Solved Rosewell Challenger help.

[Britton30]

One more thing is that you may have something connected wrong. You just took all the parts and transferred to another case. Make sure those mobo stand-offs are doing their job and the board is not shorting against the mobo tray.
If you have run cables behind the board, one may be shorted to the board, those solder points can be sharp. You don't list what type of HDD you have. If it is SATA make sure the data and power connectors are tight and locked in on both ends.

I see you have 6GB RAM listed for your 32bit Windows install. 32 bit OS's will only recognize a max of about 3.5GB, any more is wasted and could cause stability issues.

 

[Swifty]

One more thing is that you may have something connected wrong. You just took all the parts and transferred to another case. Make sure those mobo stand-offs are doing their job and the board is not shorting against the mobo tray.
If you have run cables behind the board, one may be shorted to the board, those solder points can be sharp. You don't list what type of HDD you have. If it is SATA make sure the data and power connectors are tight and locked in on both ends.

I see you have 6GB RAM listed for your 32bit Windows install. 32 bit OS's will only recognize a max of about 3.5GB, any more is wasted and could cause stability issues.

Everything is plugged in the way it was previously, and the standoff's are all in their proper places, the cables behind the motherboard are separated by the case the only opening exposing the mother board is the mounting bracket for my cpu fan. My Hard drive is SATA and the cords are properly connected snug.

The only difference I found with this case is the fact the powersupply is located on the bottom of my case where as my old case had the power supply on the top and the cpu power cord is quite a stretch over top of my graphics card.

 

[essenbe]

Did you try Doc's suggestion in post #31 and also try switching the power led and the reset led?

 

[Swifty]

Did you try Doc's suggestion in post #31 and also try switching the power led and the reset led?

I did yes, and that did not work.

 

[essenbe]

After all of that, I have to conclude that it is your PSU. I only wish there was a way to just test one before you bought it to make sure that is the problem.

 

[DocBrown]

 

[essenbe]

Doc, thanks for the moral support. I've tried everything else I know as have you and several others. If everything else is right there is only one conclusion.

 

[Swifty]

how unfortunate, I guess there is no way of finding out to be quite honest, but if you guys could link me to any good power supplies can be bundled with something or not, but whatever is a better deal,

 

[essenbe]

Cooler Master GX650
Corsair TX650
Seasonic 620
Corsait TX750

Sorry about your situation. You may be able to find these somewhere near you or at a better price. These are not package deals. But just look at them and look at the reviews.

 

[Britton30]

Check my post 30. Is the PSU fan running?
Themaltake TRX-650M one more to look for.
Hopefully there is a nearby shop to get one.

 

[Swifty]

The computer won't start as in nothing powers up, not even the power supply, but there is a green LED light on the motherboard that lights up when the AC cable is plugged in.

 

[DocBrown]

Do you still have your old case ? Can you take the ON /OFF switch from it & try it on the MB ? If the LED on the MB is ON, then it is getting some sort of voltage to the MB, but maybe not 100% of what is needed.

 

[Swifty]

I tried that just now, I don't think I can go back to my old one because I accidently stripped the wire from the reset switch, but either way it did not work, so im guessing the power switch is not the problem.

 

[Britton30]

If you are getting a green LED, something is powering up. What I have asked is the PSU FAN running. If not it'll be a-humming'. check the PSU fan. Take an empty paper towel tube and use it to listen to various places to isolate this humming.

 

[Swifty]

So I listened more closely and it sounds like a high pitched humming noise and whenever I hit the power button it increases in sound but when I let go of the power button it continues at the level it was before, and power again higher and then low, what does this mean?

 

[Britton30]

Sounds like something is not properly connected to me. Try flipping the power button connector over and putting it back on.

 

[Swifty]

I have tried it does not work, it just does the same thing.

 

[essenbe]

Sounds like something is not properly connected to me. Try flipping the power button connector over and putting it back on.

basically, that's what I've been saying all along. There is either a dead short somewhere or it's the PSU.

 

[essenbe]

If you are willing to do this before spending money, here is a guide to jump start a PSU. You will have to disconnect everything but you can leave it in the case. It won't show that the PSU will start your computer, but will show that it is putting out some power. If it is putting out power, even not enough, you should have fans turning on and led lights lighting up before it shuts down, and that's not happening.

 

[Swifty]

ill try that tomorrow or tuesday im simply too tired to look for a paper clip or anything of the sort