Help With Corsair Power Supply?

[Wolfmeister1010]

I just built my first PC rig, and once I was basically done I hooked it up to an HDMI cable to my monitor and connected the Corsair CX750 power supply to an outlet.

However, when I pressed the power on button, nothing happened.

I tried taking out all the plugs from the power supply that go into the Gigabyte
GA-Z87-DS3H motherboard and re plugging them in. Then I did the paper clip test to see if the power supply worked. It did. But, when I re plugged the 24 socket plug back into the motherboard and pressed the power button, nothing happened again.

Does anyone have any ideas on what to do? Does it mean that my motherboard is fried?

 

[modernwar99]

Check to see if you have the cable for the power button hooked up backwards. The paper clip test does the same thing the power button does, so since the paper clip test works, you mobo and PSU are fine. The problem rests in your case/power button.

 

[13thmonkey]

the cable for that switch can't be backward, it's a switch. you could be on the reset pins or using the reset cable instead however, not uncommon.

 

[13thmonkey]

In fact you can short out the two pins for the power switch with a screw driver so that the switch can't be the problem.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

DO YOU HAVE YOUR 8 pin CPU power plugged in?

 

[modernwar99]

On my case, the cable leads that connect the power button on the front of the case to the mobo can be flipped backwards, the same thing happened to me when I was building my PC and I just switched around the leads and it booted. But some cases have "one-way" connectors if that's what you're talking about.

 

[Wolfmeister1010]

Hm. Maybe if I post a few pictures that would help. Hold on

 

[popatim]

What he is saying is the power and reset switches are nothing more then a piece or wire shorting the 2 pins together (when 'on') You cant actually install then backwards because its just a short; that would be like saying the psu wont start with the paperclip used one way but will if you spin it around.

But you can install the power switch wrong. Its often confused with the power led

 

[Wolfmeister1010]

Is that the cord that connects the case to the Mobo? In the tutorial it never said to worry about that.^

^Didnt have any parts that go in there..there is a power on/off charge slot in the motherboard that I don't have anything in, if you can see it. Is that the issue?

 

[Wolfmeister1010]

What he is saying is the power and reset switches are nothing more then a piece or wire shorting the 2 pins together (when 'on') You cant actually install then backwards because its just a short; that would be like saying the psu wont start with the paperclip used one way but will if you spin it around.

But you can install the power switch wrong. Its often confused with the power led

I will also try that. One of those little tiny wires that go on that part of the Mobo called the F board or something?


EDIT: Nope, everything regarding those little leads is in order

 

[Wolfmeister1010]

DO YOU HAVE YOUR 8 pin CPU power plugged in?

yes

 

[Wolfmeister1010]

the cable for that switch can't be backward, it's a switch. you could be on the reset pins or using the reset cable instead however, not uncommon.

The power supply only came with one separate cable that plugs into an outlet. All the other ones come out the front in a jumbled mess. And I checked, I am not on reset pins.

I also went to go check the number of volts it sends out but there is not switch so it must only have one option.

 

[Wolfmeister1010]

Anyone? Did ya see the pics?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

PIC links aren't valid.

 

[Wolfmeister1010]

Hw bout now?

 

[13thmonkey]

What he is saying is the power and reset switches are nothing more then a piece or wire shorting the 2 pins together (when 'on') You cant actually install then backwards because its just a short; that would be like saying the psu wont start with the paperclip used one way but will if you spin it around.

But you can install the power switch wrong. Its often confused with the power led

Thankyou for a better explanation.