Hi everyone!
I bought the components for a computer earlier this year, and the experience has really brought me down. Originally I threw everything together and it worked. Yay! Three days later, it wouldn't turn on. I spent dozens of hours fiddling with unsuccessfully.
What would happen is that the breadboard worked fine, then I put it all in the case, and nothing would happen when I tried to turn it on. I used a screwdriver to short it; the blue LEDs would flash and then nothing. No fans moving, and when I tried again, not even the LEDs would flash.
Eventually I wondered if it was a problem I couldn't see - perhaps it was the Hyper 212 Evo's backplate? I replaced it with the stock cooler, and it worked. That was February. I've had absolutely no problems with the computer since. So it was the backplate making contact, right..?
Recently I treated myself to an SSD for a few games and the OS. When I went to insert the SSD, I noticed some dust near the front fans. I removed the RAM, the PSU & the video card. After taking care of the dust, I put back the PSU & RAM. And... here we go again. It won't turn on.
The PSU is turned on. The CPU cable is plugged in, the motherboard's power connector is in and the CPU's fan is plugged in. I assume that something is shorting somewhere for some reason, but what exactly is going on or why eludes me. The graphics card hasn't been put back in yet.
tl;dr: Everything's plugged in, haven't fiddled with the standoffs since it worked. The first time it happened I RMA'd the motherboard and bought a new PSU. Didn't help. Very confused.
I bought the components for a computer earlier this year, and the experience has really brought me down. Originally I threw everything together and it worked. Yay! Three days later, it wouldn't turn on. I spent dozens of hours fiddling with unsuccessfully.
What would happen is that the breadboard worked fine, then I put it all in the case, and nothing would happen when I tried to turn it on. I used a screwdriver to short it; the blue LEDs would flash and then nothing. No fans moving, and when I tried again, not even the LEDs would flash.
Eventually I wondered if it was a problem I couldn't see - perhaps it was the Hyper 212 Evo's backplate? I replaced it with the stock cooler, and it worked. That was February. I've had absolutely no problems with the computer since. So it was the backplate making contact, right..?
Recently I treated myself to an SSD for a few games and the OS. When I went to insert the SSD, I noticed some dust near the front fans. I removed the RAM, the PSU & the video card. After taking care of the dust, I put back the PSU & RAM. And... here we go again. It won't turn on.
The PSU is turned on. The CPU cable is plugged in, the motherboard's power connector is in and the CPU's fan is plugged in. I assume that something is shorting somewhere for some reason, but what exactly is going on or why eludes me. The graphics card hasn't been put back in yet.
tl;dr: Everything's plugged in, haven't fiddled with the standoffs since it worked. The first time it happened I RMA'd the motherboard and bought a new PSU. Didn't help. Very confused.
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