Help Needed Please! 1st Pc Build!

merc_fan

merc_fan

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Hey guys.

I'm building my first computer and before I was using a totally useless motherboard (Asus P4S800), there's been so many bad comments of it being DoA. Well my first P4S800 was DoA, so was my second and so was my third. In the end, I just got fed up and got the Asus P4V8X-X. However, I remember that when I had my first P4S800, I had to return it because when I switched it on for the first time, the P4 fan came on when I would switch it on from the back of the PSU! Then the fan would slowly go off and I'd smell a burning sensation from the PSU.

I got a new PSU after that of course and I got this new P4V8X-X now too. However, when I plugged it in again, the exact same thing happened! I realised that this is my fault and not the components.

All I had plugged in was the 20-pin power connector, the 4-pin power connector for ATX boards and of course the heatsink. I didn't bother plugging any components in because I only wanted to test it to see if anything would come up.

Any help is greatly appreciated, I really need this PC up and running!

If anyone has any ideas, even if they are not definate, I'd still like to hear them.

Thanking you in advance,

Paren.
 
Perhaps using a better heatsink on the CPU. You didn't say if your running a P4, AMD or whatnot, but I'll give you a few possibilities. I like Xoxide - they have an excellent selection from top manufacturers.

AMD Socket A / 462 - http://www.xoxide.com/cooler-master-jet-7-.html
AMD Opteron / 64-bit / K8 - http://www.xoxide.com/thermaltake-big-typhoon-hsf.html
Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 - http://www.xoxide.com/dp102.html
Intel Socket 370 - http://www.xoxide.com/scythe-heatlane-cpu-cooler.html
Intel Socket 775 - http://www.xoxide.com/tt-silent-775.html

Also make sure you have a thermal compound
 
it's a Casecom 550W PSU. The motherboard requires a minimum 300W PSU so I can't figure out what the problem could be. Why would the heatsink come on when I'd turn it on from the back of the PSU and not the front case switch!? This is really confusing!

Is it possible that my graphics card/RAM are pulling too much power or need more power?

Cheers guys, I really appreciate the replies.
 
why would the heatsink come on when i'd turn it on from the back of the PSU and not the front case switch!? this is really confusing!
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because thats just how it works.

is it possible that my graphics card/ram are pulling too much power or need more power?
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prolly not but it'd be nice to know what we're dealing with... QUESTIONS 101.
 
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