Major Build Problem

Archibald0 · 1 Dec 2006 at 17:06

Major Build Problem

I got my E6600, tuniq heatsink, gigabyte ds4, 2gb geil ram, 1950xt today

i just assembled everything together, turn the psu on......and nothing, iv checked again and again, but no lights come on at all, no fans come on either.
The only thing i noticed was a burning smell so i quicky turned it off, it seemed to be coming from the psu but im not enterly sure

I need help, iv built my last rig fine so i dont know whats up with it, the psu is a coolermaster 650w and i used it in pc im on now before i got my new parts.

Im working nightshift tonight and dying to get it to work before i head off. its drivin me mad :mad:

Archibald0 · 1 Dec 2006 at 17:08

there are no beeps either

RadoX · 1 Dec 2006 at 17:15

well is gotta be the psu can you try a diffrent psu ?

J.B · 1 Dec 2006 at 17:17

I agree, check the PSU

Archibald0 · 1 Dec 2006 at 17:19

i do, though i dont understand how the psu can fail already, it was working earlier today, i took it out one pc into the new one. my old psu doesnt have sata connectors, or pciexpress, so il need to move loadsa stuff about.

Has anyone experienced this before and it was the psu?
im just ******** it incase its the cpu thats fried or somethin

danoliver1 · 1 Dec 2006 at 17:21

Have u connected the power/reset header correctly just double check to be sure. I get confused sometimes which is pos and which is neg

RadoX · 1 Dec 2006 at 17:22

can u putthe psu back in your old rig see if it works in that ?

Archibald0 · 1 Dec 2006 at 17:24

would having the power/reset header the wrong way round cause it not to power up completely?

not even the bios light on the board comes up

danoliver1 · 1 Dec 2006 at 17:33

I know from experience that having the reset header the wrong way round that the button does nothing when pressed so same for the power? not sure :confused:

danoliver1 · 1 Dec 2006 at 17:40

Just googled it apparently the work either way for power so i would flip it round and try it the other way cant hurt

Archibald0 · 1 Dec 2006 at 18:06

tried the other psu but i get same thing, nothing happens and i just get that smell of somethin burning

I have no idea what is wrong

danoliver1 · 1 Dec 2006 at 19:02

Sounds like a shorted board to me, rma it if i were u

BennyC · 1 Dec 2006 at 19:04

must be mobo related, try it with out your gfx in saves it going kerputt, try ram in diff slots too, failing that RMA it.

Archibald0 · 1 Dec 2006 at 19:24

when i 1st switched it on i had gfx in as well, god im ****** off.
how long does it take to get replacements and so on, i can see that iv did nothing wrong at all, and i used an antistatic wrist strap..sooo frustratin :mad:

danoliver1 · 1 Dec 2006 at 19:31

When i build my rig tomorrow i think i will use my old graphics card to install windows then when all is ok i will put my 8800gts in its the only way tobe sure.

Archibald0 · 2 Dec 2006 at 07:20

i got a question, if its the cpu thats fried, would the mobo and fans still come on? also if it were the board , would it damage the cpu and gfx card as well? i really dont know what exactly is at fault

ghgh · 2 Dec 2006 at 10:14

If the CPU was fried it would spell of the burning smell you state...does it smell of a horrible electrical burning smell? Check the CPU itself and make sure it hasnt got burn marks on it if I were you, just to rule out that from the equation before rma'ing the motherboard.

If the motherboard was fried you would also get the same signs in most cases, i.e. no vga output but it's weird you don't get anything from the motherboard POST analyser thingy...usually this would work....if it was the CPU, in 99% of cases, the fans would still spin up but you would get no vga output but no, it wouldn't damage the graphics card.

hope this helps
ghgh

Archibald0 · 2 Dec 2006 at 11:30

thanks,iv returned the motherboard, hopefully il get to play on my beast within the week