Problems after case change, help please.

[Brodel]

Hey

I just got a new case and have switched everything over. However, once I press the power button the PSU (Hiper 580w) and case fans start to spin for about a second and then stop. The PSU fan continues to spin and the power light on the motherboard (A8N-E) stays on but that is it, it doesn't boot or try to boot and give error beeps or anything like that.

Does anyone know what the problem might be? My computer worked this morning before switching cases and now it doesnt. I've checked everything is plugged in securely about 5 times already and removed HD's and CD Drives from the loop. I've cleared the CMOS and also made sure that the power cable from the case isn't accidentaly in the reset socket of the mobo or similar. It's really bugging me as I thought it would just be a simple swap over.

any help is appreciated

 

[c1001]

Sounds like you may have a short. First check the mobo standoffs and make sure the screws are all secured. Are you running any cables/wires behind the mobo?

If thats no the problem then you need to check the hardware. Do you have a spare PSU you can swap out? If that doesn't solve it, check the memory and make sure the stick(s) are inserted into the correct slot(s).

You can always try banging and shaking it as well...

 

[BLsibub666]

as said, it may be a short, or it may be the ram... unplug everything thats not nessasary (any drives, card readers ect) and give it a try, that doesnt work, then just leave in the vid card and the ram and give it a try, that doesnt work, take out some of the ram, that doesnt work, take it out of the case and try it on a non conductive surface, if that works then you know for sure the issue is the case. Make sure the stand-offs are in the correct spots, look for any part of the case that may touch the mobo, and ground out a circut. try putting everything back on bit at a time, so you know its the case and not something elce, that just wasn't and issue before. once everything is working. drop it back in, if you have the same problem, try putting maskingtape over the inside of the case, it will act as a bit of an insolator so you can see if its the case touching the mobo or not., if none of that works, just put it back in you old case, return the new one, and mod the hell out of your old one

good luck

 

[Brodel]

thanks for the replies guys, I tried everything seperately and still had the problems so I just removed everything and started from scratch as if I'd bought all the parts seperately and now it's running. Not sure what it was that was stopping it before.