My rig has
Asus P5N-E Sli 775
E6400
Corsair Dominator 2GB
680W Thermalright Purepower
2x 8800GTS 640mb
I was air cooling it before with a Vigor Monsoon II and it was running fine, I decided to go with watercooling so I removed everything then installed the waterblocks & etc. I ran the waterloop for 24 hours and it ran fine without leaks.
So I finally install the rest of the system and turn on the computer.
Computer powers on and all the parts power on. But the computer isn't posting.
The monitor stays in power saving mode and never comes out of it.
I tried removing the motherboard to check if the case is some how shorting out the motherboard, but all the screws have washers so I'm kinda stumped. My only other assumption of a possible short is the raisers from the motherboard tray, they are your typical metal raisers but I can't put a washer on them because they fall off the moment I put the motherboard on. Plus I didn't put washers when it was still being air cooled and it ran fine, so i'm not sure why it would be a problem now.
I tried using different RAM slots and no cigar, i tried putting a 120mm fan on the CPU plug on the mobo (just incase the PC won't power up cause of no signs of a CPU HSF. Reset CMOS also and no luck.
Any help would be great, because i'm getting pretty frustrated after spending 400 dollars on new cooling and the computer isn't working.
P.S. someone recommended removing the CMOS battery, but on my manual it says it erases the bios. My bios chip is integrated into the board, so I'm a little hesitant on pulling out the battery and I'm not entirely sure how it would help. If anyone can explain please do
Asus P5N-E Sli 775
E6400
Corsair Dominator 2GB
680W Thermalright Purepower
2x 8800GTS 640mb
I was air cooling it before with a Vigor Monsoon II and it was running fine, I decided to go with watercooling so I removed everything then installed the waterblocks & etc. I ran the waterloop for 24 hours and it ran fine without leaks.
So I finally install the rest of the system and turn on the computer.
Computer powers on and all the parts power on. But the computer isn't posting.
The monitor stays in power saving mode and never comes out of it.
I tried removing the motherboard to check if the case is some how shorting out the motherboard, but all the screws have washers so I'm kinda stumped. My only other assumption of a possible short is the raisers from the motherboard tray, they are your typical metal raisers but I can't put a washer on them because they fall off the moment I put the motherboard on. Plus I didn't put washers when it was still being air cooled and it ran fine, so i'm not sure why it would be a problem now.
I tried using different RAM slots and no cigar, i tried putting a 120mm fan on the CPU plug on the mobo (just incase the PC won't power up cause of no signs of a CPU HSF. Reset CMOS also and no luck.
Any help would be great, because i'm getting pretty frustrated after spending 400 dollars on new cooling and the computer isn't working.
P.S. someone recommended removing the CMOS battery, but on my manual it says it erases the bios. My bios chip is integrated into the board, so I'm a little hesitant on pulling out the battery and I'm not entirely sure how it would help. If anyone can explain please do
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