Hiya All!

[Flax Seed]

I finally came here after a very helpful essenbe pointed me in this direction.

So, my name is Flax Seed and I'm an alcoholi....

No wait wrong forum

essenbe said I should come over here but I'll be honest, I don't overclock and when I seen the thread topics I thought 'I'll get a ribbing over there because I don't speak the lingo" but essenbe said you guys are cool and are the best to ask about future purchases I plan to make.

So Hi

 

[Dude]

Hello Flax Seed, and welcome!

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Welcome to SF Flax Seed !

 

[Flax Seed]

Can I ask you guys something, this might sound weird, well, weird to me.

Does having a new psu or cpu/fan/mobo have teething problems. This happened more than once for me. I got a new psu (1000w corsair). I had to pump it (if that makes any sense). I was almost in tears thinking after I had replaced my old psu that it didn't work, it seems I had to let the power have time to flow?

Is that how they work? I was about to send my new psu back to corsair and all of a sudden "It's alive!" and worked ever since.

 

[Dude]

That sounds very strange. I would power dower and check all connections. Please explain pump it

 

[Flax Seed]

Lol pump it = off, on, off, on, reset, inject adrenaline lol. Panic attack from a noob, it worked in the end :S

This seems to happen to me a lot. It's probably because I'm an impatient moron. After I got my new cpu, when I sat it and pulled the arm, I freaked out because it made what can only be described as tiny robot leafs being crushed. I lifted the arm and yet again, almost tears lol (crybaby) I thought I had flattened the cpu connectors and that was why my new mobo wouldn't power on.

Turns out, thanks to corsair, the 12 pin slipped out on the psu end when I was changing mobo's
I almost sent mail to Amazon <--idiot

 

[Layback Bear]

What exact Corsair 1000W power supply do you have?

 

[Dude]

Okay, that makes sense. Please do a few things so we can help you better

First, fill in your system specs

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/180324-system-info-see-your-system-specs.html

I am curious why it had a slow start for you. Re-seating the connections may help, so do that.

Next we need to know what the voltages look like. You can read them in your bios, or use software and post a screenshot

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html

 

[Flax Seed]

What exact Corsair 1000W power supply do you have?

Corsair CP-9020062-UK RM Series RM1000 80 Plus Gold 1000W ATX/EPS Fully Modular Power Supply Unit

 

[Flax Seed]

Dude - I don't know voltages best I've done is change mine to 1600

I keep trying to be a smartass in my posts and regretting it

 

[Dude]

That would be your RAM, please fill I the system specs and we can work it from there.

 

[Flax Seed]

8 gig corsair vengeance
Asus - z87 mobo
gtx 780ti
i7 4770k
128gb ssd
1 idiot controller

 

[Layback Bear]

Be advised a Corsair (i) power supply will cycle one time if it has be removed from power. It is designed to do that. It is testing itself.
It will also turn it self on and off if it senses a short to any thing that it is plugged into.
Example:
If one has a shorted fan or lights the (i) Corsair power supply will sense it and cycle or shut down. I learned that the hard way.

 

[Flax Seed]

Be advised a Corsair (i) power supply will cycle one time if it has be removed from power. It is designed to do that. It is testing itself.

I'm sorry, what does that mean?

Will this pop my gfx card or cpu?

 

[Dude]

Check your connections, the PSU is pumping itself

 

[Layback Bear]

First off lets try to stick with some sort of basic computer terms.
Pumping is not one of them.

If your power supply is turning on and off it probably detects a short from something that is plugged into the power supply.

The first thing I would recommend checking is the motherboard stand offs. If their is one in the wrong place or a extra one it could short the motherboard.

It also helps to build your system outside the case first to make sure it works before you put it all in the case.
If everything works outside the case and you have problems after installing in the case you have installed something in the case wrong.

 

[Wrend]

Hey, Flax (hear you make some good oil... ) welcome to the forum.

You might want to check out this set of videos as well: Newegg TV: How To Build a Computer - Part 1 - Choosing Your Components - YouTube

Building, maintaining, and working with computers isn't all that difficult really, but it's good to have the basics down first so that you don't inadvertently mess something up.