Computer wont turn on [pictures]

willclarke · 10 Mar 2010 at 12:59

MonkeykingZX said:
can you take a pic of how you've plugged the 8 pin in?

plugged it in to the 8, removed cover of the 4

stulid · 10 Mar 2010 at 13:06

What's it doing now?

Lights or fans spin? Psu fan turning?

willclarke · 10 Mar 2010 at 13:17

stulid said:
What's it doing now?

Lights or fans spin? Psu fan turning?

nothing is on. I have two leads attached from the computer to a monitor and another lead going to the power supply. Is this all i need for testing?

willclarke · 10 Mar 2010 at 13:36

stripped it down a bit, does thislook right?

stulid · 10 Mar 2010 at 13:40

Can you swap the power leads as suggested above could be a fuse.

Recheck the front panel connections are plugged into the motherboard correctly.

PhillyDee · 10 Mar 2010 at 13:43

Should this motherboard have an LED on it to show power connected?

If so and its not on, then its not the way you have plugged it in.

willclarke · 10 Mar 2010 at 13:46

550w corsair powersupply and the p5p55d mobo should have a led on but the led is not on

stulid · 10 Mar 2010 at 13:51

Swap the power cords between your monitor and the computer.

This will rule out a blown fuse, if the monitor power light flashes, then you know that the lead is ok, use this on your pc and try turning on.

stulid · 10 Mar 2010 at 13:54

You turned it on at the wall socket? LOL.

Leeroy123 · 10 Mar 2010 at 15:26

Have you got another power supply to try, might be a knackered one mate.

Ahleckz · 10 Mar 2010 at 17:41

stulid said:
You turned it on at the wall socket? LOL.

Hasn't been a response from this for a few hours... I think we know what the problem was

Hodge · 10 Mar 2010 at 18:04

Check the fusebox trip switch. I did this once plug was in the wall, power switch on nothing till the mrs came home and said the tv wasnt working.

Semple · 10 Mar 2010 at 18:12

Dose the psu have a light on it? If you have another computer you could try testing it on that.

IKMS · 10 Mar 2010 at 18:13

Semple said:
Dose the psu have a light on it? If you have another computer you could try testing it on that.

I've never seen a PSU with an LED? THat's odd.

How about Motherboard LED? This has been asked already, probably.

LEUVEN · 10 Mar 2010 at 19:34

If it is plugged in at the wall.

you could try disconnecting the front USB posts from the Motherboard, and even disconnect the HDD and CD/DVD drives too.
I've had all three of those stop a PC booting in the past, so it's worth a try.

C64 · 10 Mar 2010 at 20:37

you probably have a pci-e lead plugged in to the 8 pin 12v
disconnect everything just use the 24 pin power lead connect that and try each 8 pin lead in the 8 pin socket til you get the lights

VaderDSL · 10 Mar 2010 at 20:41

Did you mount the motherboard on the standoffs? Just a q as in one of the pics the standoff that is in the case looks higher than the motherboard. But it may be the angle of the picture.

MonkeykingZX · 10 Mar 2010 at 20:49

VaderDSL said:
Did you mount the motherboard on the standoffs? Just a q as in one of the pics the standoff that is in the case looks higher than the motherboard. But it may be the angle of the picture.

just had a look and yeah it does, plus in post 21 the motherboard looks very close to the backplate

VaderDSL · 10 Mar 2010 at 21:10

Yeah it might be that.