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PSU Problem?

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Dude8383

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Ok, heres the scenario..

I just bought a brand spankin new Silverstone 400watt psu because i needed more power for all of my devices..and it came witrh SATA connectors.

So i hook up the PSU and boot it up and the comp starts. but then i realize that i disconnected the fan blowing over the heatsink so i restart comp quick not to kill my processor.

heres where the problem starts. i go to press power button and absouletely nothing happens. i couldnt understand what the hell was wrong. i checked the ATX connector and noticed that the right side wasnt completely plugged in..could that have screwed my mobo?? anyway i tried the old psu and the same thing...the comp doesnt start.

Someone help!!

r
 
maybe you didn't plug in all the connecters in the right way and killed something(motherboard)?


good luck.
 
i checked everything quite a few times...i made sure everything was plugged in right...
 
another thing... because ur saying that it might be fried chip or BIOS....do u think that anything else could have been screwed too?
 
i plugged in psu again and left it on for a while when i got back ther area around the bios battery was really hot...mean anything?
 
Well, it can't be good! Continue basic troubleshooting, and try the PSU in a different system. Perhaps something wrong with the 5vsb, becasue if you just plugged it in and stuff happend, something is up. ATX = soft power = needs to be turned on!
 
Originally posted by Dude8383
CAN ANYONE HELP!!??
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There's not a lot anyone can do to help you, until you swap some parts out and test them. Always troubleshoot starting with the easiest component to swap, and work you way through to the most difficult last. In this situation, start by swapping the PS, and test, if that's not it, then the CPU, if that's not it then it's definitely the motherboard. My bet is that it's the CPU because you didn't properly seat that ATX PS connector.

If you don't have the spare parts to troubleshoot with, then check around for a local computer shop with reasonably priced costs, and have them figure it out. Then do the maintenance yourself.
 
yeh...so i tried out the psu on my friends computer...it worked, is that an automatic sign that my motherboard is fried?
 
no dude he says ...
start by swapping the PS, and test, if that's not it, then the CPU
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but u see there would be no point in switching processors...because when i tested the psu it was on an entirely different system...different motherboard and processor..
 
if that's your naive conclusion... thne wat the heck! just change the whole PC!

BTW no harm done by just trying to cahnge your proc... what is your pc spec? Older AMDs will fry within seconds without fan on HS
 
Creative SB Audigy 2
WD 80gb with 8mb cache
Aopen 128 mb Ti4200 8x AGP
AMD Athlon Xp 2100+
ABIT KD7 Via KT400 Chipset
PC2700 512mb ...generic crap
 
To be brutally blunt. Your PC knowledge doesn't sound all that great. Everyone has to start somewhere, but I really don't think the power source is the best area to start in. If you weren't to sure what you were doing I would have let someone else do it.

If the PSU powered your mates PC fine then.

Slap it back in your machine. Clear the bios. Try boot with nothing (no mem,hdd etc) and see if you get any beep codes. If not its a good chance your board is fried.
 
ok thanks for being "brutally blunt" but i know how to freakin plug in hardware...and like i said my motherboard is probably done for. i've been having nothing but trouble from this computer.
i've been learning slowly so im not computer illiterate here man.
 
my chip has an thermalright slk-800 over it....with a decent fan blowing over.. i always checked the temps of the processor and they were always below 35 degrees..
 
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