6 Month Old Build didn't post this morning....

Toekiller · 17 Apr 2023 at 15:43

This morning, PC powered on, no beep on post. Checked the MB warning lights and CPU and RAM where flashing on and off. Did all the usual, pulled things out, tried with one ram slot, re seated CPU etc. Phoned OCUK to RMA and that was in place for MB, RAM and CPU. (Great customer service there btw!) So I started to unplug headers, etc. but continued to do more digging and found if I removed the RAM completely, the system would give me memory error beeps suggesting the CPU and MB were communicating. Some posts suggested the PSU so as it's a modular PSU I tried a different PCI cable and it posted! Woo. Started to plug things back in... failed again. Turned out it was the front panel connecter that seems to have failed. I plugged the front panel cables directly into the motherboard and all seems well. 30 years pc building and still learning

BUDFORCE · 17 Apr 2023 at 16:22

Mental isn't it.

So often odd things like this building it out of the case works, often a loose connection like this.

You'd also be amazed how things will "mostly" work but give all sorts of problems and turns out nothing wrong with the hardware at all just a poor connection.

Mr Mcgoo · 17 Apr 2023 at 20:42

Something so simple yet as they say it's the little things

pastymuncher · 18 Apr 2023 at 19:54

I never use those things. They may make it easier to plug the front panel connections in but they also make them stick out far too much making it harder to obtain a neat and tidy finish.

freddie64 · 19 Apr 2023 at 07:30

I had one of those on a old build.

Had to bend the pins open slightly to make the wires grip the pins and when i did plug it in, it looked so bad that i binned it.