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KIssArmy

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Well I not new to computers but when it comes to building them and anything about hardware I am. I recently purchased a PC Power & Cooling S75QB 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI NVIDIA SLI Certified (Dual 8800 GTX and below) CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Retail from Newegg it came in the mail a couple days ago, but I still have to put in a order for the rest of the computer.

I plugged the power cable and turned it on trying to see if it started or if anything was wrong, needless to say but it didn't turn on so I was wonder if it had to be plugged into the computer motherboard and everything before it turned on, or if this a broken power supply any help would be appreciated thanks.
 
Try this:
The next thing you could do is test the PSU. Jump start it (on the main atx connector, short the green wire with any black wire, using a paperclip), and see if it stays on. If not, then its probably a faulty PSU. If it works then you can proceed with the suggestions below. ***NOTE: The paperclip trick is a simple test for those that do not have PSU testers, multimeters, nor a spare PSU to test with. It is not a 100% conclusive test of the PSU.
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k well i tried that paperclip now the fan started up but the thing about it, it was really really quiet any concern that i should
 
KIssArmy said:
k well i tried that paperclip now the fan started up but the thing about it, it was really really quiet any concern that i should
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Well you don't have any hardware connected to it so there's no load and therefore the fan will will run at pretty low speeds. So add some hardware to the PSU and see what happens.
 
KIssArmy said:
I was wonder if it had to be plugged into the computer motherboard and everything before it turned on
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Yes, the PSU needs to be connected to the motherboard, or the green and black wires need to be jumped as per the instructions Danny gave you.

As for it being very quiet, that's perfectly normal. The fan speed will increase only when needed, so at low loads it won't run very quickly and will therefore be very quiet.
 
Its a PC Power & Cooling..you have nothing to worry about....:)
 
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