New case isn't powering on

Pryor87 · Aug 13, 2013

Hello All, this is my first time posting though I've been coming to Tom's Hardware for a while now.

So I bought a NZXT Phantom full tower case, an Asus H87-Pro motherboard and have a 650 watt power supply. I've installed the motherboard and connected the EATXPWR, EATX12V and case leads (HDD, PWR (+ -) PWR_SW and RESET) and wanted to test to make sure I had everything wired correctly before I buy the CPU this Thursday. When I press the power button nothing happens, I know power is getting to the motherboard because there is a green light that comes on when I have the power switched on, but I can't figure out why the fans aren't spinning or making any beeps. Any help would be greatly appreciated and I have a picture of the board (with the leads in the bottom right as well as the green light under the video card slot http://imgur.com/q2i6qkI)

DSzymborski · Aug 13, 2013

You can't POST without a CPU.

Pryor87 · Aug 13, 2013

DSzymborski :

Showing my newness to building a PC from scratch, I figured you could turn the case on without a CPU, is that not the case?

DSzymborski · Aug 13, 2013

Pryor87 :

There is the paperclip test and like things (what you get can spinning also depends on the specifics of your setup). The utility of that is really for more advanced users and for trying to track down a verified problem that's proving elusive. In your case, I'd recommend just waiting until you have the CPU.

I'm simplifying a bit, but just to get to POST, you need a CPU, RAM, and some kind of video, whether onboard or discrete.

Pryor87 · Aug 13, 2013

DSzymborski :

Pryor87 :

There is the paperclip test and like things (what you get can spinning also depends on the specifics of your setup). The utility of that is really for more advanced users and for trying to track down a verified problem that's proving elusive. In your case, I'd recommend just waiting until you have the CPU.

I'm simplifying a bit, but just to get to POST, you need a CPU, RAM, and some kind of video, whether onboard or discrete.

Ah, thanks so much. I was really worried I had done something wrong

DSzymborski · Aug 13, 2013

Pryor87 :

Well, technically, you could have done something wrong and just don't know it yet!

But seriously, the case part, as long as you match up the leads to where they're supposed to go, you should be set and it's extremely unlikely anything you do wrong in that stage will cause any issues.

Now, if you get the CPU and the RAM and the GPU in and you still have issues, then it's time to go back and dissect your build step-by-step.

Don't worry too much yet. Everything will work more often than not. Remember, there's a selection bias here - people are far more likely to post when something goes wrong than when everything goes right. After all, it would be silly to post a thread HELP! EVERYTHING WENT RIGHT! or something.

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