Computer Doesn't Turn On!

[BballSteve]

I just assembled a new compuer and everything fits together fine, but it doesn't turn on!

The green light lights up on the motherboard when I flick the switch on the PSU, but when I hit the power button, it just makes a little noise and nothing happens. Please help!

Thanks.

 

[Mr.Suave]

made sure everything is plugged in properly? nothing loose?

 

[BballSteve]

Everything is nice and tight. I did notice though that in my 24 pin cable, in one of the pins the metal is missing. This is a brand new PSU I just bought. Could this missing metal be a problem? Thanks.

 

[Mr.Suave]

not sure but its most likely your problem. do you have a spare PSU you could try?

 

[The_Other_One]

Are you 100% sure you have the front pannel stuff connected right. For the power switch and what not.

 

[BballSteve]

Yeah, I followed the cords from the power button to a cable and the cable is connected to a cable coming from the PSU

 

[Mr.Suave]

i dont think thats right. your sopose to plug the power button to the mobo. it should be in the manual on were to put it.

 

[BballSteve]

Yeah I just looked at something and I got 2 wires mixed up. I checked the power button cord and theyre 2 pins, orange and white. I put them in the mobo (where they originally were) in different areas, and still no difference.

 

[mrbagrat]

Do you have a picture of how to cables are plugged in?

 

[BballSteve]

No, theres no picture in the instruction book or anything, but where it says to put it I see Power Switch on the motherboard and the colors orange and white around where to put it, so I assumed you matched the colors of the cords with the colors on the mobo.

 

[Geoff]

Sounds right, but i would try reversing them and try different combinations to see what works.

 

[kof2000]

make sure the word power switch on the cable is facing toward the side panel

 

[gamerman4]

when you installed the mobo, did you make sure to screw in th brass standoffs before putting the mobo in your case?

 

[iggy101]

make sure you have all jumpers and stuff in the right place for the mobo
If not then its most likley your power supply. Maaybey you could try getting another to test it

 

[BballSteve]

make sure you have all jumpers and stuff in the right place for the mobo
If not then its most likley your power supply. Maaybey you could try getting another to test it

Yeah, I have all the brass standoffs in place.

nub question but what exactly are the jumpers?

Oh yeah, there is a 6 pin PCI-E cable that I can't find a place to connect too. and since my mobo is a PCI-Express mobo, I think it should go somewhere, but theres nowhere to put it. Could this be the problem? lol The PSU manual says to connect it to the PCI-E graphics card, but this 6 pin cable does NOT have anywhere to go into a graphics card slot or the actual card. What is this!?

 

[BballSteve]

Okay, so i checked my PSU on my old mobo and it works. But NOT with my new upgrades-mobo and processor

So obviously those are the problem. But I don't know what!

My cpu is- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103529

And my mobo is- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131530

And I have 1 stick of PC3200 DDR 1gig RAM in the B1 slot in the mobo

Are there something wrong with these 2 together?

Or did I received a dead motherboard or cpu.

 

[Jet]

one of the latter two.