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03-14-2008, 05:13 PM
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| Newb Techie Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Chicago
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 |  My first build...Just doesn't turn on. Well I was here about 1 month ago deciding on a build. Heres what i brought 4GB OCZ 800MHz DDR2 RAM 320GB Seagate barracuda hard drive. AMD Athlon x2 6400+ ATi Radeon hd3870 512mb GDDR4 GFx card Acer 22" widescreen. MSI K9a2 cf-f Mobo 750 Watt ULTRA Psu.. I've put everything together and connected the psu, and nothing else and hit the power button, nothing happened. I think it has to do with those LED lights. I'm not sure if thats what there called but i think. Can anyone help? Do I have to connect something else than the PSU for the machine to start? |
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03-14-2008, 05:15 PM
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| Retired.  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Los Angeles, California
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 | Re: My first build...Just doesn't turn on. Did you connect the power switch to the mobo? Did you connect power to the graphics card? List all connections, steps you did.
__________________  My computer uses 1.5A-load, .8A-idle, .65A-standby, .05A-turned off on 125V. "The spaces between your fingers were created so that another's could fill them in." Quote:
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03-14-2008, 05:21 PM
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| Newb Techie Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Chicago
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| Re: My first build...Just doesn't turn on. 1. Put the RAM on the mobo. 2. Added CPU And CPU cooler. 3. Installed PSU on case. 4. Put in the mobo. 5. Connected the psu to the mobo. 6. Installed those LED's or whatever they're called, just put them into the colored slots on the mobo. 7. installed GFX card. 8. Connected a cord from the PSU to the gfx card. 9. installed hdd 10. Installed Optical drive. |
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03-14-2008, 05:24 PM
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| Retired. Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Los Angeles, California
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| Re: My first build...Just doesn't turn on. Did you connect the power and reset switch? Is the switch on the back of the PSU set to | instead of O? Did you plug in the PSU to the outlet?
__________________ My computer uses 1.5A-load, .8A-idle, .65A-standby, .05A-turned off on 125V. "The spaces between your fingers were created so that another's could fill them in." Quote:
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03-14-2008, 10:20 PM
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| Retired. Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Los Angeles, California
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| Re: My first build...Just doesn't turn on. Quote:
__________________ My computer uses 1.5A-load, .8A-idle, .65A-standby, .05A-turned off on 125V. "The spaces between your fingers were created so that another's could fill them in." Quote:
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03-15-2008, 01:34 AM
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| Monster Techie Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: NB, Canada
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| Re: My first build...Just doesn't turn on. Quote:
__________________  QX9650 | 9800Gx2 | Gigabyte X38 DQ6 | CM Cosmos | 6GB G.Skill PK 2 x Seagate 1TB 7200.11 | X-fi XtremeMusic | LT Z-5500's Corsair 520HX | Logitech G15 | Razor Lachesis Custom Watercooled | LG L245WP-BN 24" MVA LCD 3DMark '06 - 20,928 | |
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