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Just built computer... nothing.

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x73120

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Well, after two days of hard work, yesterday I go to turn my pc on. The moment of truth is here. I cross my fingers , plug in the psu, turn it on, then turn the pc on. Nothing. No fans spinning, no front led's on. All I see is 1 small green led somewhere on the mobo, nothing else. I feel my heart sink, and I yell in dismay. What is wrong, most likely? Everything is compatible. I didn't shock anything, as I wore an antistatic wrist strap and worked in a clean room. I NEED HELP. Anything is appreciated.
 
Ok, if those two don't work, I'm going to just go off some common sense. Thanks for the fast response man, it's appreciated. Also, any other advice is much appreciated.
 
remove evrything not essential fo bootup ... just leave the mobo, ram and video card ... and work from there ...
 
Also make sure the power switch is properly connected (on the correct pins).~ And even though it probably won't help since it's not doing anything at all when you power it on, clearing the CMOS is never a bad idea. It's probably something simple and you'll end up smacking yourself in the head for it. As mentioned above, remove all unnecesary things such as all drives and pci cards, and try to spot the problem that way. Recheck everything.
 
and if you did clear the cmos, make sure you put the jumper back to the correct location. ;)
 
often times you'll find it to be as simple as that little power switch on the back of your PSU.
 
I had this problem yesterday. I found that it was as simple as flipping over the connectors for the power/reset switch and power/reset led. I thought I had them on the right poles but nope. Second try, pure joy. That dosn't mean that'll help your problem though :/
 
Gnu314 said:
I had this problem yesterday. I found that it was as simple as flipping over the connectors for the power/reset switch and power/reset led. I thought I had them on the right poles but nope. Second try, pure joy. That dosn't mean that'll help your problem though :/
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Hm, the power/reset switch don't care about polarity. And the LEDs don't mess anything up either if connected wrong, they just won't light up. Maybe it was just asking for attention. :p
 
Dude.. I know to turn the psu on... "often times you'll find it to be as simple as that little power switch on the back of your PSU." And it took me 2 days of building after school. I went to my dads business to build it in a clean room, at around 5:00 each day. Plus I'm a firsttimer, so I suck. Thanks for the help you guys, I'll post back if I can fix it.
 
Anarchonixx said:
Hm, the power/reset switch don't care about polarity. And the LEDs don't mess anything up either if connected wrong, they just won't light up. Maybe it was just asking for attention. :p
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or maybe he just didnt try presssing the reset button when it was set into the power switch pins.

I had this happen to me, sounds like you have a short happening somewhere, try pulling it out of the case and have it run on a box (mobo box works fine :p ) Try and see if it powers up and yes also check the PSU switch. If it is a short then look into the case and make sure that there are no metal surfaces touching it other then the screws holding it away from the case.
 
Noob question here: is ok to sit components on surfaces other than like the antistatic bag they come in?
 
x73120 said:
Noob question here: is ok to sit components on surfaces other than like the antistatic bag they come in?
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as long as its not metal, it its coming in contact with another metal surface while its turned on it will most likely cause a short
 
thanks man :). btw do you have aim, i need a personal hard gawd for when i start troubleshooting it (im chilling for now)
 
In some of my first builds, I didn't connect the leads to the power button to the mobo correctly... manufacturers are notorious for shoddy documentation about front panel wiring. Anyway, I'd look really closely at just how it should be wired, and how it is wired now. Beyond that, just make sure it's all plugged in right, and that you connected the P4 (4-pin) plug to the mobo as well as the big one. Good luck!

-SEAL
 
You said the power indicator LED on the motherboard is on ... try to manually shorting the power switch jumpers ... could be a broken switch ...
 
Well if the green LED on the motherboard is lit up, it means it is NOT the power supply. Are you 100% possotive you put all the cables from the case (power/speaker/usb/ etc.) into the right slots? It is possible you might have put a wrong pin somewhere. Make sure all those tiny cables are correctly inserted. And really dude, 2 days? It took me an hour the first time... all you do Is unpack everything, seat the mobo on its slot in the case and go from there. The hardest part is getting all the cables in the right places.
 
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