building a computer

[mushroom3]

is it possible or difficult to find a DOA part if you have no spares? example if you press power and nothing happens

 

[crispy2010]

When this happens to me I take apart and put togather again. I have found that it is usually not doa part but user error. I will also put togather outside of case and start, could be something grounding out on case. Mabye you dont have power button hooked to right mobo lead.

 

[PhoenixOrion]

Originally posted by: mushroom3
is it possible or difficult to find a DOA part if you have no spares? example if you press power and nothing happens

after rechecking all your connections, its pretty much tough if you don't have spares or a friend/s who you can go to and borrow their parts to perform "process of elimination" and see which part is not responding: psu, cpu, ram, vidcard, mobo, hard drive, etc.

 

[Kanelin]

Originally posted by: PhoenixOrion

Originally posted by: mushroom3
is it possible or difficult to find a DOA part if you have no spares? example if you press power and nothing happens

after rechecking all your connections, its pretty much tough if you don't have spares or a friend/s who you can go to and borrow their parts to perform "process of elimination" and see which part is not responding: psu, cpu, ram, vidcard, mobo, hard drive, etc.

Exactly. I am going through this now. NewEgg is great, but I am running into a time crunch before I can no longer RMA anything. Unfortunately, this is what a lot of us run into, methinks.

 

[jackschmittusa]

Test the mb on the bench with 1 stick of ram, cpu + hsf, vid card.

 

[mushroom3]

Originally posted by: Kanelin

Originally posted by: PhoenixOrion

Originally posted by: mushroom3
is it possible or difficult to find a DOA part if you have no spares? example if you press power and nothing happens

after rechecking all your connections, its pretty much tough if you don't have spares or a friend/s who you can go to and borrow their parts to perform "process of elimination" and see which part is not responding: psu, cpu, ram, vidcard, mobo, hard drive, etc.

Exactly. I am going through this now. NewEgg is great, but I am running into a time crunch before I can no longer RMA anything. Unfortunately, this is what a lot of us run into, methinks.

so what happens when you run out of time? do stores usually understand? do they ever allow a RMA of all your parts? lol

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Post your full specs and maybe we can help.

I agree you should assemble outside the case with minimum components to start trouble shooting.

 

[mushroom3]

im planning on building my first system in spring and just want to be aware of the worst of cases

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: crispy2010
I will also put togather outside of case and start, could be something grounding out on case.

I always do this FIRST, before putting anything into a case. Basically have CPU/HSF/RAM/VIDEO installed (usually just on top of mobo box), hook up power supply and hook up a monitor, see if I can get into BIOS.