Should it turn on?

Andrewoi1

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Hey, I just got a Antec 430W psu. I plugged in the 4 pin and 20 pin connectors to the motherboard and plugged a power cord to the psu and nothing happend. Not sure if I'm missing something or if the psu is dead. Let me know, thanks. 9 videos on youtube showing possible setups and my connections watch them if it helps. OoAndyoiO. pc issue 1, 2 ,3 ,4 ,5, 6, 7, 8, 9
 

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LOL, I had to learn all those steps by making most of those same mistakes :) Wish that would have been there 15 years ago when i started building pc's
 

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The led is blinking which means my pc is in s1 sleep state. Does this mean any thing to you guys? Also still not sure if I have my front panel cords connected right. The Manual is showing that my pwr connector is 1 pin rather then the two on the psu. Should I only connect half?
 

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I've done 1-23. Still nothing. However my front panel dosen't look like the one linked on that guide. there's 8 + 1 dummy pin. I have the led hooked to the 6th pair of 2 going down not sideways and it's taking up two pins not 1 like the manual is showing. The manual is showing the pwr connected to one pin which is the one the led is connected to. But the led is the only one working....
 

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Like I said. I have the manual but what it's showing isn't what's working. It's showing that there should only be a one pin connector for each. My case has two pin connectors. The only way the led is working is using the two pins. Which the motherboard manual is saying the pwr should be using one of the ones that the led is using.
 

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The wires are multi colored. Orange, white, blue and green. There's only 8 pins and the manual is showing Pled+ Pled- Pwrbtn# Gnd Reset Gnd Hdled and hdled+ each for one pin. Wish I could show you the Manual.
 

You could, you've just got to help a little to be helped, by telling rolli what motherboard and case you have.
 
Power led + (colored wire)
Power led - (white or black wire)
Power button + (colored wire)
Power button ground (white or black wire)
Reset switch (colored wire)
Reset switch ground (white or black wire)
Hard drive led (white or black wire)
Hard drive led + (colored wire)