Newly Set Up PC doesn't turn on

danyjr

danyjr

danyjr

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sigh...

I'm cooling the LGA 1150 (4770k) using a Corsair H100i.

I've got 4 cables coming out of the pump:

2 x 4 pin connectors, each connected to a fan.
1 x USB cable connected to motherboard USB header.
1 x SATA power connector connected to PSU SATA Power
1 x 3 pin connector connected to motherboard's 4 pin (marked as CPU_FAN on a Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4h).

Also regarding connecting the chassis's Power cable (2 pin), does it matter which orientation I choose to connect it to the motherboard (e.g. is there a negative/positive or either way will do)?

Just wanted to make sure these are ok.

Also what are the minimum components to connect to the motherboard to make it power up? Basically I want to take everything off apart from the bare minimum and see what's wrong.

Many thanks in advance.
 
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The orientation of the 2pin power doesnt matter.

All you need on the board for it to power up is CPU+RAM and Cooler.
 
Check you have the auxiliary power connector plugged in. It's the one up in the top left next to the 2 mainboard heatsinks. It's a 10pin connector (2x5) on the mainboard but the connector on the PSU could be anything from 4 pin up to 10.
 
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You need just the CPU,one stick of memory to boot the pc,power wise you need the 4pin CPU power plug and the 24pin motherboard power plug connected from psu to motherboard,it should startup and let you access the BIOS by pressing delete key

Remember to connect the monitor display cable into the back of the mb,hdmi/dvi/vga ect
 
Silly me...it was actually the plug that was not working :))

Thanks for the advice though

Just a question...when I booted the PC for the first time with Windows 8 DVD it asked me which drive I want to install it on (250GB SSD or 2TB HDD) which obviously I chose the SSD.

Now though with Windows installed I cannot seem to find the HDD no more. What's going on?!
 
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Goto admin control, then disk management and set up a new simple volume on it? you should see it listed as a grey shaded area ready for formatting etc.
 
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