and i taked out every single thing out of the mobo so that in end, it is just the cpu/hsf, mobo, and psu. And i STILL get the failed start. I take out the cpu so its just mobo and psu, and that makes it stay on about 3 seconds longer. When i reinstalled the cpu, it is like nothing has changed.
why woudl simply moving the parts from computer A to computer B make it not work? I was very careful with them and they were never dropped, damaged, etc.. so i took the mobo out of the case and put it on a box on my bed. Only two things plug into it and they are the only connection to my case. the 4 pin power cable and the 20 pin power cable. Both cables are completly and securely in position, and none of the pins are bent. The cpu/hsf is also in just fine, and it is plugged into the board for fan power. And still, it is a failed start.
Things that were not done that will be done after work:
1. Use computer i am typing on now (at home) and swap out parts and see which are defective.
Specs:
AMD64 3500+, 130nm, hsf
ABIT av8
gf 6800GT
2x512mg Mushkin DDR400
Thermaltake Truepower 480wt psu
audigy z2
So when i pushed the power button to turn on my computer, it does for like 1 sec then shuts off. Its like it is a failed start. I figured it was a power issue of not enough voltage to go around (since the new case has two 120mm fans and one 80mm fan in it, compared to just one 80mm fan in my last case). I take those out, still a failed start. I take out the 6800gt, and still a failed start. Finally i say the hell with it and i taked out every single thing out of the mobo so that in end, it is just the cpu/hsf, mobo, and psu. And i STILL get the failed start. I take out the cpu so its just mobo and psu, and that makes it stay on about 3 seconds longer. When i reinstalled the cpu, it is like nothing has changed.
why woudl simply moving the parts from computer A to computer B make it not work? I was very careful with them and they were never dropped, damaged, etc.. so i took the mobo out of the case and put it on a box on my bed. Only two things plug into it and they are the only connection to my case. the 4 pin power cable and the 20 pin power cable. Both cables are completly and securely in position, and none of the pins are bent. The cpu/hsf is also in just fine, and it is plugged into the board for fan power. And still, it is a failed start.
Things that were not done that will be done after work:
1. Use computer i am typing on now (at home) and swap out parts and see which are defective.
Specs:
AMD64 3500+, 130nm, hsf
ABIT av8
gf 6800GT
2x512mg Mushkin DDR400
Thermaltake Truepower 480wt psu
audigy z2