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JonnyLitts · 10 Aug 2007 at 08:33

I had all the parts delivered for my new pc yesterday.

Put everything together and try to boot up. PC goes on for 1 second and immediately powers down, not even getting to bios although all fans do kick in

The spec, if it helps, is:

Quad core Q6600
2gb OCZ ram
Antec True power Trio 650w
BFG 8800GTS OC
My old IDE and SATA hard drives
Samsung IDE DVD-RW
Samsung SATA DVD-RW
Thermaltake VA3000SWA Tsunami Dream case

What could be the problem?

JonnyLitts · 10 Aug 2007 at 08:54

Wiggins said:
Did you put the brass looking screws into the backplate of the case before you mounted the motherboard onto it?

No, I guess I should have.

JonnyLitts · 10 Aug 2007 at 10:02

Thanks guys and especially Wiggins.

It's not my 1st build but it is the 1st one for a long time.

Will do what you've advised later.

Is my board highly likely to be fried tho?

JonnyLitts · 10 Aug 2007 at 10:13

Wiggins said:
Nah, as long as you didnt switch it on too many times.

Usually the first thing that will fry is you onboard sound.

You were lucky. My mate did the same with his new MSI Neo-F 965 and he blew the PSU along with the board, cpu and memory. lol

Think I tried switching it on 5-6 times but like I said it was literally on for a second (if that) and then switched itself off.

If I fried anything, would I see any sparks? Smoke? Or is it just a case of trying it when I've put the risers in?

JonnyLitts · 10 Aug 2007 at 10:29

Wiggins said:
Only switch it back on when your confident enough that the risers are in. The good thing about Intel CPU's is that it will throttle and switch off first as the voltage will be fluctuating massively so hopefully no problems.

One thing though, reset the bios before you switch it back on. You know the usual stuff, move the jumper and take the battery out for 5 mins.

Cheers buddy.

Hopefully I'll be replying on my new pc later (I'm in work now)

JonnyLitts · 10 Aug 2007 at 18:19

Bad news: I did what you advised but it's still doing the same thing

Any other suggestions?

Ohh, forgot to say that the power led on the front of the pc is red (for the 1 second it's on) rather than the normal green. If that makes any difference...

JonnyLitts · 10 Aug 2007 at 19:18

croni486 said:
Try re-seating the CPU cooler.

Will go give it a try now

JonnyLitts · 10 Aug 2007 at 19:54

Done everything you and I can think of with it and it's still doing the same thing.

Is the powering for a millisecond a def new motherboard (if I've tried everything else)? Thing that's confusing me is that the power led on the motherboard still lights up :confused:

Is the problem definitely the motherboard? I know the other parts could be fried too but I don't want to replace the motherboard to find it's not the problem...

JonnyLitts · 10 Aug 2007 at 20:18

Wiggins said:
What motherboard do you have?

Asus P5K-SE

JonnyLitts · 10 Aug 2007 at 20:52

Wiggins said:
Do you have any other components you can test with?

I've got all the old components from my old pc but that's a totally different chipset and memory type (2500XP)

JonnyLitts · 10 Aug 2007 at 21:08

croni486 said:
Have you tried running the board outside the case with only the items required to pass post i.e. Graphics, CPU and memory. Also if you are running with two stick of ram just try with the one fitted.

What PSU are you using

Not tried it outside of the case. I've fitted the the risers now so that should'nt be an issue.

Got two sticks of 1gb, will remove one of them.

JonnyLitts · 10 Aug 2007 at 21:09

Wiggins said:
Take out all the Optical Drives and all the HDD apart from one ( Pref a sata ) and plug in the small speaker into the motherboard as this will give certain beeps depending on what the problem is.

Tried taking them out earlier with no luck.

Unfortunately, the case does'nt have a speaker so I can't tell what sound it's making

JonnyLitts · 10 Aug 2007 at 21:24

Wiggins said:
You should have a small speaker looking thing with a lead on it that came with the mobo.

I've been looking for it but can't find it. Sure I saw a review earlier which said it did'nt have one.

JonnyLitts · 10 Aug 2007 at 21:26

croni486 said:
From your MB manual "dont forget to connect the 4 pin EATX 12V connector or the system will not boot"

Is it connected?

I don't think so

What does it look like?

P.s. I'm gonna feel like a complete tool if it is this

JonnyLitts · 10 Aug 2007 at 22:36

it was that i feel like a dick. thanks guys

JonnyLitts · 13 Aug 2007 at 08:14

Wiggins said:
That hat needs to come off to croni

Good job old boy. We all got there in the end huh?

Slam a thread in and let us know how your getting on with it i.e Overclocking, Benchmarks or anything else

Have fun with your new build

Once again, thanks for all your help.

I will do mate. My internet at home is being connected tommorrow so I'll download a graphics card overclocking utility and benchmarking software when it's up and running

JonnyLitts · 13 Aug 2007 at 12:56

Growlingfish said:
I swear they should stick massive labels on the motherboard ordering people to plug this in. So many people miss it the first time round

I wish they did mate, would have saved everyone a lot of brainpower!

Ohh, while I'm here. Can anyone, based on my spec, advise me on overclocking for my setup? I want a decent overclock but nothing too mental cos I'm only using the cooler that came with the CPU. Here's my spec again:

Quad core Q6600
2gb(2X1GB) OCZ PC8500
Antec True power Trio 650w
BFG 8800GTS OC
My old IDE and SATA hard drives
Samsung IDE DVD-RW
Samsung SATA DVD-RW
Thermaltake VA3000SWA Tsunami Dream case