Hi,
I am trying to build a system with a phanteks enthoo primo case, and I am unable to figure out how to get everything playing nicely enough to power up.
The tower has a female molex that I think possibly provides power to the case's power switch (it runs up and terminates behind the power switch, so that is my guess).
There are also (2) unterminated SATA cables hanging on the back side of the tower where the fan hub is located. One has a 4 pin connector at the other end and terminates on the fan hub power connector. The second runs up and terminates on the same block as the molex, behind the power button (2 possible power feeds for the tower's power button for flexibility I assume?).
I have a Red Dragon 850W RGB modular PSU. There is a PSU cable with a molex connector on one end and the modular connector on the other end to plug into the PSU. Unfortunately the molex connector is also a female termination, and so obviously cannot mate with the molex going to the tower's power button. So I plugged both SATA cables hanging at the back of the tower into a PSU SATA cable, but when I power on the PSU nothing powers up, not even the fans or LEDs on the case or the PSU. Should both of those SATA cables be plugged in to the PSU (one is for fan power and the other I assume is for power to the tower's power button). If so, does matter what order they are plugged in on the cable with (3) SATA plugs?
Now the PSU came with a test plug, so that when I plug the PSU in with the plug connected to the MB power connector, the PSU fan and LEDs energize. I guess that is supposed to mean the PSU should be GTG.
Nothing in this build is proven good. All the parts are new. So I am trying to narrow down my possible points of failure, and I keep looking at this case wondering if I have not wired something up correct that is the reason why nothing energizes when the tower's power button is pressed.
I am hoping someone or some peeps can weigh in with some suggestions and advice for helping to zero in on things to verify and check to help narrow down the possibilities. Perhaps there are some voltage points I could measure to verify there is power at the MB. I can't seem to see the back of the power switch to get meter leads there to check for power when the PSU is turned on, but maybe someone has an idea how to check that?
I am trying to build a system with a phanteks enthoo primo case, and I am unable to figure out how to get everything playing nicely enough to power up.
The tower has a female molex that I think possibly provides power to the case's power switch (it runs up and terminates behind the power switch, so that is my guess).
There are also (2) unterminated SATA cables hanging on the back side of the tower where the fan hub is located. One has a 4 pin connector at the other end and terminates on the fan hub power connector. The second runs up and terminates on the same block as the molex, behind the power button (2 possible power feeds for the tower's power button for flexibility I assume?).
I have a Red Dragon 850W RGB modular PSU. There is a PSU cable with a molex connector on one end and the modular connector on the other end to plug into the PSU. Unfortunately the molex connector is also a female termination, and so obviously cannot mate with the molex going to the tower's power button. So I plugged both SATA cables hanging at the back of the tower into a PSU SATA cable, but when I power on the PSU nothing powers up, not even the fans or LEDs on the case or the PSU. Should both of those SATA cables be plugged in to the PSU (one is for fan power and the other I assume is for power to the tower's power button). If so, does matter what order they are plugged in on the cable with (3) SATA plugs?
Now the PSU came with a test plug, so that when I plug the PSU in with the plug connected to the MB power connector, the PSU fan and LEDs energize. I guess that is supposed to mean the PSU should be GTG.
Nothing in this build is proven good. All the parts are new. So I am trying to narrow down my possible points of failure, and I keep looking at this case wondering if I have not wired something up correct that is the reason why nothing energizes when the tower's power button is pressed.
I am hoping someone or some peeps can weigh in with some suggestions and advice for helping to zero in on things to verify and check to help narrow down the possibilities. Perhaps there are some voltage points I could measure to verify there is power at the MB. I can't seem to see the back of the power switch to get meter leads there to check for power when the PSU is turned on, but maybe someone has an idea how to check that?
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