First boot up problems

id say its the board,if any pins aren't making proper contact with the tiny pads underneath the cpu you'll get booting problems

I doubt its dead cpu

id return the board it wont take long,last thing you want to do is snap any pins off,that would render the board trash/no rma
 
yeah refit it,be carefull though as it can also squash the pins

and yeah include everything that came with the board
 
Quick update

RMA'd the board and was sent a replacement by OcUK, rebuilt the PC today and it's powered on successfully (hooray), Couple more questions:

1. A concern is that in the initial bootup bios it says the fans are spinning at 0 RPM, even though all seem to be working, anyone know a way to solve this or will it fix itself after installing windows/motherboard CD etc?

2. Wondering if there's any way to test that the AIO CPU cooler is working properly? The fans attached to the radiator are spinning but I'm just looking for a way to check on the pump etc
 
The cooler came with a driver disk with a piece of software on it?

That should tell you the pump speed and coolant temperature.
 
The H440 has a fan controller thing on the rear.

Is there not a cable that comes from this and plugs into a motherboard fan header to give you an RPM reading?

As all the fans from the case connect to this single board you will not get individual fans speeds, only a single reading.
 
Wont be that, the molex is to get power for all the fans connected to the board at the back of the case and provided ample power for lots of fans, much more than a single motherboard fan header can provide.

In that picture above, where does that fan cable goto?

In the BIOS in the pc health section etc, is any of the system fan entries showing a reading?
 
Checked the Bios, the CPU and CPU opt fan readings are both 0 RPM, same with the 3 system fan entries

From the Fan hub there are 2 columns of 5 fan connections, then an 11th connection at the bottom, the 11th connection feeds into the molex adaptor along with a cable from the LED hub (I guess both for power?) Other than that the only spare connection seems to be the 4pin that comes on the end of the PSU molex cable that I have plugged into the random Sys Fan header
 
Ok, so I guess the case has no way of being able to transmit an rpm reading to the board.

It simply takes power from the PSU, divides it between the connected fans and you control the fans from the case.


But the Antec Kuhler should be connected to the CPU fan header or OPT fan header and you should be getting a pump speed reading from that.
 
Is the 4pin connector supposed to connect to the board in the way I've done it? It currently only has 3pins connected (one of the Sys_fan header pins is at the side and one of the 4pin holes is at the other side, it wouldn't connect with all 4 because the plastic notches at the bottom block each other).

The Antec Kuhler is connected to both the CPU fan header and the OPT fan header, one connection is from the fans, one is from the pump. Haven't installed the software CD for it, if that could be what's causing it to read 0?

Is it safe to carry on installing drivers and then move on to the software CDs as it is?
 
The boards bios should be getting a signal and reporting a speed even without the software installed.

This is obviously difficult to explain and try and fault find on a forum, if the machine was in front of me I possibly would have it all fixed within minutes as I could "see" whats happening.

I will try and help though so dont worry.


that 4pin in your last pic does not look right, is there not a spare 4pin fan header on the board?
 
Honestly can't see any 4pin headers except the Sys_Fan ones, the board is a gigabyte gaming 7 if that helps. The PC still boots up without the 4pin being plugged in, just checked the BIOS with it unplugged and it still reads 0 RPMs for all system fans and both CPU readings
 
try moving the fan connector to the other right hand one,thats a four pin

I don't think your plugged in properly as it is,it lookslike your only connected to a 3 pin header which will work but will run full speed all the time

latest motherboard bios might also help with rpm detection

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wazza300 said:
try moving the fan connector to the other right hand one,thats a four pin

I don't think your plugged in properly as it is,it lookslike your only connected to a 3 pin header which will work but will run full speed all the time

latest motherboard bios might also help with rpm detection

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There are 4 pins on both, but the little notch under the adapter (after the 3rd pin hole) clashes with the plastic notches of the Sys_Fan headers (in the centre below the pins) so it can't fit into all 4


Currently all the Sys_Fan pins are now empty on the board, the Antec Kuhler fans are going to the CPU fan header and the Pump is going to the CPU_OPT header
 
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you should be able to

if its for a pump/aio you want to plug it into the cpu fan header or cpu opt fan header,so it raises speed with the cpu temp and not the chassis
 
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