DOA which part?

[NinjaLordBruce]

I just built a pc on sunday all parts in the right places and I tried turning it on today nothing. No sounds or anything. I tested the PSU and it is working but when I plug the 24 pin into the motherboard nothing happens at all. The motherboard is a Gigabyte 97A-DS3P. Could it be the motherboard? Or is there the possibility that it's another part? This is my first build. How can I test parts to be sure?

 

[Snipergod87]

Do any fans try and spin on startup?

Do you have the EPS12v connector plugged in by the CPU? On that board it is a 4pin connector to the left of the CPU (near the rear of the motherboard where all the rear panel connectors are).

 

[NinjaLordBruce]

Nothing happens on startup I saw a video on how to test if the power supply was working by placing a paperclip into certain parts of the 24 pin cable(Is that the EPS12v?) when I tried that and turned it on the PSU worked and all fans were on.

The ESP12v(assuming it's the 24 pin one) is connected close to the CPU. The 4pin connector is also there. All cables that were shown in the video were placed in the right places. There is one cable that wasn't pluged in which by googled images is the 4-pin peripheral power cable (molex)

 

[Snipergod87]

Not the 24 pin one (sometimes 20+4), there is a separate 4pin (square one) which goes here: http://imgur.com/65K3XI1 at the red square.

 

[mbarnes86]

Hi

You have got it the wrong way round. 4 pin atx 12V ( or 8 pin atx 12V ) has black & yellow wires and must be connected
Atx 24 pin has 3.3v 5 v , 12V black for 0v and a few more wires

Are you sure the switch is on correct pins?



http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems

Read FAQ above for new build trouble shooting

Regards
Mike Barnes

 

[NinjaLordBruce]

Not the 24 pin one (sometimes 20+4), there is a separate 4pin (square one) which goes here: http://imgur.com/65K3XI1 at the red square.

Yes that one is also there.

 

[NinjaLordBruce]

Hi

You have got it the wrong way round. 4 pin atx 12V ( or 8 pin atx 12V ) has black & yellow wires and must be connected
Atx 24 pin has 3.3v 5 v , 12V black for 0v and a few more wires

Are you sure the switch is on correct pins?



http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems

Read FAQ above for new build trouble shooting

Regards
Mike Barnes

I am sure each wire is in the right place I went through the trouble shoot checking all the things I could and no mistakes were found. I am pretty sure it's something that's dead but I don't know what would a not dead motherboard do anything if other parts were dead (not including power supply that is working)?

 

[Snipergod87]

Ok, I would follow that guide mbarnes86 posted above, which is a very good guide, and post back here any results.

 

[mbarnes86]

Testing requires following ALL the instructions in FAQ

Or having very expensive testing equipment and knowing how to use it

Or a stock of spare parts to substitute for suspect parts especially psu
PCI graphics card, ram various ( DDR,DDR-2 & DDR-3)

Multimeter (voltmeter)
Spare switch , spare pietso electric sounder or speaker
Motherboards ( starts getting expensive if new )

Read up FAQ on bread boarding with integrated graphics only
Reset CMOS
Check CPU is supported model
Prepare to startup using motherboard with only
Psu CPU + heat sink & fan + RAM connected

Find pins for switch and touch with end of small screwdriver

Report back after doing this test

Regards
Mike Barnes

 

[Snipergod87]

Do you have any spare parts? from other machines? or are you able to test that PSU in another machine?

 

[NinjaLordBruce]

I have no other parts this is my first PC build the last proper desktop PC I had was way back in 2006 around then. I tested the PSU with a paperclip.
One last question I heard somewhere that if the motherboard was working it should turn on and say on screen what part isn't working is that true? And what do you guys think is it most likely my motherboard that is not working? There are no lights or anything on it.

 

[Snipergod87]

Can you post your builds specs?

 

[NinjaLordBruce]

Sure:

CPU: AMD FX-6300 6-core 3.5/4.1GHz, 8MB Cache level 3, 6MB level 2 cache
GPU: Gigabyte AMD R9 270X OC 2GB DDR5
MotherBoard: Gigabyte 970ª-DS3P AMD 970 Motherboard
RAM: Kingston 12GB (3 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5” 7200rpm
Case: CoolerMaster K-series K280 USB3.0, ATX Case
Power Supply: EVGA 500B 500W 80+ BRONZE PC Power Supply
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo Tower Cooler for CPU