Now what?

landrover1946 · 24 Jul 2013 at 20:11

Hi ,
Just purchased and installed upgrade from Overclockers i.e Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+)DDR3 Motherboard, AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor and Crucial Ballistix Sport (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit.
Installed everything turned on won't boot. The only thing i have noticed is the CPU fan is barely turning. Rang Overclockers three times today they were not really interested ! My power supply is a 780W and wondering if this is past it's sell by date ? I have built computers before so i know what i am doing. Can anyone help ?

Regards

Fred

Doomedspeed · 24 Jul 2013 at 20:18

What make is your PSU?

I think that motherboard has 2 CPU headers, one for full power one for PWM, can you confirm that you have used the correct one (full power)?

Does the motherboard light come on when you press the power button?

landrover1946 · 24 Jul 2013 at 20:38

It doesn't appear to have any lights on the motherboard unlike my old one wich lit up like a christmas tree make of psu g7 power extreme 780w RoHS

teppic · 24 Jul 2013 at 20:46

Are you sure you've firmly plugged in both motherboard power sockets, and any graphics card ones?

When you press the power button, the CPU fan starts up slowly, but nothing else happens? Do the HDDs spin up?

RJC · 24 Jul 2013 at 20:46

Just to confirm all power connections are connected including the 8 pin for cpu power and both for the GPU.

Check the memory are in the correct slots as some boards are fussy.

Also try a CMOS reset.

landrover1946 · 24 Jul 2013 at 21:03

Yes all fimly plugged in HDD does appear to spin up

landrover1946 · 24 Jul 2013 at 21:08

Yes RJC done all you suggested still no go ?

teppic · 24 Jul 2013 at 21:13

Do you have another graphics card to try with?

Try one RAM stick at a time to see if maybe one of them is faulty.

landrover1946 · 24 Jul 2013 at 21:19

Did that same as before

teppic · 24 Jul 2013 at 21:22

You tried another graphics card too?

landrover1946 · 24 Jul 2013 at 21:32

Yes no go i might take up knitting?

teppic · 24 Jul 2013 at 21:38

Not looking good.

I take it you took the PSU out of a working system? You're sure it's fine?

Have you tried switching it on with only the memory, CPU and graphics card plugged in?

landrover1946 · 24 Jul 2013 at 21:46

Yes. If it turns out to be the psu can any one recommend one for my system

RJC · 24 Jul 2013 at 21:51

Try the PSU test:

PSU options:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-003-XF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1497

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-123-TT&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2219

landrover1946 · 24 Jul 2013 at 22:17

Just did the psu test as surggested psu & case fans spinning away merrily but does it have sufficient power to run the motherboard?

RJC · 24 Jul 2013 at 22:28

Can you look and see what REV board you have got, this should be in the top right hand corner, looking with the PCI slots on the left.

landrover1946 · 24 Jul 2013 at 22:35

RJC · 24 Jul 2013 at 22:39

Cheers, I had a horrible thought that the board might need a BIOS update, but on the REV 3.0 the lowest BIOS supports all CPU'S.

You have tried the CMOS reset using the on board jumper?

landrover1946 · 24 Jul 2013 at 22:45

Yes no jumpers install manual tells you to short them useing thin screwdriver

teppic · 24 Jul 2013 at 22:47

Your PSU has twice the power you'd need to get this booted up. It's looking like it may be a hardware fault.