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| Thread ID: 45850 | 2004-06-05 00:29:00 | Motherboard wont turn on. | Growly (6) | Press F1 |
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| 241848 | 2004-06-05 00:29:00 | Hello... Ok 4 hours ago, I was playing games on my computer with my fancy asus A7V600 motherboard. My new case arrived yesterday so I decided to move everything into it. So I spend 3 hours moving, screwing, reading, and untangling, untill finally everything was installed as planned. (the case is the Thermaltake Xaser 5 Damier). So I set it up on my desk and turned pressed the on button, and nothing happened. THIS IS WHERE MY PROBLEM STARTS The power switch didnt work, so I decided to check the PSU, and it appears to be fine, because the Stand-By light on the motherboard is working. I then pulled out my Voltmeter and confirmed that there was voltge running across the power switch. However, in trying to short the switch (in the absence of having a real power switch i knew worked), nothing happened. So now, it wont turn on. I even tried the old power switch. Nothing works. Help! What things stop a working motherboard from turning on? What do I do now? How should I fix this? |
Growly (6) | ||
| 241849 | 2004-06-05 00:49:00 | The lack of a Power_Good signal (or the recognition of one) will stop booting. In your case its just as likely to be that something on the motherboard is shorting to the case (miss aligned/wrong location of spacers) |
godfather (25) | ||
| 241850 | 2004-06-05 00:57:00 | Cheers, will check that RIGHT NOW. | Growly (6) | ||
| 241851 | 2004-06-05 00:59:00 | Another is metal securing posts shorting out on the Motherboard. Try unscrewing the motherboard from the case and putting some plastic/paper/cardboard underneath and see if it turns on. If it starts to fire up, remove power and see where it is shorting out. |
Pheonix (280) | ||
| 241852 | 2004-06-05 01:12:00 | Yeah I just did that... Ok so i put it on non conductive anti-static plastic, and tried plugged the power in. Once again, the stan by light came on, but shorting (in absence of a switch) failed. My motherboard still wont turn on. |
Growly (6) | ||
| 241853 | 2004-06-05 01:14:00 | try the psu out of your old case. | metla (154) | ||
| 241854 | 2004-06-05 01:18:00 | is is the PSU out of my old case :-S | Growly (6) | ||
| 241855 | 2004-06-05 01:19:00 | I meant "It is..." Yeah so I'm running out of ideas fast. (To think i spend $300 on this case, and now the mobo dont work) |
Growly (6) | ||
| 241856 | 2004-06-05 01:21:00 | oh. | metla (154) | ||
| 241857 | 2004-06-05 01:24:00 | "non conductive anti-static"! All common anti-static packaging is conductive, that is why it is anti-static. It conducts it over the entire packaging, keeping the potential equalised. There is always the possibility that a misplaced spacer has caused a permanent fault. Pays to loook on the bright side? |
godfather (25) | ||
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