NEW BUILD NEED HELP

umboma · 14 Jan 2011 at 15:19

Hello guys,

I've just taken delivery of all the bits I brought from here, it's now all built up but whe i turn the pc on it's starts for a secons then turns off few seconds later its on again then off, just repeats this what could be the problem??

stulid · 14 Jan 2011 at 15:21

Have you connected the extra 4/8pin into the motherboard?

is the cpu heatsink fan connected tothe FAN_HEADER on the motherboard?

some specs would be useful so i dont have to guess as much

R088ieS86 · 14 Jan 2011 at 15:25

Gainward GeForce GTX 470 "Golden Golden Sample GOOD Edition" 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with MAFIA 2

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Lost Planet 2 PC Game - Retail
MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge)
OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599)
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W Power Supply
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler
Arctic Cooling MX-3 Thermal Compound

At last check you went with this? Check what Stulid said as a start! then with 1 stick of RAM in the correct slot

CrazyMonk · 14 Jan 2011 at 15:29

Simplest thing to do is check all connection. Disconnect and reconnect everything to make sure.

Does the PC make any beeping noises? or does it literally get power to it and the automatically switch off?

umboma · 14 Jan 2011 at 15:31

CrazyMonk said:
Simplest thing to do is check all connection. Disconnect and reconnect everything to make sure.

Does the PC make any beeping noises? or does it literally get power to it and the automatically switch off?

no it does not beeb just turns off i;ll try with 1 stick of ram

umboma · 14 Jan 2011 at 15:37

stulid said:
Have you connected the extra 4/8pin into the motherboard?

is the cpu heatsink fan connected tothe FAN_HEADER on the motherboard?

some specs would be useful so i dont have to guess as much

still nothing even with 1 stick of ram, the power supply does not have a 4/8pin to plug in it only has the 24pin

R088ieS86 · 14 Jan 2011 at 15:48

It should have both, 1x4pin and a 1x8pin plug.

I_M_Weasel · 14 Jan 2011 at 15:50

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-117-AN&tool=5

Is it that one, it does have the 4/8 pin supply.

also cleared cmos? nothing shorting on the back of the board, standoffs fitted correctly?

Orcvader · 14 Jan 2011 at 15:53

When the PC starts, does it litterally last for a short split second?

If so then take everything out of the case, and test the system then. I've seen this problem a few times, and some of the causes is the case shortening the motherboard.

umboma · 14 Jan 2011 at 16:00

R088ieS86 said:
It should have both, 1x4pin and a 1x8pin plug.

my bad it's got 2 of the 4 ones on there but only 1 will plug in the other one is a dif shape

R088ieS86 · 14 Jan 2011 at 16:04

The 4pin one should plug in near the CPU. Do we have boot?

umboma · 14 Jan 2011 at 16:05

R088ieS86 said:
The 4pin one should plug in near the CPU. Do we have boot?

yes finally i got boot, but it says that i dont have a hdd attached ive got the sdd plugged in??

stulid · 14 Jan 2011 at 16:19

umboma said:
yes finally i got boot, but it says that i dont have a hdd attached ive got the sdd plugged in??

SATA connectors, and the SATA power connectors can be a crap fit, double check it.

Is the HDD seen in the bIOS?

umboma · 14 Jan 2011 at 16:22

stulid said:
SATA connectors, and the SATA power connectors can be a crap fit, double check it.

Is the HDD seen in the bIOS?

The SDD is seen in bios, I think I have got it working as windows is now installing, one more question if i may??

I'm going to sli the gtx470s card the motherboard come with a ski bridge but no instructions on where to plus it in on the two cards?? any ideas

stulid · 14 Jan 2011 at 16:24

The GTX470 cards have a liitle connection on one side, it may have a plastic cover protecting this connection.

looks like this

http://images.tweaktown.com/content/3/3/3313_02.jpg

umboma · 14 Jan 2011 at 16:29

stulid said:
The GTX470 cards have a liitle connection on one side, it may have a plastic cover protecting this connection.

looks like this

can you please reload the picture for some reason i cant see it??

stulid · 14 Jan 2011 at 16:30

http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/3...eforce_gtx_470s_in_sli_overclocked/index.html

Orcvader · 14 Jan 2011 at 16:31

http://www.hardwarezone.com.au/img/data/articles/2009/2785/sli-connector.jpg

umboma · 14 Jan 2011 at 16:34

stulid said:
http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/3...eforce_gtx_470s_in_sli_overclocked/index.html

Ohh i see, does it matter what way the bridge goes around as it seems to fit either way???

stulid · 14 Jan 2011 at 16:35

nope, just use the headers closest to where it screws into the case.

The other header is for when you add a third or fourth card.