Finished building but can't get it up and running.... HELP

mikeyparkster · 2 Nov 2011 at 01:26

I'm not joking I've spent over 10 hours doing this build to try and ensure I do it properly.......to no avail apparently...

I press the ON button on the case......the rear and top case fans and the h80 cooler fans are not spinning.

the front case fan is spinning.

I can hear like a wheezing noise....(psu probly)

the Psu fan spins.

Nothing is lighting up on the motherboard, the only light showing up is on the LED at the front of the corsair case on the fan.

What do I do???

My spec

MSI GeForce GTX 580 OC Twin FrozR II 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game**

Corsair 600T Case

Corsair TX 850W V2 PSU

H80 CPU Cooler (Cooler Half Price) 1 £220.07

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor

Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard 1 £126.65

Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit 1 £54.15

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) 1 £55.40

Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT51264BA160A) 1 £30.08

LG GH24NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM 1 £15.03

Item Qty Price
MSI GeForce GTX 580 OC Twin FrozR II 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game**

Corsair PC Starter Bundle 2000c - 600TM Case / TX 850W V2 PSU / H80 CPU Cooler (Cooler Half Price) 1 £220.07

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail 1 £146.45

Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard 1 £126.65

Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit 1 £54.15

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) 1 £55.40

Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT51264BA160A) 1 £30.08

LG GH24NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM 1 £15.03

Surveyor · 2 Nov 2011 at 01:51

Easy stuff first.

Motherboard standoffs fitted to the case.

24 pin and 8 pin power connectors securely fitted to the motherboard.

Power cables securely fitted to the graphics card.

Check the power switch from the case is connected to the proper header on the motherboard.

Reaper 392 · 2 Nov 2011 at 02:03

i'll put the usual suggestions up:
check the general troubleshooting guide thats stickied at the top of this page: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18281472

check that youve put the motherboard standoffs in
make sure none of the cables are shorting out on anything
check all the connections are in the right place:
- graphics card should have two power cables going into it
- motherboard should have 1x 24pin (or 20+4 pin) motherboard power cable; one 8 pin (or 4+4 pin) CUP power cable and one molex power cable
- corsair H80 should have the cable coming out of the bit thats on top of the processor going to a 3 pin socket on the motherboard that gives it full power (check that the slot is giving out full power in the bios) or a molex to 3 pin fan connector. it looks like there are two slots like this next to the top PCIe slot. do not use anything marked CPU_FAN as these will not give full power all the time
the fans on the radiator of the corsair H80 should be going to something marked CPU_FAN
- try a bare minimum build: no graphics card, 1 stick of RAM (try each one individually, perhaps in different slots too), no peripherals, etc

mikeyparkster · 2 Nov 2011 at 02:07

I have nothing plugged into the ATX 12v power connector....

I can confirm that the 24 pin molar is connected from the PSU to the motherboard (ATXPWR1)

Ram is seated correctly and is secured...

Mobo is seated etc...

I have both connected Sata cable to motherboard and HDD to PSU.
I have connected power (a thin rectangular shape lead) from hard drive disc to the motherboard.

Ditto for the Optical drive.
I have plugged in an HD audio wires from the top of the corsair case into the MOBO.
I have plugged in 2 x USB wires from the top of the corsair case into the MOBO.
I have plugged in a 1934 wire from the top of the corsair case into the MOBO.

I have plugged in all the system panel header buttons (as far as I can see they all match up with the manual)....the ON buttons works...the Leds light up.....

I have plugged in 2x PCIE cords to fill all the squares on the graphics card.

I have plugged in 2 wires (coming from the H80 fan cooler directly into the motherboard fan slots, being CHAfan2, CHAfan3 - these are being occupied by the mounted fans that come with the H8 cooler. PWR_FAn2 is unused as I can't reach it due to the presence of the radiator / fans / cooler ......

I haven't plugged anything INTO the corsair H80 cooler device - Do i need to?
There is a wire coming from the cooler itself (3 pins) - this is going into CPU_fan1 on the motherboard. This wire is also linked to a Molar wire

At the top of the corsair case a 4 pin molex is being plugged into another female molex wire that extends from the H80 cooler wire.... (I thought this is how this top fan of the corsair case spins leeches its power (from the CPU fan 1 socket on the motherboard). To clarify, I have the wire from the H80 going into CPU fan 1) - this same wire is connected to a molar type wire - this is being connected to a female moler which is connected to the top of the Corsair case (top fan?)

....

GPU is seated.... no signal to monitor though when pc turns on....

all wires are fully secured....

Really stuck....what to do???? Have I stuck some of the fans cables in the wrong place or something?...why aren't my system fans working??

do you have to use the ATX 12v PoWER connector????

mikeyparkster · 2 Nov 2011 at 02:14

Surveyor said:
Easy stuff first.

Motherboard standoffs fitted to the case.

24 pin and 8 pin power connectors securely fitted to the motherboard.

DO I need both of these??
If so is this the 8 pin one? - The PCIE (looks the same as the one you put in the graphics card??)

Check the power switch from the case is connected to the proper header on the motherboard.

Is there a set place ??? Based on the above does any of that seem wrong to you??

Surveyor · 2 Nov 2011 at 02:20

mikeyparkster said:
DO I need both of these??
If so is this the 8 pin one? - The PCIE (looks the same as the one you put in the graphics card???

Yes you need both the 24 pin and 8 pin connected to the motherboard.

The 8 pin looks similar to the ones for the graphics cards but will likely say ATX rather than PCI-E.

It may also be two 4 pins which join together, plug both halves in.

mikeyparkster · 2 Nov 2011 at 02:21

Surveyor said:
Yes you need both the 24 pin and 8 pin connected to the motherboard.

I can't get the wire from the PCIE wire from the power supply to reach the socket!! It's not long enough? wtf?

Surveyor · 2 Nov 2011 at 02:23

mikeyparkster said:
I can't get the wire from the PCIE wire from the power supply to reach the socket!! It's not long enough? wtf?

It's not the PCI-E cable.

You need the ATX 8 pin cable which may be longer, or not.

mikeyparkster · 2 Nov 2011 at 02:37

I think I've found it....it's 2 x 4 pins closely ties together (together they are 8 pins).... There looks to be JUST enough room to get it to the socket but I'm going to have to remove the bloody CPU fan that took me so long to install!! I'll do it tomorrow night as I'm tired ...hopefully it'll work.....

can you confirm that the rest of my setup should be ok?

is there any chance I've done damage to my system by powering it on without the 8pin plugged in??

Will the CPU have been active (i.e. potentially burning out if the 8 pin wasnt in??) because stock coolers weren't on....or does it require the 8 pin to actually boot up full stop....

fingers crossed tomorrow

Surveyor · 2 Nov 2011 at 02:45

It shouldn't have done any damage.

Follow Reaper 392's advice to make sure you have the CPU cooler set up correctly.

You can buy extension cables for the 8 pin power cable:

Akasa 8-Pin 30cm PSU Extension Cable

Akasa FLEXA P8 40cm CPU power extension

BitFenix Alchemy 8pin EPS extension 45cm - BLACK

Good luck.

mikeyparkster · 2 Nov 2011 at 03:05

and one molex power cable

wait 3 wires for power?? I have a molex from the top of the case.........there are no other molex's.... there' s a slot above the PCIE but this is labelled SLI / x fire connector - can I use this for powering fans? will the 24 pin + 8 pin be sufficient?

- corsair H80 should have the cable coming out of the bit thats on top of the processor going to a 3 pin socket on the motherboard that gives it full power (check that the slot is giving out full power in the bios) or a molex to 3 pin fan connector. it looks like there are two slots like this next to the top PCIe slot. do not use anything marked CPU_FAN as these will not give full power all the time

O rly??? I'll have to move that then... and presumably I should move the wire from the spinny fan that came with the H80 to CPU fan instead?

thanks a lot will give it alll a bash tomorrow

Buchanan0204 · 2 Nov 2011 at 04:41

I bet you wish you got a prebuild

anuraj · 2 Nov 2011 at 07:10

Have you pressed the on button on your motherboard?

mikeyparkster · 2 Nov 2011 at 07:25

anuraj said:
Have you pressed the on button on your motherboard?

er no? should I- what does it do ?

Surveyor · 2 Nov 2011 at 08:15

mikeyparkster said:
er no? should I- what does it do ?

Exactly the same thing as the power switch on the case.

It's for testing purposes.

Just make sure you have everything connected properly before you switch on, whichever way you do it.

The Deuce · 2 Nov 2011 at 08:24

mikeyparkster said:
I have nothing plugged into the ATX 12v power connector....

I can confirm that the 24 pin molar is connected from the PSU to the motherboard (ATXPWR1)

do you have to use the ATX 12v PoWER connector????

there is your problem

Surveyor · 2 Nov 2011 at 09:08

The Deuce said:
there is your problem

That might have been helpful around 10 posts earlier.

d_brennen · 2 Nov 2011 at 09:12

If you are having problems making the cables reach OP there are several makes of extender cable out there for a couple of quid each. Really worth it for a tidy and unstressed layout

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=1929&catid=1979

The Deuce · 2 Nov 2011 at 09:42

Surveyor said:
That might have been helpful around 10 posts earlier.

If I'd been up through the night I could've posted it earlier

Surveyor · 2 Nov 2011 at 10:18

The Deuce said:
If I'd been up through the night I could've posted it earlier

As you weren't there was no point in posting it at all.

The lack of the 8 pin ATX power connector was resolved long before you rolled out of bed