Not turning on after replacing motherboard

[lukemantini]

I recently installed a new motherboard in my PC case and I plugged in everything to it. The motherboard has a green light on it. the fans were moving and then they stopped. The PSU green light turned on, but it was off. I am just not sure what to do. The GPU won't even fit into the slots. I am not sure what to do.

See the attached pictures.

http://imgur.com/a/kr4zN

 

[Multipack]

First thing I noticed is youre building it on a carpet in socks lol.

What GPU is it? They look like regular PCIE slots. And what does "the PSU green light turned off, but it was off" mean?

System spec?

 

[lukemantini]

First thing I noticed is youre building it on a carpet in socks lol.

What GPU is it? They look like regular PCIE slots. And what does "the PSU green light turned off, but it was off" mean?

System spec?

The PSU green light was on then it turned off?
I have all the specs saved onto that computers hard drive, which I have no access to.

 

[Multipack]

So you turn it on then it powers off again? And I can see the board is an M5A97 LE R2.0.

It looks like you dont have the 4 pin 12v power cable attached? (to the top left of the CPU socket)

EDIT - In second pic I think you do actually.

 

[lukemantini]

So you turn it on then it powers off again? And I can see the board is an M5A97 LE R2.0.

It looks like you dont have the 4 pin 12v power cable attached? (to the top left of the CPU socket)

EDIT - In second pic I think you do actually.

Thanks for your help.
It doesn't even power on.

 

[Multipack]

Do you have any RAM installed? Not that it would stop it powering on.

So no power at all?? Have you checked the two power cables are pressed in fully?

I know its a daunting list, but try going through this http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems

 

[lukemantini]

i do have it installed. no power

 

[Multipack]

Well it sounds like your PSU may be dead. Try the paperclip test http://support.antec.com/support/solutions/articles/1000015319-is-my-power-supply-dead-the-paperclip-test

If that works, double check the front panel header leads. Try jumping the board to bypass case power button http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2011-jumping-a-motherboard-without-power-switch-button

 

[lukemantini]

Well it sounds like your PSU may be dead. Try the paperclip test http://support.antec.com/support/solutions/articles/1000015319-is-my-power-supply-dead-the-paperclip-test

If that works, double check the front panel header leads. Try jumping the board to bypass case power button http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2011-jumping-a-motherboard-without-power-switch-button

how do i do the paperclip test

 

[Multipack]

First link..

You will need:


1x metal paperclip


Steps:


1. Disconnect your power supply from your motherboard if you have not already.

2. Flip the switch on the back of your power supply to the off position "0"

3. On the 24 Pin connector locate the green wire** going into pin 16 (see diagram below for pin numbering)

4. Insert one end of the paperclip into the pin 16

5. Insert the other end of the paper clip into pin 17 that has a black wire going into it. (you can also plug it in on any of the black ground wires)

6. Flip the switch on your power supply to the on "|" position.

If the fan on your unit starts to spin then your problem may vary well be with something else like the CMOS or the Power button on your case.

 

[lukemantini]

what's the cmos

 

[Multipack]

The little silver round battery, but that wont account for zero power I doubt.

 

[lukemantini]

I'm not sure what to do.

 

[Multipack]

You need to test the PSU. The fact it came on but isnt anymore suggests it could have failed. Without that you cant do anything really.

 

[lukemantini]

the green light on it doesn't work anymore

 

[Multipack]

Then it has almost certainly failed somehow unfortunately. The only thing you can try is the paperclip test to see if theres life in it. Either that or get it replaced.

 

[lukemantini]

there's tons of connectors from the psu maybe one might not be connected. i'm confused

 

[Multipack]

Only two need to be connected for the board to power up. The multi colored 24 pin and the yellow 4 pin. The others are SATA power (with lots of plugs on the one wire) for hard drives, and PCIE (which may be 6 pin or 8 pin and will have PCIE on the cable itself) for graphics cards. Are there more than four leads coming from it?

Didnt you say the PSU had a green light on? Or do you mean the motherboard had the green light?

 

[lukemantini]

the green light is on the motherboard, and then the psu had a green light then the green light turned off.

 

[Multipack]

So are any lights coming on now?

 

[lukemantini]

no just green on motheboard

 

[Multipack]

That means you have power and your PSU is working by the sounds. Does the power button on your case make a difference or does the light stay on?

 

[lukemantini]

not sure what you mean. "Does the power button on your case make a difference"

 

[Multipack]

If you press the power button on your case, does the light go out? Or does the light stay on no matter what?

 

[lukemantini]

the motherboard light is always on