New build trouble...Can someone please help urgently!

mantona

mantona

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I've just built a new machine tonight. The specs are:

* Intel Core I7 920 2.66GHz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) Processor

* Gigabyte EX58-UD4P Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

* 2 OCZ 60GB SSD's

* BFG GeForce GTX 285 OC 1024MB GDDR3 Dual DVI HDMI PCI Express - Retail with PhysX, CUDA & 3D Stereo

* Coolermaster Stacker 832 case

1) The first issue is that I cannot find out what pins go where. Does anyone know of a diagram. The only spare cables I seem to have are audio? 'hd audio', 'AC 97' plus on the same wiring a bunch of single socket pins???

2) I note that the machine can start from the internal switch but there is no monitor, monitor just goes to standby.

Basically I no longer know what I'm doing with this and need help. I'm starting to panic now.
 
Well you've forgotten ram. Which will make the build less likely to work.

Beyond this, the pins you're talking about are probably front panel connectors. They all only fit into one place, the usb /audio look similar but have pins in different places. You plugged in all the power leads? That's two for the motherboard, two for the graphics card, and one for each hard drive, cd drive etc.

The motherboard came with pretty comprehensive assembly instructions. Is this your first build?
 
Dont panic, just chill... take your time.

the most fiddly of all builds is always those goddamn annoying frontpanel connectors, especially for people with sausage fingers xD
The single pin ones are more than likely USB header parts.

If you dont want to use front panel audio/mic then just wire up you PWR/RESET/HDD cables and you shoudl be good to go, check mobo manual for exact wiring.

RAM is missing from your list, you did get ram and just forget to list it right?

check all your power cables too, HDD/DVD/SSD ensure your GFX has ALL of the power connectors it needs. Make sure you have the long ATX connector and the small 4pin connector connected to your mobo.

Before booting up also make sure that the heatsink is secure and all of your fans are connected to power.
 
Yes it practically my first build. I did try one before but got help.

I have RAM Installed but do they need to go into the motherboard in a certain way? I have them on each blue section 3 sections of 2GB Ram.

I really can't make head or tail of these pins. The motherboard instructions are good. It's just the case instructions I can't match the pint to the motherboard, assuming I'm looking at the correct pins?

Hoping someone can give me the help I need.

Thanks
 
I am currently looking to see if i've got the pins wrong somehow.

There is a 4 pin CPU cable still not attached, should this be in somewhere. I have the large connector from the PSU and the 8 pin CPU connector attached.

I will also check the power cables just now again.

GFX has 2 power cables going to it from the PSU ' PCI Express cables which cam with the PSU. (Modular PSU)

Where does the 4 pin CPU cable go???

Difficult to keep calm at the moment.
 
the 4 pin cpu is basicly used in single core cpus the 8 pin in dual and above cpus so it isn't used.

When you power on do the fan's whirl or does nothing happen?

1394 is for firewire.
 
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There are apparently no pins for power on the case, at least all I can find is audio pins.

Have checked all my cables, no problems seen.
 
Okay, first of all chill - posting every 20 minutes won't help. Nor will double posting - just edit the post before, we'll see it.

Right, the first thing to do is slow down.Take a look and think. You can't just bung the components in and wait to see what happens; if you turn it on too early you could potentially fry one or more components; make sure everything is right, then try it.

Some things to check
1) The CPU is in, correctly seated and has thermal compound between it and its heatsink
2) The heatsink is fitted properly - a loose pin can cause major problems, although I'm not sure whether this is still a problem on 1366 systems.
3) All three sets of RAM are in properly - all the way and clicked properly
4) The CPU heatsink's fan is plugged into the correct header (the proper name for the "pins" sticking up from the board
5) The PSU power cable is in and the right way round
6) You have the stand-offs in place between the motherboard and the motherboard tray.
7) The graphics card is in the correct slot and has it's power cables (two on the 285, I presume)

Only once you've checked the above even think about the rest.

On your motherboard there's the section for the various power LEDs, switches, firewire etc. Take a good look at the motherboard's manual for this information and take your time putting them all in; the connectors from the case should have some sort of writing on them to say what they are - eg PWR LED is the power light, PWR SW is the power switch, 1394 is firewire, USB is, naturally, USB. They should be relatively straightforward. It's strange how you can't find the power connector - that's almost guaranteed to be there. What connectors DO you have? Perhaps you're mistaking one?
 
1) When I put in the CPU it was located to the 'locator pins' with the triangle pointing to the lever hinge. It was slightly difficut to fasten the lever of the CPU but as other forums said about the i7, that it needs a little more pressure than normal. Thermal paste has been used in the correct quantity as described in the instructions.
2) I fitted the heatsink correctly
3) All three sets of RAM are pushed in correctly. I have fitted them into the the 3 blues slot of the motherboard. Are they meant to be fitted that way? or should they be placedone after each other?
4) Heatsink fans are both plugged in. One plugged to CPU Fan the other plugged to another fan port on the board.
5) The PSU power cable is in. What do you mean by the right way around? Do you mean the cable from the PSU to CPU, or do you mean the kettle type lead?
6) I have stand offs in place between the motherboard and tray.
7) The Graphics card is in the correct slot and has two power cable from the PSU attached to it. The card indicates two green LED's confirming that correct power is supplied. PCI-E x16

I still can find absolutely no pins with Power, HDD etc. I believe that I will have to stril the whole thing down again and ty again. I would truly love to be mistaking the PWR connectors etc, but the only thing I have left is 'HD Audio' which is also connected to 'AC 97' and a few loose pins which seem also to be audio. These are all wired together so could be all audio???

I am really feeling quite desperate about this. I need this computer to work as I earn from it. I appreciate any help you can give. Thanks.
 
there will be pins somewhere on the mobo for the power, reset and power and hdd lights.
Usually on the mobo they are near the bottom right I have usually found.
 
I can take a close-up of connectors etc. I am in the office at the moment but will hopefully send images within 2-3 hours.

Thanks

I also noted that there was tightness when I fitted the motherboard to the tray. The possibility of a short maybe??? I found it difficut to allign the screw holes for the motherboard.
 
ok for the front panel connections, the stacker 832 should have the following :

Green lead = Reset switch
Orange = onboard speaker
Blue = Hard drive activity
Yellow = Sleep Mode
Red = Power Mode

In additon you will have a 3 pin power led cable, as well as cables for USB, Firewire and audio, the audio will most probably be one lead with two connections one for ac97 and one for High Definition.

If you have all those cables then they need to be plugged into your motherboard as follows :

The speaker cable (orange) should go in the top right on the of the Input?output connector, This should cover 4 pins. When I say top right this is presuming that the IO connection is nearest too you , with cpu slot being furthest away.

The Sleep Mode (yellow) should go top left and cover two pins

The Power switch (red) should go directly to the right of the yellow cable and cover two pins

Hard drive cable (blue) goes bottom left and covers two pins

and the Reset switch (green) goes directly next to the hd one agains covering two pins

You need to be careful that you get the positive and negatives the right way round, but the above is what you should be looking for and achieving.

Hopefully when you post your pics that will also give everyone a clearer understanding of what we are dealing with
 
1) What power supply do you have?
2) Do you hear any beeping when you turn it on?
3) Do all the fans spin inc. case fans, cpu fan and graphics card fan?
 
Thanks for the info on the connectors Nobodys-Inn.

1) What power supply do you have?
Coolermaster Real Power 850W

2) Do you hear any beeping when you turn it on?
No beeping at all.

3) Do all the fans spin inc. case fans, cpu fan and graphics card fan?
All fans spins CPU fan, Case Fan, Graphics fan
 
If there is no beeping d'you actually have a speaker connected to the motherboard so you'll be able to hear any beep codes? Try also using single sticks of RAM and swapping them.

You should be able to get into the bios with only the case power switch connected to the mobo with the PSU mobo power connection(s), RAM and video card (plus CPU too obviously). Don't bother with HDD's, USB connections etc until you get get a bios screen.

The last time I had the blank screen of death problem it was the PSU that was the problem, although if all your stuff is brand new it seems unlikely.

The best way of diagnosing the problem is having a spare PC and swapping the hardware in a methodical way until you've narrowed down the source of the problem.

Hope you get it sorted - nothing worse than spending a load of dosh on a PC that doesn't apparently work.

Two more things that have occured to me - have you used spacers between your case and mobo and have you also plugged in the 8 pin power connection to the mobo - usually top left plug near the processor?
 
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mantona said:
Thanks for the info on the connectors Nobodys-Inn.

1) What power supply do you have?
Coolermaster Real Power 850W

2) Do you hear any beeping when you turn it on?
No beeping at all.

3) Do all the fans spin inc. case fans, cpu fan and graphics card fan?
All fans spins CPU fan, Case Fan, Graphics fan
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Ok thats a good sign. Here are a few things u can try...

Reset cmos
Try running only 1 stick of ram to see if you ram might be faulty
Try a spare graphics card if you have one around.
 
Had a similar problem once, was the reset button on the case faulty/stuck. try disconnecting it, see if it does anything.
 
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