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12-06-2005, 05:48 PM
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I need help
Hello, I just got my new Case today from new egg.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811146015 And I am currently plugging in the wires for the front paneling, like the power switch and all. I plugged it into the wall just to test if it would power up, but it goes on for a second and goes right back off  Can anyone help me? |
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12-06-2005, 05:49 PM
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12-06-2005, 05:53 PM
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Yes, Could it be Power Supply problems right out of the box
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12-06-2005, 05:57 PM
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What is this?
"On ATX systems, the front panel power button connects to a pair of posts on the motherboard. You just take a small screwdriver and touch it to those 2 posts at the same time." |
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12-06-2005, 06:00 PM
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See where you plugged the leads for the front panel switch in. You should short, or bridge those two pins with a screwdriver to start the system.
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12-06-2005, 06:02 PM
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I didn't have to do this in my last case, what do you mean bridge the two pins together?
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12-06-2005, 06:02 PM
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With the out of case testing you use a screwdriver to act as the power switch that is normally plugged into the power switch pins on the motherboard.
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12-06-2005, 06:05 PM
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Do you have the motherboard, CPU, RAM and video card assembled outside the case? Touch the screwdriver to both pins.
You are trying to see if the motherboard is shorting out against the case. You used the standoffs, did you (and didn't use any extra)? |
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12-06-2005, 06:10 PM
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My cpu and all was already assembled, my vid card is in, along with the RAM, the PC is coming on, but only for a few seconds at a time
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12-06-2005, 06:30 PM
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If it appears the heatsink is installed properly the problem might be the power supply. But I would double check it especially since you didn't assemble the heatsink to the CPU. Just because someone else assembled the bare bones kit doesn't mean it was done properly.
Do you have a compatible power supply you can swap in to test with? Orion isn't exactly a high quality power supply.  Cricket
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12-06-2005, 06:49 PM
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Power Supply isn't the problem, just been tested ...
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12-06-2005, 07:01 PM
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How was it tested?
Cricket
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12-06-2005, 07:03 PM
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I put in my working Power Supply
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12-06-2005, 07:09 PM
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Then if it's not the power supply, it's gotta be something else. Check the installation of the heatsink.
Is this the computer in your sig? Or is this another computer? If it's another computer could you please post the full system specs. If it is the computer in your sig, have you tried clocking it back to stock speeds yet? Did you try to get POST with the motherboard out of the case yet? Did you check to see if there are any stray standoffs? Cricket
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12-06-2005, 07:11 PM
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Could u explain what these are and how to do them:
If it is the computer in your sig, have you tried clocking it back to stock speeds yet? Did you try to get POST with the motherboard out of the case yet? Did you check to see if there are any stray standoffs? btw, it is the pc in my sig. |
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12-06-2005, 07:15 PM
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I think we would like to help... but I'm a little unclear as to what the problem is. Would I be correct to assume you have a bare bones system (PSU, processor, memory and motherboard) that isn't completing a POST? If you have more than this in the equation... I'd eliminate everything aside from these components. I would hightly suspect the PSU, I've wiped out almost a whole new build when using a new untested power supply. I can't say how highly I recommend quality PSU's and testing them before plugging them into new equipment.
The fact that you have used a known good PSU in its place does not prove that it isn't the PSU. The initial PSU may have burnt and ruined one or more of your vital components the first time you applied power with the in question PSU. IMO, I would eliminate the initial PSU and I wouldn't plug it into a working system. |
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12-06-2005, 07:20 PM
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The power supply is fine, i used the power supply I got new in the case and put it into an old pc, and it worked fine. What is a POST?
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12-06-2005, 07:27 PM
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And If I don't have all of the front panel connectors hooked in, could that affect it from not staying on?
I have to plug in the front USB's and the speaker thing which haven't been hooked while I am trying to power it up to test it ... |
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12-06-2005, 08:04 PM
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Quote:
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12-06-2005, 08:13 PM
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I don't have the pc hooked up and working to set it back to 3.0 GHz tho.
And what is a standoff? |
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12-06-2005, 08:18 PM
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It's those cylindrical brass colored pieces. They have threads like a screw on one end, and a hole to put a screw in on the other. Those screw into the board (make sure they are lined up with the holes in the motherboard), and then you use those to fasten the motherboard down. Did you use those? Or attatch the motherboard directly to the case?
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12-06-2005, 08:22 PM
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The fact that the nxzt power supply worked in an older machine does not mean that it will automatically work on the new one. There may be differences in the power requirements between the 2 motherboards. You were advised in at least 2 other threads that the nxzt was a low quality unit.
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12-06-2005, 08:51 PM
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It is the same motherboard and cpu, only a different case :| The power supply is the same, 400W, except it is a NXZT. and not a PowMax.
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