Power Problems

[Zell]

Well I just got all of the hardware compiled for my new system and put it all together. Only one thing wrong. It doesn't power up. The psu fan will move maybe half and turn then die. I figured, its a psu problem. I went to town and bought a brand new psu and tried it. Same thing. I have pulled cards out, reseated ram, checked switches and power buttons wires and I get nothing. So I'm leaning toward it being three things that are crapped on it: (1)RAM (2)Processor (1.1GHZ Duron) or (3) My mobo is crapped. But the symptoms are I hit the power button, the psu fan turns a little then dies. After that it does nothing when i hit the power button. If I disconnect the connector from the motherboard and plug it back in and hit the power button the fan will move a little again then nothing. Let me know what ya guys think.

 

[RemyCanad]

First make sure you powersupply is set to 115 ( or what ever your need). But since you bought another one then I bet it is.

Can you post all the spec such as motherboard brand/model.

 

[Zell]

The motherboard is an ECS K7S5A. I checked over the processor and it doesn't seem to have defect. The mother board is hard telling. Its a fairly new board so I dont really know. I'm going to try to get the warranty info and RMA the cpu and mobo.

 

[amdskip]

Try booting with everything outside of the system without any hard drives, cdroms, burners, etc. hooked up. Use only the bare minimum of things. I'm guessing the motherboard is shorting out on something.

 

[Zell]

Well i took the board out of the system checked the risers. All looks good. I ten took pieces off one by one till i was down the the processor. Took the processor off, hit the power.....powered up fine. My resolution is cpu. what's your takes?

 

[RemyCanad]

I agree, time to RMA that sucker

 

[Zell]

Well to my loss the warranty on the processor ended a week ago . I'll scrounge up some stuff to sell I guess to buy a new one.....

 

[RemyCanad]

I guess it was an OEM processor... How long did you wait to hook it up?