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nadders

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hi , am building a new system and have ran into a problem . when i switch on the power the comp trys to work fans try and spin but then it goes dead . i using a gigabyte ga-965p-ds4 motherboard and e6600 processor. i tried everything i can think of have reinstalled everything including the processor with arctic silver paste, unplugged all the drives and mouse/keyboard even the monitor. removed one of the ram boards and even all the cables except the 2x4 and 24 pin motherboard power leads and the graphics card power cable but still same problem. am thinking it may be a dodgy psu and my brother got a antec tester he is bringing over tomorrow but i doubt its that (antec 500w) but i really no clue any thoughts or help welcome.
 
It sounds like either you're right about the power supply being the problem, or there's a short somewhere that's causing the power supply to self protect. The only way to know would be to test the power supply on another system and/or test your setup with another supply.

Good luck. 🙂
 
cheers , am thinking of rebuilding it for a 3rd time but i am almost certain there a power fault , will probally test the psu with a tester failing that i will reassemble it out of the case ,do i need all the case plugs(front panel/front audio/usb/f1394) in or can i just assemble with the power button? just to check its not a short n the case. if worse come to worse i will buy a new psu and then if no joy probally send the motherboard back.
cheers
 
The start swich on the front of the case is a momentary closure that shorts a logic signal to ground. You can do the same thing with any kind of momentary contact, such as by using a screwdriver, to short across the two pins for that switch.
 
well just tested the antec psu and it faulty out of the 5 tests 4 of them are not working properly . grrr but hopefully thats all that was wrong. will retr again with a new psu
 
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