Just built new PC, won't power up... any ideas?

[booey1]

Hey I've just put together my new system.
i3570k,
Z77-D3H
Askaa nero 3 cooler
6gb Crucial
600w Corsair
Zalman z9
Seagate 500gb

I've checked the 4 way lead, that works.
I've checked the power switch on the motherboard.

What do I need to check? What might I be missing?

 

[Curio]

Any lights on the mobo, fans spinning, system bleeps, etc? Or just stone-dead?

 

[booey1]

Any lights on the mobo, fans spinning, system bleeps, etc? Or just stone-dead?

Stone dead.

 

[AshD93]

Connect a fan to the power supply and short the green wire with any black. If it turns the fan on, the supply should be fine.

 

[martian_aphid]

tested the PSU? like this:

http://dodji.seketeli.com/downloads/shuttle-psu-paper-clip-test.pdf

edit: Ash beat me to it ;P

 

[ozaudio]

turn psu on at the back possable? myn was switched of when i bought it

 

[Curio]

Is there a power switch on the PSU? You may laugh, but I've been caught out by that before Are you sure the wall socket is working? Try a different mains cable as well. Once all the obvious stuff is out of the way....you've got either a dead PSU (most likely) or motherboard.

 

[AgentOrange]

*should realy be a delete post button lol

 

[booey1]

Connect a fan to the power supply and short the green wire with any black. If it turns the fan on, the supply should be fine.

Yep, just tried that. The fan works!

 

[hyperst]

6GB of ram with a 3570K, Just how much knowledge of pc building do you have OP?

What power leads do you have connected from your psu, there should be a 24 pin and a 8 pin or 4 pin depending on your mother board.

Get us some pictures if you can as it will help a lot

 

[opstrat]

did u connect the power button to the chassis?

pull the front pannel off u will find 2 connectors

 

[scrlk]

Silly question, but did you use standoffs?

 

[booey1]

hmm. The 24 pin connector doesn't seem to quite go fully in, it's about a fingernail width gap.

 

[hyperst]

Give it a little wiggle, it will have to go all the way in for sure.

 

[opstrat]

did u pull the front pannel off?

 

[honosuseri]

the z9 case has the power button disconnected when delivered....you did plug that together at the front of the case right? It's at the top behind the front panel, i know its states this in the manual but some people skip them

 

[booey1]

6GB of ram with a 3570K, Just how much knowledge of pc building do you have OP?

What power leads do you have connected from your psu, there should be a 24 pin and a 8 pin or 4 pin depending on your mother board.

Get us some pictures if you can as it will help a lot

Admittedly it's been 5 years since the last build I did, it's actually 8gb, no idea why I wrote 6.

I've put the 24 pin in and the 8 pin into the 4 pin socket. I'll get some pictures...

 

[booey1]

the z9 case has the power button disconnected when delivered....you did plug that together at the front of the case right? It's at the top behind the front panel, i know its states this in the manual but some people skip them

Thank you That's it Just looked at the manual again, but I can't find that bit.

It seems to work Now onto booting and installing Win 7.

 

[T345]

Good work
I hope you enjoy your new build.

 

[honosuseri]

Thank you That's it Just looked at the manual again, but I can't find that bit.

It seems to work Now onto booting and installing Win 7.

You're welcome, lucky I was online. I did suggest the case to you and I was surprised to read it wasnt connected in the book when i first got one too.

I'd also suggest moving that fan off the side panel and mounting it at the top of the case. You might get a slight rattle if it's on the side panel and heat rises so it makes sense to have another fan at the top pushing that hot air out.