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Fix!!* [Edit] PC won't start need help plz

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Eternalsin

Junior Member
I'm not exactly sure what is wrong but my psu won't powerup, no fans spinning or any kind of beeps, the LED light is blank in the front, when I turn on the "I" switch on the back. I have a seasonic s12-600, this is my first time building a pc. I'm not exactly sure what I did wrong but I follow the instructions book and wired everything correctly. I'm not sure if I got a dead psu.... Is there a way to determine if I got a dead one?

Below is my configuration.

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INTEL Conroe E6600 Core 2 Duo Processor 2.40Ghz 4MB S775 OEM
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Heat sink and Fan

THERMALRIGHT SI-128 CPU Cooling Heatsink - Retail
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Memory

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM Unbuffered DDR2 800
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Motherboard

P5W DH Deluxe Socket 775
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Case

Thermaltake EUREKA VC8000SWA W/Window No Power Supply Full Tower Case (Silver)
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Sound

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail
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Hard Drive

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
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CD/DVD Drive

SAMSUNG Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 5X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache ATA/ATAPI DVD Burner With LightScribe - OEM
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Power Supply

SeaSonic S12-600 ATX12V 600W Power Supply 100 - 240V UL, CE, CB, FCC - Retail
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Video Card

SAPPHIRE 100150L Radeon X1900XTX 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
 
Are you positive you have the case power connected to the right pins on the mobo?

I made that mistake on my first build. I was 1 pin too far to the left.

If that isn't the problem then you can try "jumpstarting" the PSU. Google for "jump PSU" although I doubt you have a dead PSU.
 
Originally posted by: Eternalsin
I'm not exactly sure what is wrong but my psu won't powerup, no fans spinning or any kind of beeps, the LED light is blank in the front, when I turn on the "I" switch on the back. I have a seasonic s12-600, this is my first time building a pc. I'm not exactly sure what I did wrong but I follow the instructions book and wired everything correctly. I'm not sure if I got a dead psu.... Is there a way to determine if I got a dead one?

Below is my configuration.

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INTEL Conroe E6600 Core 2 Duo Processor 2.40Ghz 4MB S775 OEM
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Heat sink and Fan

THERMALRIGHT SI-128 CPU Cooling Heatsink - Retail
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Memory

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM Unbuffered DDR2 800
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Motherboard

P5W DH Deluxe Socket 775
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Case

Thermaltake EUREKA VC8000SWA W/Window No Power Supply Full Tower Case (Silver)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sound

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hard Drive

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CD/DVD Drive

SAMSUNG Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 5X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache ATA/ATAPI DVD Burner With LightScribe - OEM
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Power Supply

SeaSonic S12-600 ATX12V 600W Power Supply 100 - 240V UL, CE, CB, FCC - Retail
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Video Card

SAPPHIRE 100150L Radeon X1900XTX 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
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Got a paper clip and a voltmeter?

Jumper green to black at the ATX connector and make sure it powers up and measure all the voltages at a molex connector. Now remove the jumper and measure the 5v standby pin of the connector. (it's always on)

If all this checks out then your PSU is likely good.

P.S. I never completely build a system before powering it on for the first time. Start with MB, CPU, minimum memory, and a known good PSU and video card. Do it on the bench and if it POST's then you can start adding other components and put it in a case.
 
PSU is DoA, amazing... First time builders nightmare... Anyways I'm having this ship back to Newegg.

I need a PSU right now, I think i'm going to head to microcenter and buy one tmr in person, what is a good psu to buy at microcenter? Thanks.
 
Ok so I went to Microcenter and pick up a Enermax 535W psu, I connected it to the mobo, the onboard LED light turns green yay, at least I have a green light now!! I thought it would work, wire up the system, try to turn on the power switch and no power still.... absolutely no power.. I don't know what is wrong or what im doing wrong for that matter. I need help please, the led wire are all plugin correctly, I went over the wiring in the system quite a few times now and relook over the manual of the mobo, everything is plug in correctly.

Could it be my case wiring is defective? My mobo? my cpu? I got 0701 revision for the mobo. How do I figure out what is wrong...
 
I finally got my system up and running, the problem was the jumpers, the clear rtc ram cap was set to clear rtc, I had to move the cap back to normal (default). After moving back to default, I did some testing with a screwdriver with the power switch pins, to test if the system would turn on. Voila! it did. I will never make this mistake again when building a pc....

Time for me to learn how to overclock e6600 conroe, is there any guides out there? Thanks.
 
Sorry man, sounds funny, but go buy like 20 combos CPU+mobo+ram before you start OCing, cuz it looks like you gonna need 'em 🙂
😛
 
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