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Windows 7 - Computer simply won't power on |
01-03-2012
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#1 | | Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1 |
Computer simply won't power on I just received my new computer parts today. Specs:
Core i5-2500K
Gigabyte P67X-UD3-B3 motherboard
Sapphire Radeon HD 6870
8 GB DDR3-1600 RAM
to go with my Corsair Force 2 120 GB SSD and 320 GB Seagate HDD. Now the only problem is, after I've connected everything, the computer simply won't power on. I have a Corsair 650W power supply so I'm PRETTY sure that shouldn't be an issue. I'm positive everything is connected to the board correctly so I'm at a loss. Any ideas?
| My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1 CPU Intel Core i5-2500K Motherboard Gigabyte P67X-UD3-B3 Memory 8 GB Corsair Vengeance Blue DDR3-1600 Graphics Card Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 1 GB GDDR5 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster T220HD Screen Resolution 1680x1050 PSU Corsair 650W Hard Drives 120 GB Corsair Force SSD + 320 GB Seagate Barracuda SATA2 + 2 TB My Book Elite Internet Speed 50 Mbps |
01-03-2012
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Maybe take out the ram and graphics and reseat them?
Triple check all the power cables are plugged in correctly?
I assume the power supply was from your last rig so it was working fine in that? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Paulpicks Special Edition OS windows 7 64 bit CPU i7 2600k @4.6ghz Motherboard Asus P8P67 EVO Memory 8gb G.skill Ripjaws X DDR3 2133Mhz 10-11-10-28 Graphics Card 2x KFA2 GTX 560ti Anarchy Edition in Sli Sound Card Xear 3d C Media PCI Monitor(s) Displays 27" Hanns-G HL272 Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech Mouse Coolermaster Storm Inferno PSU Antec Truepower New 750 Case Antec 1100 Cooling Thermaltake Frio. Case fans - 1x200mm, 5x120mm Hard Drives Crucial M4 64gb, 320 gb Seagate HDD. Internet Speed 76 meg down, 16 meg up Other Info My constant upgrades get me into a lot of trouble with her indoors, its a battle but the build must go on! |
01-03-2012
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#3 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 & Mac OS X 10.7.1 |
wont power on as in?
wont post, or just does nothing when you hit the power button?
If it does nothing when you hit the power button, have you actually got power? is there a switch on the rear of the psu? flick it. is the power button itself at fault? try manually shorting the pins together with a screw driver.
if it does power on and you get fan spinning but nothing else, check your 4/8 pin pci-e power cable is plugged in.
do you have a speaker attached to the mobo? does it give a post beep?
when building a new pc ALWAYS build it outside of the case first, i do it on top of the mobo box, jsut plug everything in or the minimal needed to make a computer work and turn it on, by manually shorting the + and - pins together. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Built by badgers!!! OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 & Mac OS X 10.7.1 CPU Intel Core i5 2500k Motherboard Asus P8z68 Memory Corsair Vengence 8gb 1866mhz Graphics Card XFX Ati HD6950 2Gb Sound Card Mobo Optical to Yamaha Rx-V667 7.2 home cinema system Monitor(s) Displays Samsung LED 32" TV Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Saitek Cyborg V7 Mouse Saitek R.A.T 9 PSU Corsair HX650w Modular Case NZXT Phantom White Cooling Corsair H60 Push/Pull Hard Drives 120gb Corsair Force 3 SSD Internet Speed Too slow! Other Info AMD fusion E350N Home server-Windows Home Server 2011 (also made by badgers!)
2011 Macbook 2.4ghz Core2Duo, 4gb ddr3, 120gb Ocz Vertex SSD |
01-03-2012
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Quote: Originally Posted by KazeNoKoe23 I just received my new computer parts today. Specs:
Core i5-2500K
Gigabyte P67X-UD3-B3 motherboard
Sapphire Radeon HD 6870
8 GB DDR3-1600 RAM
to go with my Corsair Force 2 120 GB SSD and 320 GB Seagate HDD. Now the only problem is, after I've connected everything, the computer simply won't power on. I have a Corsair 650W power supply so I'm PRETTY sure that shouldn't be an issue. I'm positive everything is connected to the board correctly so I'm at a loss. Any ideas?
CMOS battery checked/replaced? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavillion dv-7 1005 Tx OS WCP ONLY CPU 2@2.4 Memory 4 gigs Graphics Card Nvidia 9600M Sound Card HD built-in Monitor(s) Displays 17" Wxga Screen Resolution 1440x900 Cooling none Internet Speed 45Mb down 5Mb up |
01-03-2012
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Newer PSUs are getting more and more finicky about supplying power if they feel that anything is wrong...
You will usually get an indication of this in that the cpu fan gets a power hit and moves a bit but then shuts off instantly.
Make sure that you have (besides the large power plug) the CPU power plug installed and the right one, could be 4 or 6 or possibly even 8 pins. Also that your GPU has all of it's "external" power connectors populated. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Scratch built OS Windows 7 x64 Ultimate CPU i7 960 Motherboard Asus P6X58D Memory 12 Gig Corsair Dominator Graphics Card Nvidia 480 Sound Card Maudio Delta 44 + breakout box Monitor(s) Displays Dell UltraSharp U2410 24in and Samsung 21 dual monitors Screen Resolution 1920x1200 and 1280x1024 Keyboard Logitech G15 + N52 game pad Mouse Logitech MX518 PSU Corasair TX850 Case Cooler Master HAF Cooling Corsair H50 Hard Drives Primary: Intel X-25M G2 160G SSD
Secondary: Segate baracuda 1.0 TB
HDs in AHCI mode. Internet Speed 15kbs down 4.5kbps up Other Info WEI 7.6
CPU & RAM 7.6
Graphics 7.9
Hard disk 7.7 |
01-03-2012
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#6 | | Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1 |
I solved the issue. There was something seated incorrectly on the board. As soon as I removed it, the computer was able to power on. Should've kept trying before I posted a thread. Thanks for the help though, guys. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1 CPU Intel Core i5-2500K Motherboard Gigabyte P67X-UD3-B3 Memory 8 GB Corsair Vengeance Blue DDR3-1600 Graphics Card Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 1 GB GDDR5 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster T220HD Screen Resolution 1680x1050 PSU Corsair 650W Hard Drives 120 GB Corsair Force SSD + 320 GB Seagate Barracuda SATA2 + 2 TB My Book Elite Internet Speed 50 Mbps |
01-03-2012
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#7 | | Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit |
You may want to read this useful guide: No Power to Computer - How To Troubleshoot a Computer That Shows No Sign of Power
When you put the case back together did you make sure everything was seated correctly?
I was troubleshooting a friends computer recently and it turned out that the front panel wasn't seated correctly, which meant the power switch wasn't being pushed in fully.
As this computer was self-built, did you double check everything was configured correctly? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion Elite 495UK OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit CPU Intel Core i7 870 @ 2.93GHz Motherboard MSI 2A9C (CPU1) Memory 8Gb Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz Graphics Card nVidia GeForce GTX 460 1024MB dedicated RAM Sound Card Realtek HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays HP2310i Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Keyboard Logitech K750 solar-powered keyboard Mouse Logitech Wireless M180 mouse PSU 460W Case HP Elite Cooling Air cooled Hard Drives 1x1954GB Hitachi HDS22020ALA 330 (RAID), 1x1954GB Hitachi External for backup and storage Internet Speed 2Mb Other Info Pure Avanti Flow Internet Radio with iPod Dock, 64Gb iPod, HP USB Speakers, Sony MDR-V500 Headphones, Sony Vaio F-Series Laptop |
01-03-2012
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Quote: Originally Posted by KazeNoKoe23 I solved the issue. There was something seated incorrectly on the board. As soon as I removed it, the computer was able to power on. Should've kept trying before I posted a thread. Thanks for the help though, guys. 
Glad you got it sorted | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Paulpicks Special Edition OS windows 7 64 bit CPU i7 2600k @4.6ghz Motherboard Asus P8P67 EVO Memory 8gb G.skill Ripjaws X DDR3 2133Mhz 10-11-10-28 Graphics Card 2x KFA2 GTX 560ti Anarchy Edition in Sli Sound Card Xear 3d C Media PCI Monitor(s) Displays 27" Hanns-G HL272 Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech Mouse Coolermaster Storm Inferno PSU Antec Truepower New 750 Case Antec 1100 Cooling Thermaltake Frio. Case fans - 1x200mm, 5x120mm Hard Drives Crucial M4 64gb, 320 gb Seagate HDD. Internet Speed 76 meg down, 16 meg up Other Info My constant upgrades get me into a lot of trouble with her indoors, its a battle but the build must go on! |
01-03-2012
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#9 | | Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit |
You're welcome.
It's normally the simple things that cause this sort of problem and you could have have considered yourself unlucky if the new power supply had failed.
Thanks for the update. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion Elite 495UK OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit CPU Intel Core i7 870 @ 2.93GHz Motherboard MSI 2A9C (CPU1) Memory 8Gb Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz Graphics Card nVidia GeForce GTX 460 1024MB dedicated RAM Sound Card Realtek HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays HP2310i Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Keyboard Logitech K750 solar-powered keyboard Mouse Logitech Wireless M180 mouse PSU 460W Case HP Elite Cooling Air cooled Hard Drives 1x1954GB Hitachi HDS22020ALA 330 (RAID), 1x1954GB Hitachi External for backup and storage Internet Speed 2Mb Other Info Pure Avanti Flow Internet Radio with iPod Dock, 64Gb iPod, HP USB Speakers, Sony MDR-V500 Headphones, Sony Vaio F-Series Laptop |
01-03-2012
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#10 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit sp1 |
Just to point out to a few that don't know this
First time builders may get this due to not grounding the board correctly to the case or configuring the ground screws in the right areas the board was designed for
In case someone has a issue that is also something to check for
When the motherboard is not seated properly it will attempt to turn on but fail
Just some extra info | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Built by me Bulldozer series Generation FX OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit sp1 CPU BullDozer 8120-30p Oc'ed BE 4.5Ghz 1.44 V-core Motherboard MSI 990FXA-GD80 Memory 8 Gigs of Corsair Vengeance Ram 1600mhz-Oc'ed 1760 Mhz Graphics Card Radeon Diamond Hd 6870 1gb Msi Twin frozer Hd6870 1gb X-fire Sound Card THX tru souround sound audio Monitor(s) Displays 22" envision 1050dp hdmi 37in vizio hdmi dual monitors Screen Resolution 1680x1050 22"- 1920x1080 37" Keyboard Logitech wireless keyboard Mouse Logitech wireless mouse PSU AX850w Corsair Gold 80plus certified crosfire/sli Case 2-CoolerMaster Elite 371 Yes same case for 2 different Pc's Cooling Antec 620 Water cooling system and 4 120 mm LED fans Hard Drives Corsair 80 Gb SSD Seagate baracuda 500 Gb WD Mybook 500Gb Internet Speed Cable 20+ mb Other Info I have 2 systems Bulldozer AM3+ 8120-30P Oc'ed 4.5Ghz AM2+ 925 deneb 2.8 to 3.2 Ghz Both stable Both Gaming Rigs Diamond/MSI HD 6870 1Gb X-fire and Diamond HD5770 1Gb Also Hp Notebook 1.65 ghz Dual core amd E-450 8gb Patriot Ram DDR3 Discrete Gpu Hd6320 dedicated ram 1973 mb 15.5 screen Computer simply won't power on problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:02 PM. |  |