a newbie power-up question

[shamans]

Whenever I switch on my power supply (hooked up to my motherboard), my cpu fan spins slowly for 1 second then stops. Is this normal?

Asrock 939 dual sata 2.

 

[shamans]

bump

 

[SonnyDaze]

Is the PSU up to the task? (Wattage, amps, etc...)

Are you using stand-offs to mount the mobo on in the case?

Have you tried powering up the mobo outside of the case?

All the power plugs plugged into the mobo?

 

[grooge]

Yes it is normal. this show that the motherboard is getting power and is ready to start. Lot of motherboard does that. others has a led that show when the motherboard is getting power.

 

[shamans]

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
Is the PSU up to the task? (Wattage, amps, etc...)

Considering that the mobo isn't even actually 'on', i'd say yes.

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze

Are you using stand-offs to mount the mobo on in the case?

yes

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze

Have you tried powering up the mobo outside of the case?

yes

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze

All the power plugs plugged into the mobo?

yes

The point is, everything is okay, I'm just wondering if it's normal...which leads us to....

Originally posted by: grooge
Yes it is normal. this show that the motherboard is getting power and is ready to start. Lot of motherboard does that. others has a led that show when the motherboard is getting power.

okay cool. Yeah, I'm used to the green led light, which was absent on this mobo.