Swapping Case Woes :/

G|mp · 29 Mar 2008 at 23:45

Hello all

I swapped my system into a new case and plugged everything back in but it wont boot

The power LED stays on so i know somethings plugged in wrong i just dont know what

Any help much appreciated, i know its something blindingly obvious

Thanks

fobose · 29 Mar 2008 at 23:51

Could you be more specific? When you press the power button what actually happens? Do all the fans spin up fine? I would try reseating the graphics card first, but more info will help us help you.

G|mp · 30 Mar 2008 at 00:04

Nothing happens no post or anything just the LED on thats it :/

Ive checked the mobo manual and it looks like ive done everything right with regards to the pain in the arse little conectors for the front panel

4T5 · 30 Mar 2008 at 00:08

Any Beeps ?
I know you've checked the control panel via the manual but the manuals are often wrong well not wrong just interpreted differently & i still think it'll be down to that.
Search on the web for a control panel diagram.

fobose · 30 Mar 2008 at 00:11

If the power LED is always on, it probably means you have plugged it in the wrong way around. The power/rest switch dont matter which way around you plug them in but the LED's do. Although I doubt that will help the problem.

G|mp · 30 Mar 2008 at 00:22

Getting no beeps or anything only the LED on ive unplugged all the drives so the only things connected are the chip,ram, gfx card and the front panel switches :/

Monkeynut · 30 Mar 2008 at 00:40

Tried it out of the case, sitting on a shoebox or sometihng?

TechnoCorruption · 30 Mar 2008 at 09:23

I would definitely double check the power and led connectors from the case to the motherboard. Once I had a couple of the front panel connectors upside down and it caused a few problems.

On all the motherboards I have had the writing on each connector has been facing downwards to the bottom of the case. If you have no luck with this then I would suggest taking it out of the case and setting it up on a box as suggested above.

At least then if it works there and you know it works in your old case then it would point to something shorting out between the case and the motherboard in your new one.

G|mp · 30 Mar 2008 at 10:30

Its all sorted, i had plugged the front panel in wrong somewhere :/

TechnoCorruption · 30 Mar 2008 at 12:43

Don't you love it when its something so simple

I recently just swapped my build into a htpc case, I went to switch it on and there was no boot.

I opened the case back up and checked all cables, I then rolled of my entire vocabulary of swear words before realising that I had not flicked the switch on the psu