New pc case and mobo p5b-vm do green light on board

[fspsyco]

Story time: a few years ago I started upgrading my pc an hp a6244n I bought a cpu and a gpu GTX 550 ti And an Intel e7500 the gpu worked but the cpu did not because the mobo could not support it so I bought a mobo that could i.e. (P5b-vm do) but the chord for the power button did not match so I recently bought a case to get it all working a rosewill fmb-01 and got it together only to find there's a green light blinking on the mobo when I went to plug it in I also bought a PSu Rosewill 450W 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Power Supply CAPSTONE-450 Black

 

[Layback Bear]

The manual that came with your new motherboard should tell you what the blinking green light means.

 

[derekimo]

Is it this light?

 

[fspsyco]

The manual that came with your new motherboard should tell you what the blinking green light means.

As I said I bought most of these parts a couple years ago so I honestly don't know where it is but I Think there's an online manual

 

[fspsyco]

Is it this light?

Yes

 

[derekimo]

Is it this light?

Yes

Well the explanation for that light seems to be easy to understand, if it's on don't start plugging things in or unplugging things. It's basically a power indicator to remind you not to do those things.

 

[derekimo]

That's on page 18 of the manual,

View attachment e2869_p5b-vm-do.pdf

 

[Layback Bear]

I do wonder why the light is blinking.

From post #1

only to find there's a green light blinking on the mobo when I went to plug it in I also bought a PSu Rosewill 450W 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Power Supply CAPSTONE-450 Black

Anyway; a copy of your motherboard manual in my opinion is a absolute necessity.

I will go back to watching.

 

[fspsyco]

Is it this light?

Yes

Well the explanation for that light seems to be easy to understand, if it's on don't start plugging things in or unplugging things. It's basically a power indicator to remind you not to do those things.

I'm just trying to figure out where I went wrong I'll upload a couple pictures here to see if you guys can help diagnose the problem wether it's my bad pc knowledge or something else

 

[derekimo]

I do wonder why the light is blinking.

I was wondering why it was blinking too, I didn't see anything in my quick skim but it might be blinking to alert that plugging something in is not supposed to be done while it is on.

 

[fspsyco]

I do wonder why the light is blinking.

I was wondering why it was blinking too, I didn't see anything in my quick skim but it might be blinking to alert that plugging something in is not supposed to be done while it is on.

Well I plugged it in not trying to power it on and the light blinks

 

[derekimo]

I do wonder why the light is blinking.

I was wondering why it was blinking too, I didn't see anything in my quick skim but it might be blinking to alert that plugging something in is not supposed to be done while it is on.

Well I plugged it in not trying to power it on and the light blinks

Well just Googling that blinking issue brings up a few things, like something plugged in the USB, another one mentions some washers on the standoffs.

Something is connected wrong or grounding or something like that would be my guess, I'd go through and make sure everything is connected correctly and you aren't grounded on something you shouldn't be.

I think if you post some pictures the more informed folks can help you better.

 

[fspsyco]

Well here it's the best I could do with an iPad m.imgur.com/a/jfPtT

 

[derekimo]

I think it's almost impossible to see anything like that, you got a pretty crowded case.

I know I would just probably pull it all out and start over, check things as I go to make sure.

Maybe someone else has some suggestions you can try.

Is this your case?

Rosewill FBM-01 Dual Fans MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case-Newegg.com

Just posting it for others in case they want to know.

 

[fspsyco]

Yea I'll give it another shot tomorrow see if it was something minor

 

[fspsyco]

Well I tore it down and put it back together I also took pictures and found a speaker wire in the 2nd picture but to no avail the light still blinks when I plug it in Tech 2 - Album on Imgur

 

[fspsyco]

Quick question there's these gold color screws that have an open head for another screw I read somewhere if you don't have those screwed in the pc won't boot so I put em on and I'm putting it all back together see if that helps



Edit: I have it together with the gold screws and now the light doesn't blink but stays solid green

 

[derekimo]

Quick question there's these gold color screws that have an open head for another screw I read somewhere if you don't have those screwed in the pc won't boot so I put em on and I'm putting it all back together see if that helps

That sounds like the standoffs,

You definitely need those,

That keeps your mobo and the metal case separated.

Edit: I have it together with the gold screws and now the light doesn't blink but stays solid green

That sounds like how it's supposed be when there is power present,

I think you figured out your problem and fixed it unless you are seeing something else.

 

[fspsyco]

It's still not powering on

 

[derekimo]

It's still not powering on

OK, but the light is on or has that changed?

This is probably something not connected all the way or correctly.

I'm not too savvy on troubleshooting these things, mine went together with no issues at all.

It was nice, but I didn't learn any troubleshooting that way.