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PSU or motherboard faulty?

Balinus

Junior Member
Nov 14, 2011
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Hello,

I have a problem with either my MB or my PSU. Before returning both, I'd prefer if I could just return the faulty hardware. I made a short video of the behavior so if any one can help me, that would be greatly appreciated!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3xGyjvlKYs

Sorry for the english
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To sum it up :

As soon as I plug the PSU into the wall, the fans and the HDD begins spinning.... Then I turn on the PC and the PC behave as normal.

When I just plug the ATX 24pin power, only the fan are spinning (no power to HDD). But when I connect the cable on the ATX power (so that SATA cable etc have power), the HDD is beginning to spin.

I don't have a lot of experience building PC (last one was a 386!), but I can understand
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Thanks a lot for your help!

MB : Asrock A75M-ITX
PSU : 120W picoPSU
 

kbp

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Oct 8, 2011
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do you have the power button plugged into the correct pins on the motherboard....and the reset button plugged into the motherboard correctly???
 

Balinus

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Nov 14, 2011
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I don't have a reset button.

I believe that I've adequately connected the power button. It is plugged as shown in the figure below. The positive is in PWRBTN# and negative in GND.