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I am no expert and in fact built my first PC all by myself only 2 weeks ago. All I can say is that for 2 days I was so distraught by what parts might be DOA when I had the exact problem as you have. MoBO LED light turns on, but nothing else works. If you short the 24-pin with a paper clip, the...

So far, my build has been holding together quite well. The X3 successfully unlocked to X4 40 and all cores have been stable @ 3.1 GHz, with temps at 33 - 35C. The CM 212 hyper plus, is pretty loud compared to my other case fans.. I don't know if that is usually the case.? The monitor too has...

My "duH"/"eureka" moment..!! Failed to read the motherboard manual (i know, i know, RTFM..!!) and so failed to connect the front panel power supply button correctly..! After reading through so many of this forum's posts, finally it struck me that the one thing I had assumed as given was failing...

Hi, thanks for staying onboard and trying to help out. With the MB on a cardboard box, with the 24-pin connector and the 12-V CPU plugged in, and RAM installed, when I plug the power cord in, only the MB LED is lit. The CPU fan will not turn on. All the capacitors look flat on top. No dome...

OK. I am stumped. I tried everything that the stickied thread about trouble shooting suggested to check and try and correct. Still no go. Some questions... 1. Will adding a system speaker to the MoBo help me figure out what is wrong..? If so how..? There seem to be no references about beep...

Other things I tried. Reinstalled the cooler. The CPU had the thermal paste spread very unevenly. But no thermal paste got into the MoBo or around the edges of the CPU. I removed all the thermal paste from the CPU, and then put just a small amount in the center and then reinstalled the cooler...

I hope that helps you guys get a better idea of my problems. I hope the cooler is correctly installed. The screw is tightly wedged into the top of the standoff and won't come off unscrewed. And the standoff will not come through the other side of the motherboard tray when installed in the case...

I think(and am not sure) that I found the cause of the problem. On one of the standoffs on the MoBo, I inserted a wrong sized screw, and then I could not take it off. So the standoff is now connected to the screw and I can't take it off. When I inspected the rear of the motherboard I can now...

Before anything else, thanks for all the tech support I have received so far. Much appreciated. OK.. My PSU seems to be working. There is a DVD drive plugged in which opens and closes corrctly. Also the PSU fan is working too. I connected a case fan to it using a molex connector, but that is...

1 last effort before I go off to bed, I tried the paperclip method for the PSU. It does not turn the fan on. Does that mean the PSU is dead..? Even if the MoBo LED did power on..? Thanks.

Hi guys... I just finished a new build..! or thought I did...! COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 AM3 AMD 880G SATA 6Gb/s USB...

Hi batuchka and others... I have one more question, that I hope you guys can help out on. A lot of these parts are OEM. The MoBo comes with 3-4 SATA cables, and 1 IDE adapter. There is no HDMI cable for either the MoBo or the monitor. The case is described as toolless and also has "more screws...

Finally I went with CPU: AMD Phenom II X3 740BE 70$ MoBo: ASUS ASUS M4A88TD-V 100$ RAM: Mushkin DDR3 4 GB 35$ HDD: None(already have a SG 1 TB) PSU: OCZ StealthXstream II 600W 30$ Case: COOLER MASTER RC-690 40$ Optical drive: LITE-ON Blu-ray Reader 40$ DVD-RW: ASUS...

I lost that MoBo-CPU combo, hence had to revise my build. After a long and careful thought I decided to go with Intel this time. [b]i5 760 GIGABYTE GA-H55M-S2V LGA 1156 Intel H55 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard XFX GT240XYHFC GeForce GT 240 512MB CORSAIR XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM...

Hi All Please check out this build - The first I have done in more than 4 yrs, and advise. Budget build, went with AMD to preserve bang-for-buck ratio..! Needed a Quad-Core, for moderate-heavy multi-tasking/cpu-intensive tasks. Might get hooked to FPS games in time, but right now it will be...