First build Wont Start! Help!

arrond · 24 Oct 2006 at 20:49

Heres my spec

HIS ATI Radeon X1900 XT ICEQ 3 SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-053-HT)

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR) 1

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 200GB ST3200820AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-085-SE)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)

NEC AD7170A 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-044-NE)

Antec Super LANBOY Aluminum Super Mini Tower Case - No PSU (CA-012-AN)

Tagan TG580-U15 580W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU

Took me about 4 hours to get it setup and all connected. I turn the power button on and the blue LED flashes on the back of the Tagan, nothing else happens, ive checked all over but dont know what to do.

Any ideas will be great. Thanks.

Arron.

collisster · 24 Oct 2006 at 20:50

the psu wires all connected right? any beeps from the mobo ? is the big un connected to the mobo?

arrond · 24 Oct 2006 at 20:57

I have the 24pin connected and the 4 pin which is for the cpu if im correct. The fans are connected, the sata drive, dvd writer is connected via the IDE connection which is green on the DS3. Theres no beeps at all just a blue LED flashes then goes off. Ive read the tagan manual over and over. i might have to try it in my other computer.

Noni Juice · 24 Oct 2006 at 21:01

Check and double check all the obvious bits. Have you reset CMOS?

arrond · 24 Oct 2006 at 21:02

212 said:
Check and double check all the obvious bits. Have you reset CMOS?

Nope, well it seems the mobo isnt getting any power. Nothing turns on, not even the case fans!

Noni Juice · 24 Oct 2006 at 21:06

Hmm, again double check all the obvious bits, is the power cable in the back properly? is everything grounded?

Try resetting CMOS

Have you connected the power cable (The little one)to the right bit on the motherboard?

arrond · 24 Oct 2006 at 21:14

212 said:
Hmm, again double check all the obvious bits, is the power cable in the back properly? is everything grounded?

Try resetting CMOS

Have you connected the power cable (The little one)to the right bit on the motherboard?

Its grounded, ive tried it on the mobo standoffs and now its grounded on the drive rack.

Which one do you mean? The only ones ive connected to the mobo is 24 pin power connection (its a 20pin plus 4 pin which you slide together) and the 4 pin one which is for the cpu. I got the lanboy power led, power button, reset button ect connected all in the right places (checked about 6 times). The cpu fan is connected.

I will reset the cmos now.

Noni Juice · 24 Oct 2006 at 21:17

Double check the little power button is correctly inserted to the right place on the motherboard.

Is the CPU fan cable in the right slot?

arrond · 24 Oct 2006 at 21:20

212 said:
Double check the little power button is correctly inserted to the right place on the motherboard.

Is the CPU fan cable in the right slot?

CPU fan is in the correct slot. The power button is in the correct place (the DS3 manual is very helpful on this, it clearly shows the + and ground cables and where they go, the lanboy its red and black, red being the + and the black the ground)

Noni Juice · 24 Oct 2006 at 21:22

Is it the right way round?

Try the Tagan PSU in another system, if not then short 2 cables to start it manually.

Also try and boot it with only 1 stick of ram, and the bare essentials (I.E. No DVD drive and things).

arrond · 24 Oct 2006 at 21:26

212 said:
Is it the right way round?

Try the Tagan PSU in another system, if not then short 2 cables to start it manually.

Also try and boot it with only 1 stick of ram, and the bare essentials (I.E. No DVD drive and things).

I will try the tagan in another system. I will do this tomorrow now, im really tired from that build and gutted too. Ive never spent so much money in one go before lol.

Thanks for the help anyway!

Noni Juice · 24 Oct 2006 at 21:27

No problem, it happens man, your not the only one!

Last question, have u flicked the rocker switch on the PSU?

I.E. So that its on "I" not "O"

arrond · 24 Oct 2006 at 21:29

212 said:
No problem, it happens man, your not the only one!

Last question, have u flicked the rocker switch on the PSU?

I.E. So that its on "I" not "O"

Yeah, thats the first thing i checked.

Cheers buddy.

xirokx · 24 Oct 2006 at 21:38

if it doesnt work when you short it....

build the system out of the case...using the bare minimum, i.e. cpu, hsf, 1 stick RAM etc etc to see if you can get it to post...

good luck

R3323 · 24 Oct 2006 at 22:05

On my DS4 and E6300 i have a 8pin conector pluged in where the 4 pin usualy would be, in the manual i said use an 8 pin for dual core iirc, could this be the problem?

arrond · 25 Oct 2006 at 01:37

just to confirm, i only have 1 ram stick, cpu with hsf, motherboard power connectors and the lanboy power led and power button installed and it powered up!!! yyyyyeeeesssss!!

gonna take my time installing other bits in turn and checking everytime i do something. I will let you know.

Thanks guys!

arrond · 25 Oct 2006 at 02:23

All bits in and all good. Now gonna check to see if i get into the bios.

arrond · 25 Oct 2006 at 04:36

All up and running with windows installed and driver etc. If it wasnt for this forum i would have never been able to build my own pc. Its suprising how much you learn by reading from these topics with peoples problems and solutions.

Thanks a lot for all your help

KizZ · 25 Oct 2006 at 06:08

It's nice to see seeing your first build booting isn't.

arrond · 25 Oct 2006 at 11:43

KizZ said:
It's nice to see seeing your first build booting isn't.

I cant stop smiling lol. Also did my first overclock as well. I got it at 2.9 GHz, currently running orthos, 5 hours all fine with the temp not going over 53 so im very happy at the moment