New build - will not power on

AndyWilson

AndyWilson

AndyWilson

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Hi,

Got my new build on Tuesday this week but only got around to getting it all setup today.
Pre-built by OCUK, system as below - one change was to a 550W PSU.

Cannot see anything obvious unless there's a secret power switch somewhere I can't find.
Couple of things though - all done before first power on.

First when I first picked it up the top panel came off slightly - as far as I can see the connections are still OK as there looks to be plenty of slack there.
Second I put in my additional drives - 6 in total, connected the SATA cables and power.

I'm not getting any signs of life at all, no fans no LEDs, nothing.
Any ideas?

May have to drop it into the shop in the morning - I'm not too far away fortunately.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...i228xbaGj22)'baGI22.vbaGJ22-,bbaJ23:XbbaK23vu

Thanks
 
A friend of mine had issues with his build he did himself, (should have let me do it) where he plugged in the main power connector but not the cpu power. Bingo bango it wouldn’t turn on...
 
Once many years ago I flipped the voltage switch on a friends PC and let the magic smoke out! Luckily the CPU and m/board survived!

No luck with my build, will call into the shop in the morning and hope it's nothing too expensive!
 
Definitely take it back to the store and they should sort it for you. Make sure you get some free haribo for your trouble :D
 
550W is well enough for those parts unless it's some really low quality in reality 200W PSU.
Only harder thing would be spin up power draw of HDDs.
For 7200rpm drives its around 25W per drive.
But before that motherboard shoud likely show indicator light for 5V standby.


Sabitech said:
Checked if there is a 110v/240v switch on the psu?
Click to expand...
That switch in wrong position would always result in loud bang from PSU's primary blowing up.
(galvanic isolation saves secondary and connected components)
 
You should phone them up first ... maybe something very simple .. like the on/off switch on the top panel?
I doubt o/c would use a crummy psu, I also doubt whether they would send out a PC without testing it first
so they may say its your dabs and charge you a fee :rolleyes:
 
Took it back to the shop on Saturday, just waiting now for them to get back to me.
I'm sure it was all tested before sent out - QA sheet all filled in and trust them that it was done, not like other places :-)

Could be in transit or my fat fingers

Hoping it's something (a) really obvious/simple and (b) not too expensive
 
Turns out it was a faulty motherboard - replaced that and replacement PSU as a precaution.

Up and running now and a lovely machine - almost silent, so much better than my old noisy machine!

No more Haribo though - SAD - but excellent service by OCUK>
 
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