friends new comp not powering up >.<

MrPink · July 18th, 2008

So a friend of mine just spent 2k on a new computer....

ASUS P5Q-E
8 GB (4x2GB) of G.skill DDR2 1066 5-5-5-15
ATI Radeon HD4870
Intel Q9450
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad
2 750GB Hitachi 7200rpm drives SATA
2 SATA DVD Burners
Thermaltake Armor Series

Everything is plugged in and double checked (to my knowledge), but whenever the power button is pushed, the lights flicker and then nothing

. all the case fans and the cpu fan twitches for a split second, and nothing. I tried unplugging the case fans, still nothing. Cleared the CMOS by moving the jumper, still nothing. This beast must awaken! what should i do to make it happen?

skoreanime · July 18th, 2008

Maybe you have a short somewhere with a case fan. Unhook all the molex cables powering the case fans and see if that fixes it.

Also, make sure 2 PCI-E power cables are plugged into the GPU.e

MrPink · July 18th, 2008

yes the GPU has two 6 pins going into it. But I will try unplugging all the molex again....

Xblade · July 18th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrPink

Everything is plugged in and double checked (to my knowledge), but whenever the power button is pushed, the lights flicker and then nothing

. all the case fans and the cpu fan twitches for a split second, and nothing. I tried unplugging the case fans, still nothing. Cleared the CMOS by moving the jumper, still nothing. This beast must awaken! what should i do to make it happen?

These are the possible problems
1-Memory might be lose....PUSH IN EXTRA HARD!!!!!!!
2-Faulty power supply
3-Incompatible power supply

Of course I don't know to much on the topic so listen to skoreanime.

guymelef · July 18th, 2008

Sounds like an improperly seated, or incompatible CPU. Also check to make sure that in addition to the 24 pin PSU ->MOBO inserts, there might be an additional 4 or six pin power interface somewhere else near the top of the board. Maybe not though, but worth checking out.

Intermittent power like that has been solved for me by the process outlined.

MrPink · July 18th, 2008

ugh, it would be a pain to reseat the cpu....

It def. isn't incompatible, the P5Q-E is a brand new board that uses the new P45 chipset; I know it is capable of running the Q9450. We are going to try running the computer with a different PSU first, and see how that goes....

Mad · July 18th, 2008

Take off all Molex, and put only 1 RAM module.

MrPink · July 18th, 2008

Should i be using the SATA power connectors for the SATA hard drives?
Because they can take either molex or the SATA power connector....does it matter?

Squall-Leonhart · July 19th, 2008

made sure the CMOS jumper is set correctly?

PCXL-Fan · July 19th, 2008

Make sure you connect the case power button & led, hdd led, reset button ...etc to the correct +/- polarity on the motherboard connection. There should be a little triangle on some of the connector ends. Those should be positive. Also a colored wire usually means positive as well.

MrPink · July 19th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by PCXL-Fan

Make sure you connect the case power button & led, hdd led, reset button ...etc to the correct +/- polarity on the motherboard connection. There should be a little triangle on some of the connector ends. Those should be positive. Also a colored wire usually means positive as well.

so it actually matters what direction those are plugged in...it's not enough that they are plugged into the right places?

I think most of those wires are blue and white...actually i remember that the case manual outlined which ends of the connectors were grounded, +, -, etc. Also the mobo manual has a diagram of where those plug into, and the corresponding +, - designations etc. so that is most likely my problem

skoreanime · July 19th, 2008

Those cables usually have either a white or black colour for the ground (-). Plug that into the - obviously

I remember a long time ago that if you didn't plug them in correctly, there wasn't any fail safe to shut off the power, and when I did that with my old IBM, lets just say I had to open the window to let out some smoke

Read, and then re read the manual to double check your wiring is correct. Like carpenters, read/measure twice, cut/plug in once

PCXL-Fan · July 19th, 2008

Yup do what skoreanime says as well. He's going into electronic engineering... so he better know what he's talking about

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Squall-Leonhart · July 19th, 2008

most cables it doesn't matter, since they are just + and -, however, for things like Front Audio/USB connections, it does.

July 18th, 2008	#1 (permalink)
MrPink McRoll'd Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: "out of the butt and into the f***!" Posts: 519	friends new comp not powering up >.< So a friend of mine just spent 2k on a new computer.... ASUS P5Q-E 8 GB (4x2GB) of G.skill DDR2 1066 5-5-5-15 ATI Radeon HD4870 Intel Q9450 PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad 2 750GB Hitachi 7200rpm drives SATA 2 SATA DVD Burners Thermaltake Armor Series Everything is plugged in and double checked (to my knowledge), but whenever the power button is pushed, the lights flicker and then nothing. all the case fans and the cpu fan twitches for a split second, and nothing. I tried unplugging the case fans, still nothing. Cleared the CMOS by moving the jumper, still nothing. This beast must awaken! what should i do to make it happen? __________________ Intel Q9550 @ 2.83ghz l 4GB G.Skill Pi Series DDR2 1111 @ 5-5-5-15 1.9v l EVGA Geforce 8800GTX 768MB ASUS P5Q-E l Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer l PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad l 2 Seagate 250GB 7.2k RPM RAID 0 Antec 1200 l OCZ Vendetta 2 with Scythe "Ultra Kaze" l Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit

July 18th, 2008	#2 (permalink)
skoreanime Insomniac in training... Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 3,878	Maybe you have a short somewhere with a case fan. Unhook all the molex cables powering the case fans and see if that fixes it. Also, make sure 2 PCI-E power cables are plugged into the GPU.e __________________ Born free, riding free, living free. Always be free. Q6600 @ 3Ghz, 333x9 Gigabyte DS3R, Rev1.0 Patriot Extreme DDR2 PC-6400RAM BFG 9800GX2 @ stock

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MrPink McRoll'd Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: "out of the butt and into the f***!" Posts: 519	yes the GPU has two 6 pins going into it. But I will try unplugging all the molex again.... __________________ Intel Q9550 @ 2.83ghz l 4GB G.Skill Pi Series DDR2 1111 @ 5-5-5-15 1.9v l EVGA Geforce 8800GTX 768MB ASUS P5Q-E l Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer l PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad l 2 Seagate 250GB 7.2k RPM RAID 0 Antec 1200 l OCZ Vendetta 2 with Scythe "Ultra Kaze" l Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit

July 18th, 2008	#6 (permalink)
MrPink McRoll'd Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: "out of the butt and into the f***!" Posts: 519	ugh, it would be a pain to reseat the cpu.... It def. isn't incompatible, the P5Q-E is a brand new board that uses the new P45 chipset; I know it is capable of running the Q9450. We are going to try running the computer with a different PSU first, and see how that goes.... __________________ Intel Q9550 @ 2.83ghz l 4GB G.Skill Pi Series DDR2 1111 @ 5-5-5-15 1.9v l EVGA Geforce 8800GTX 768MB ASUS P5Q-E l Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer l PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad l 2 Seagate 250GB 7.2k RPM RAID 0 Antec 1200 l OCZ Vendetta 2 with Scythe "Ultra Kaze" l Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit

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Mad AKA snkmad Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Brazil, Fortaleza-Ceará Posts: 2,911	Take off all Molex, and put only 1 RAM module. __________________ [WinXP SP3] [Gigabyte GA-M61PM-S2] [Athlon64 X2 3800+ @2.00Ghz] [XFX Geforce 8600GT XxX 256MB DDR3] [17" SyncMaster 753v] [Samsung SATA II HD080HJ 80GB] [Samsung SATA II HD250HJ 250GB] [Kingston 2x1GB DDR2 6400@800MHz CL6] [Samsung CDDVDW SH-S203B] [NVIDIA nForce Networking] [Realtek ALC883 @ nVIDIA MCP61]

July 18th, 2008	#5 (permalink)
guymelef Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: florida Posts: 24	Sounds like an improperly seated, or incompatible CPU. Also check to make sure that in addition to the 24 pin PSU ->MOBO inserts, there might be an additional 4 or six pin power interface somewhere else near the top of the board. Maybe not though, but worth checking out. Intermittent power like that has been solved for me by the process outlined.

July 18th, 2008	#8 (permalink)
MrPink McRoll'd Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: "out of the butt and into the f***!" Posts: 519	Should i be using the SATA power connectors for the SATA hard drives? Because they can take either molex or the SATA power connector....does it matter? __________________ Intel Q9550 @ 2.83ghz l 4GB G.Skill Pi Series DDR2 1111 @ 5-5-5-15 1.9v l EVGA Geforce 8800GTX 768MB ASUS P5Q-E l Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer l PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad l 2 Seagate 250GB 7.2k RPM RAID 0 Antec 1200 l OCZ Vendetta 2 with Scythe "Ultra Kaze" l Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit

July 19th, 2008	#9 (permalink)
Squall-Leonhart VBA-M Team Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 5,155	made sure the CMOS jumper is set correctly? __________________ TechZone3K \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct

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PCXL-Fan Man with the Masterplan Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada ──────────────────── PC Accelerator (aka PCXL) was a Computer gaming magazine published from 1997 until 2000 Posts: 2,629	Make sure you connect the case power button & led, hdd led, reset button ...etc to the correct +/- polarity on the motherboard connection. There should be a little triangle on some of the connector ends. Those should be positive. Also a colored wire usually means positive as well. __________________ E6600 Core 2 Duo, Geforce 8800GTX @ Stock Speed. 1x 2.1GB HDD, 1x 1.4GB HDD Windows XP Pro Sp2. \| Flexing my penticeps for tri-mammaried ladies across the world \| gamersat678's Bug Reporter \|\|\| cottonvibe's pcsx2 guide for noobs \|\|\| GSdx plugin DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer

July 19th, 2008	#12 (permalink)
skoreanime Insomniac in training... Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 3,878	Those cables usually have either a white or black colour for the ground (-). Plug that into the - obviously I remember a long time ago that if you didn't plug them in correctly, there wasn't any fail safe to shut off the power, and when I did that with my old IBM, lets just say I had to open the window to let out some smoke Read, and then re read the manual to double check your wiring is correct. Like carpenters, read/measure twice, cut/plug in once __________________ Born free, riding free, living free. Always be free. Q6600 @ 3Ghz, 333x9 Gigabyte DS3R, Rev1.0 Patriot Extreme DDR2 PC-6400RAM BFG 9800GX2 @ stock

July 19th, 2008	#13 (permalink)
PCXL-Fan Man with the Masterplan Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada ──────────────────── PC Accelerator (aka PCXL) was a Computer gaming magazine published from 1997 until 2000 Posts: 2,629	Yup do what skoreanime says as well. He's going into electronic engineering... so he better know what he's talking about . __________________ E6600 Core 2 Duo, Geforce 8800GTX @ Stock Speed. 1x 2.1GB HDD, 1x 1.4GB HDD Windows XP Pro Sp2. \| Flexing my penticeps for tri-mammaried ladies across the world \| gamersat678's Bug Reporter \|\|\| cottonvibe's pcsx2 guide for noobs \|\|\| GSdx plugin DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer

July 19th, 2008	#14 (permalink)
Squall-Leonhart VBA-M Team Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 5,155	most cables it doesn't matter, since they are just + and -, however, for things like Front Audio/USB connections, it does. __________________ TechZone3K \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct

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