Need help,dont know if its motherboard or power supply

TheGermanLuger · 03-26-2006, 04:10 AM

Well heres the story.
im fixing my friends computer and he got a Asus x series k8v - x se motherboard,to replace his old one and a new AMD sepron processor. Well he also got a new power supply made to work on Intels and Amds. Basically he is changing everything in the system. Even added a 250g harddrive for a primary and he is keeping his 40 as a storage. now here is the prob. When i plug in the power supply to the motherboard nothing happens, but when i wiggle it on a certain angle the auxilary fans goes and the processor fan goes but not the power supply fan. So then i used a power supply testers and the power supply fan starting going and so did the auxilary fan and the processor fan was not running. Now my question is why is not the power supply fan not going and what could it be, the motherboard or some wires in the power supply?

Thanks for taking a look at this.

holyjunk · 03-26-2006, 04:32 AM

this may sound stupid but check all the wires and see if they are fully in place

TheGermanLuger · 03-26-2006, 05:16 AM

nope thats not it

TheGermanLuger · 03-26-2006, 05:37 AM

i notice the new power supply cable that you plug into your mother well there are only 19 slots that have metal in them and there are 20 slots. one slot is missing a wire,does that make a difference?

ABonel33smidget · 03-26-2006, 06:02 AM

It sounds like it could be you mobo, double check everything you plugged in. Or if you have access to another psu then try that one on the mobo.

03-26-2006, 04:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
TheGermanLuger New Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5	Need help,dont know if its motherboard or power supply Well heres the story. im fixing my friends computer and he got a Asus x series k8v - x se motherboard,to replace his old one and a new AMD sepron processor. Well he also got a new power supply made to work on Intels and Amds. Basically he is changing everything in the system. Even added a 250g harddrive for a primary and he is keeping his 40 as a storage. now here is the prob. When i plug in the power supply to the motherboard nothing happens, but when i wiggle it on a certain angle the auxilary fans goes and the processor fan goes but not the power supply fan. So then i used a power supply testers and the power supply fan starting going and so did the auxilary fan and the processor fan was not running. Now my question is why is not the power supply fan not going and what could it be, the motherboard or some wires in the power supply? Thanks for taking a look at this.

03-26-2006, 04:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
holyjunk Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 17 Posts: 1,622	this may sound stupid but check all the wires and see if they are fully in place __________________ pentium 4 1.5GHz 512mb pc133 19inch crt monitor Radeon 9200se X-Fi Extreme Music LOGITECH Z-5300E!! *family pc, hope to get mine in a year or so.

03-26-2006, 06:02 AM	#5 (permalink)
ABonel33smidget Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sebring, FL Age: 21 Posts: 143	It sounds like it could be you mobo, double check everything you plugged in. Or if you have access to another psu then try that one on the mobo. __________________ Setup 1 Mobo= ASUS A8R-MVP CPU = AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Case= ASPIRE X-DISCOVERY PSU = Rosewill RP500 ATX 500W RAM = OCZ Value Series 1GB HDD = 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s GFX = SAPPHIRE 100146L Radeon X1600X "I may have invented control-alt-delete, but Bill Gates made it really famous" David Bradley, one of the 'dirty dozen' engineers who created the original IBM PC. Setup 2 A.K.A. The Duct Tape Beast!!! Intel Celeron 2.8GHz 248mb Ram 74.5gig HDD

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03-26-2006, 05:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
TheGermanLuger New Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5	nope thats not it

03-26-2006, 05:37 AM	#4 (permalink)
TheGermanLuger New Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5	i notice the new power supply cable that you plug into your mother well there are only 19 slots that have metal in them and there are 20 slots. one slot is missing a wire,does that make a difference?