PC wont power on, CPU led red

Jackson McGinnis

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Oct 17, 2013
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This is my first custom pc build, and as money is tight i've been slowly building this thing and do not have all the components. Yesterday i finally got the CPU and tried to fire it up just to make sure everything was working properly.

Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-v Pro
CPU: Intel core i7 3770-K

Currently the only parts I have are the motherboard, RAM, and CPU

I stole a hard drive and power supply off of another PC so that i could make sure everything worked as it should

Problem is when i turn it on it seems to start up as normal but the CPU fan doesn't spin right away it takes it a few seconds. Also The CPU LED lights red.

I believe the problem is that the power supply has insufficient power. It was only i believe 250w

If this is the case i need not worry because i'll be getting the right Power supply soon. However if it is something else i need to hurry up and figure out if i need to contact Intel or ASUS Before it is too late.
 

Jackson McGinnis

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Oct 17, 2013
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Ok what i did was i found a 500w power supply, and you were right the other one did not have the 8-pin connector. THis one did. It does power up now but it gived be a beep code telling me there is a hardware component failure. The display says "CPU fan error"