nexos

Hello all!

Feel helpless as I am right now, I have resorted to asking others for assitance... i'll make this as brief as possible :)

I have recently purchased computer parts from neweggs, with the intentions of building a new computer. I have built one four years prior, so i figured why not give it a shot again this time with more up to date parts...

After completing the task of setting the parts in, I believed everything was good to go, so I plugged all the power supply cords in and everything looked good. I plugged my power and was hoping for at least a sign of life, to my awe it was bitter sweet... the light on the mother board was shining bright green, good... the GFX card's light was green, good... but the fans weren't on! the monitor was blank... and the computer made no noises to confirm it was having problems

After trying to fix this problem myself, I found mysef failing.
I suspect the power supply could possibly be bad but maybe I am just not doing this right, and possibly I could get some advice :) I am new to using SATA HDD & CdRom as well so maybe that might be a factor, since i'm not to sure what cords they require

anyways, here are the parts I am using and their respective link to the item on newegg

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 Wolfdale 3.33GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
Mother Board: ASUS P5E Deluxe ATX (Intel)
Power Supply: APEVIA ATX-LCD750W 750W ATX12V / EPS12V
RAM: CORSAIR DOMINATOR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
HDD: Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb
GFX Card: EVGA GeForce 9800 GT 512-P3-N971-TR
CD Rom: ASUS 20X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model DRW-2014S1T
Case: Antec 900

Thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to help me solve this :)

grimx133

Set up outside of the case with minimal components with linderman's bench.
How to Bench Test Your System

Though just for interests sake, first try clearing your cmos.

nexos

Before I went through the whole benching process(thanks for the link!)
I wanted to see if my power supply itself was working, so I unscrewed one of the cages on my Antec 900 that contained a case fan

I connected the case fan to the correct cord on the power supply, the power supply made a screech noise and the fan remained dead...

What are your thoughts on that?

EDIT: I plugged the same case fan to my friend's power supply(that he currently uses in his working computer) and the fan ran great with lights on... unless theres something hidden, I believe my power supply is faulty :/ although any profressional opinions as to why else this maybe happening would be appreciated

wrench97

DOA Apevia does not surprise me but first follow the instructions here> Test your power supply with a multi meter

If it is dead see if yiou can return it and get at least a 650w of one of these quality brands and models>
Seasonic - any model
Corsair - any model
Thermaltake - "Toughpower" series only
Coolermaster - "Real Power Pro" series only
PC Power & Cooling - any model
Silverstone - any model

nexos

Thanks for the suggested brands wrench :) When stores open tomorrow, i'll be sure to check out fry's for a new PSU, i'll let you guys know if the new PSU solved the problem, hopefully it should...

one more question, the previous computer I built used a different hook-up for the HDD & CD-ROM Driver

I was wondering where I hook up the SATA connectors for both
HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827135168
CD-ROM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136033

to this mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131317 (you can see the picture of the board in the link)

What I did before was put the connector into one of the 6 SATA Slots on the Mobo, I wasn't sure if it mattered which one I put them in since there are 6 and the mobo said it is for "raid" purposes(all which I am new to)

hopefully you guys could decipher my total lack of computer knowledge :/
&Thanks a ton for replying back on Christmas! I appreciate the help a lot

wrench97

You should use Sata 1 port for the HD and 2 for the CD/DVD drive which are closest to the power plug not a big deal just makes it easier to find later in the bios.

Don't worry about Raid configurations just set up the HD as a single Sata drive.

nexos

Thanks again :) appreciate it a lot Wrench, you've been very helpful.

nexos

Okay... I am completely lost now, today I dropped by fry's picked up a 650Watt Real Power Pro by CM, I plugged the case fan into the proper cord, ran a quick check to see if the power worked

and nothing happened, the case fan didn't go off and neither did the PSU fan...
suggestions? :(

wrench97

Have you done the bench test from above or the PSU test ?

nexos

I did the bench test, my rig did the same thing... the Motherboard LED was bright green, my sound card's LED was blue... CPU Fan did not start, and the LED on my CD-ROM wasn't on either...

:/

wrench97

Did you short the power pins or use the case switch?

nexos

case switch

wrench97

Try shorting the pins monumentally with the tip of a screwdriver to see if it turns on.

nexos

Okay... after working and doing some more twinking around I got everything to work, all fans are on, cd-rom is opening and closing as it should...

BUT, my video card(although the fan is on) is giving no signal.. arg, my friend believes it is faulty

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130397

The card has 2 White Slots and a Video Out
They supply two converts, blue-to-white, i've tried two monitors and a tv neither recieved signal

Anything I could do to test to see if it's faulty? or is that enough proof
((NOTE: Sorry for not knowing the color names :/ all I know is a monitor has a blue cable))

wrench97

Test the card in a different pc or a different card in this motherboard.
Double check the 6 pin power to the card is fully seated
White = DVI, Blue = VGA, the tv out is Svideo.

nexos

I've double checked to make sure everything was secured and tried again, still no luck.

I'm having a friend who knows a bit about computers stop by in about 30 minutes to look at everything he should be able to detect whats up, i'll keep posted