So close yet so far

[Lyndonovich]

Honestly no clue, everything is plugged in and to the best of my knowledge it's correct but I'm getting no joy. I'm going to call them tomorrow and see what we can do

 

[mickyflinn]

Can you test the psu by doing the paperclip test with a fan connected.

Just to clarify you have swapped the motherboard and psu.

Any power led lights on the motherboard.

 

[Journey]

Happy to take a look at it if you live local to me, plenty of spares on hand (normally).

 

[Lyndonovich]

@mickyflinn what's the paperclip test?

@Journey I live in London so probably a bit far I think, thank you though

 

[Journey]

@Journey I live in London so probably a bit far I think, thank you though

Booo, sorry.

Did you build it outside of the case as suggested, it is so easy to have a case short that causes the machine not to boot at all, especially if it is your first build. If you just have the board/CPU/RAM and literally nothing else connected, other than the PSU all out side of the case (and the boxed cooler), no hard drives, no keyboards, no graphics cards etc. literally nothing else Just turn it on with the screw driver method (which I see you are familiar with) and then watch to see what the diagnostic LED's do near the CPU 24-pin power connector, obviously you'll get no display in the monitor but that isn't what we are looking for, we are going back to basics here.

 

[mickyflinn]

Paperclip test jump starts your psu without being plugged into any components except may be fan to see it runs.

As suggested by journey build outside the case.

 

[Lyndonovich]

Yarp, have tried starting it with barely anything plugged in while it was outside the case and got nothing.
Also it's a brand new power supply after I sent the original back, they just sent a new one for me so I thought that it was faulty

 

[mickyflinn]

Test the psu with the paperclip method.

 

[VortexA1]

Test the psu with the paperclip method.

Definitely! Once this is done we can confirm 100% whether the PSU is the problem or not.

 

[VortexA1]

What did OCuk say??

 

[freddie64]

@Lyndonovich

Can you try the stock CPU cooler?

Thinking that when you returned the mobo, they would have used this cooler and not a fancy one.

Not even sure wiring a RGB cooler wrong will cause this much problem, but worth a shot.

 

[VortexA1]

No news /or tested PSU?

 

[Lyndonovich]

So far waiting for the CPU to be received by OCUK and tested, should be today or tomorrow

 

[VortexA1]

So far waiting for the CPU to be received by OCUK and tested, should be today or tomorrow

Sorry to hear all of this . What an unlucky start to PC building mate, pc building should be a rewarding fun experience.

 

[Lyndonovich]

Had to throw in the towel. Sending everything back and going to buy a pre-built one.

 

[mickyflinn]

Had to throw in the towel. Sending everything back and going to buy a pre-built one.

Unfortunate but I can't see anything else you could do but return it.

You could always ask them to build it for you if your happy with that.

 

[rchads89]

I had exact same problem with my build last month exactly same issues turned out to be a faultly PSU was a brand new EVGA one.

 

[Lyndonovich]

Yeah, I said that I'd just buy pas it'll be pre-builtre-built one. Though could use some advice on how to spec it out

 

[Sparx]

@Lyndonovich what a ball ache, very odd..

If you're happy with the components themselves btw, OcUK can build your basket for you? They usually just charge a ~£100 odd build fee on top. If you ask on the phone or in Customer Service subforum? Or ask at same time you talk about returning the lot... See what they can do?

 

[mickyflinn]

Do you want it built to the same spec as your parts or a maximum budget.