I'm not sure what i did wrong. Alright so my build is this:
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/ViolentBoo/saved/1OAC
I know that all these are compatible and I know i installed them correctly. At first failure, the switch for the power supply wasn't flipped on. The second failure the Power switch wire was not connected properly. So I adjusted them both and I still end up with no fans spinning. So what are you thought and can you guys help me? I sort of think that my PSU is DOA, but when I hit the power switch on the PC, the lights in my room, flicker. That's suppoused to happen right? It happens with other things I have.
What do I do?
try a different room of the house (different circut) if your lights flicker than you probably don't have enough amperage to power the pc from that outlet
keep in mind that i'm using only my electrical knowlage and not my computer knowlage
Just tried it, it didn't work. Not even the power supply fan is spinning, is it DOA?
Sounds like you have to many outlets on one circuit for your room.
If your house was built quite a while ago(decades ago) then it's very likely the wiring isn't up to code and fully functional* or to say functioning efficiently.
Like overlordnick said, I would try running it in another room to see if, if it does work, I would try unplugging as many things in your room as you can and then try it. I hope I helped and if I didn't, hopefully someone else chimes in to get you on track!
Also, double, triple check ALL of your connections on your PC. Make sure nothing is grounding any of the electronic components out.
Did you make sure to ground yourself out before assembling, so as to not have static discharge on something?
Thanks for the help! The house was actually build in 2003, not to long ago but I'll give it a shot.
^ Yeah I would have just said the same as Blackbirdv3, unplug as many things and possible, and try it then.
I also added a new part to my last post, so check it out if the formentioned methods don't work.
Also, just thought of one more thing, make sure you have your power button/reset/ and what not on your case wired correctly to your MOBO. I could imagine if you had some of them wired incorrectly you could run into problems?
Just tired a few outlets and unplugging a lot of things. Nothing worked. I grounded myself out, many times through out the build process. Let me double check all my connections.
It may be possible that your power supply was built for a differant amperage. In america, the amperage 'coming out of the wall' is 110 volts and in Australia it is 240 volts. maybe it doesnt matter but it is just a possiblity.
maybe its the mobo grounding
check that the motherboard is grounded with standoffs, and manually put a ground wire on one of your stand offs and ground it to your power supply mounting screw.
or try booting the system without a case to see the problem persists or not.
I remember connecting an american 110v PSU on european powernet (220~230v)
It blew up in my face. It was a pretty cool lesson to learn. :-)
I unplugged and replugged everything. Still nothing.
Do you have all of your standoffs under your mother board for your case? And do you have ALL of your mobo screws in place, because if i'm not mistaken they're grounded connections when the screws are in, correct? Someone else chime in on that one.
I actually missed one. Well I had the stand off inplace but there was no screw that was ontop. So I put the screw in, pressed the power button. Still nothing. I'm going to try the boot out of case method in the morning, but is there anything else that I can try? Besides give up?
yes, your case is grounded with the cpu (via the case screws and housing of the PSU if im not mistaken.)
However, you need to make contact with the copper surface on the mobo around the hole with the standoffs, to the case. thats why standoffs are also copper along with the copper circle on the motherboard: they will form a conductor to the PSU via the case.
one should be enough, it doesnt appear to be a grounding issue.
Alright, I'm going to test this out in the morning. Wish me luck!
i would rebuild the computer because you may have put the cpu in upside down or something
I really hope that is not the case, or the CPU might be a goner then. :-P
But I do believe fans should be spinning, even without a cpu. not sure.
I don't think I did because there would be a LOT of resistance and a lot of pins would be bent. Also, I did match up the triangle on both the APU and the mobo. And there wasn't a row of pins after installing so it wasn't insterted 1 row downward.