ASUS P9X79 with i7-4960x

samyu

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I am trying to build a computer with the ASUS P9X79, i7-4960x, Corsair H80i Liquid cooler, Corsair TX650 PSU. I have tried to flash back the BIOS, which seems to have completed successfully. However, after pressing the power button, I can only see the CPU fans run for a few seconds. There is no other LED on or blinking. No RAMs or graphic card is connected to the board.

Any help or suggestion is appreciated.
 

samyu

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PSU fan is ok. The bios update seems fine. The LED flashed a few minutes and then went off. Earlier I have the RAMs and graphic card connected, but it didn't boot. I tried to put the minimum components on the board and see how it goes. But no LED is on, except the standby pwr LED.
 

samyu

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I tried to test the psu by connecting the pin 15 and 16 and connect the power supply to a case fun. The fun is only running for a second and stopped. I got a psu tester from Fry's. It turned out that the psu is bad. I continued to do some additional testing with the case fun. I think the ground pins are broken.

Thanks Siddhar for your replies and suggestions!