Homebuilt headaches~

[marvelousbob]

Recently built a new system, and it has been nothing but a headache so far. The cpu fan would not start, so I switched the cable to the system fan spot on the motherboard, same problem. At this point in my build, I already had just about everything hooked up, it did not POST either. I went to the basics and hooked up the CPU, RAM, and motherboard. I had the same result.

I do not believe it was a power problem, when I had everything hooked up, all my other fans in the case worked fine, the the video card was working (in theory anyway), same with DVD reader and hard drive. I also tested another CPU fan I had lying around and had the same result. I figured since I was having issues with both the CPU fan slot, and the system fan slot, that it was a motherboard problem. I sent it back to newegg, and they sent me a replacement which arrived today.

Now, I am having the exact same problem. I want to cover all my bases, cause it took them two weeks to get the replacement out here, and its 12 bucks to ship either item back, which is just insult to injury. Would a non working CPU cause a working motherboard's system fan to not work? How likely is it I just got two motherboards with the exact same problem? Could any of the other components have caused it? Anything that I am not asking, that I should be? Thanks much~

The specs~

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128368 (motherboard)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231219 (ram)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115041 (cpu)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005 (power source)

 

[grieve]

So…
You turn the unit on, it fires up, fans spin and then everything shuts down? Are there any beeps? does it post? does anything happen?

Explain what happens exactly when you hit the power ON button.

 

[shortstuff_mt]

This is the first place to start:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261145-31-build-post-checklist

 

[marvelousbob]

So…
You turn the unit on, it fires up, fans spin and then everything shuts down? Are there any beeps? does it post? does anything happen?

Explain what happens exactly when you hit the power ON button.

The motherboard lights up, it doesn't beep, the cpu fan doesn't spin, it does not post. The power source seems to work fine for the case fans, video card fan, hard drive, dvd reader.