Sabertooth Z87 Boot Issues

prgarrett

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Back in October I ordered all the parts for a new computer.

Computer Specs:
MB: ASUS SABERTOOTH Z87 LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 Haswell 3.4GHz LGA 1150 84W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics BX80646I74770
CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler H100i
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 Desktop Memory Model CMY32GX3M4A1866C9 (Silver)
Case: Fractal Design Define XL R2 FD-CA-DEF-XL-R2-BL Black/Pearl Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
GFX: ECS GTX660TIA-2GR5-WFM (V1.0) GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Video Card
PSU: Cooler Master V850 - 850W Power Supply with Fully Modular Cables and 80 PLUS Gold Certification
Hard Drives:
OCZ RevoDrive OCZSSDPX-1RVD0110 PCI-E 110GB 4 x PCI-Express MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
1TB Western Digital

Upon recieving all the parts the and putting it all together it turned on the first time in my living room. After cleaning everything up I moved it to my bedroom to install programs and OS, and the system would power on for not even a second and shut off.

After going over everything i saw nothing was wrong so I decided to send the Motherboard back to New Egg for RMA there was some trouble in transit and the CPU socket got messed up somehow. After I got the motherboard back from New Egg and them saying they could not do anything about it I removed everything from the case to keep everything nice.

Two months passed and I had the money to purchase a new Motherboard; Asus was gonna charge to much to fix the problem so I decided to buy another one. When I received the new motherboard I installed it and was still having the same problem. This time when doing some debugging I disconnected the 8-pin power connector and the computer powered on fine. And when I plugged it back in it did not work.

I have came to the conclusion that it would be a power supply issue, but I do not know if it would be a defect for the power supply or if it needs more power.

While browsing the internet to find out any other things that could be wrong I came across a youtube video of a guy using almost the same components as I am and he was using a 850W power supply and he was also using two GTX 780's
 

TriBeard

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It's definitely not an issue of needing more power. Make sure if that 8 pin connector is supposed to be plugged in somewhere in particular on the PSU that you have it plugged in there. I don't think that PCI-E power connectors will fit in that 8-pin connector, but make sure that it's the CPU one. Other than that, I would contact cooler master and see if they have any suggestions. That PSU is way more power than you need for that rig and it should work fine.
 

prgarrett

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I forgot to mention also that I have tried 3 different PSU and same issue 2x 850W and 1x 650W. Also, i know that the CPU power connector is secure, because I hear the click; also the cable is labeled CPU.