Power Question

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pricklypunter

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Have you tried cleaning and re-seating the CPU and RAM? Checked the CPU socket for damage? Has the CPU been tested before now?

I guess you'll find out tomorrow when the replacement arrives what the issue is :)
 

ELit3

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Have you tried cleaning and re-seating the CPU and RAM? Checked the CPU socket for damage? Has the CPU been tested before now?

I guess you'll find out tomorrow when the replacement arrives what the issue is :)
No I did not test the CPU it was brand new. I don't have the CPU on the mobo right now and the mobo will not power on.
 

pricklypunter

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The bios won't run itself...it needs the CPU at the very least. The mainboard won't power on without it being installed and operational :)
 

ELit3

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New mobo just came in and plugged everything up and still will not power on this is pretty ridiculous.

I don't need a hard drive on here do I? I'm watching some videos and all of them the users seem to have hard drives. I figured all I needed was the OS on the usb.
 
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ELit3

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Problem solved it was the mobo the new mobo power on perfectly with an on and off switch.
 

wildpig1234

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oh well, glad new one works. hard to say if that was due to the initial hiccup or not..
 

ELit3

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oh well, glad new one works. hard to say if that was due to the initial hiccup or not..
I'm thinking it was because I tried powering it on without the 24 pin adapter that probably shorted the board out. Its fixed now onto trying to get everything to show up on my pc screen to configure it.
 

ScootingCat

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More likely because you plugged the 8-pin PCIe power connector from the P/S into the 8-pin CPU power connection on the MB. I still can't figure out how you did that since they are keyed totally different.