PC not booting the first time?

lucasburns · May 1, 2014

ive built my own gaming pc and its not starting for the first time. the blue screen and the beep isnt coming up. any help?

wolverine96 · May 1, 2014

Let's play a little "Captain Obvious", first...

Are the switches on the PSU and the surge protector switched on?
Is the CPU power connector plugged into the motherboard?
Is the CPU heatsink fan connected to the motherboard?
Are the RAM sticks and graphics card properly seated in their slots?
Are the graphics card's extra power connectors installed?
Is your monitor plugged in and your motherboard speaker installed?

Now, the less obvious:

Is your PSU powerful enough?
Is there thermal solution between the CPU and heatsink?

lucasburns · May 1, 2014

wolverine96 :

Let's play a little "Captain Obvious", first...

Are the switches on the PSU and the surge protector switched on?
Is the CPU power connector plugged into the motherboard?
Is the CPU heatsink fan connected to the motherboard?
Are the RAM sticks and graphics card properly seated in their slots?
Are the graphics card's extra power connectors installed?
Is your monitor plugged in and your motherboard speaker installed?

Now, the less obvious:

Is your PSU powerful enough?
Is there thermal solution between the CPU and heatsink?

yes to all

Eduello · May 1, 2014

This might be helpful: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems

Dark Lord of Tech · May 1, 2014

Specs?

lucasburns · May 1, 2014

CPU: AMD FX-8320 Vishera 3.5GHz (4.0GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Desktop Processor
MOBO: ASUS M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200)
Video card: EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P4-2765-KR GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI
Power Supply: RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-730SS 730W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V

Dark Lord of Tech · May 1, 2014

You have great components , but you power supply is very very poor quality , they have been known to explode.

Tier 5 - Other than the units listed above for any of these brands, NOT RECOMMENDED. Replace ASAP if you have one.

A-TOP Technology
Apevia
APEX (SUPERCASE/ALLIED)
Aspire(Turbo Case)
ATADC
Athena Power
ATRIX
Broadway Com Corp
Coolmax
Deer
Diablotek
Dynapower USA
Dynex
EagleTech
FOXCONN
FSP Everest
HEC Orion
Hiper Type-R
Huntkey
I-Star Computer Co. Ltd
In Win
JPAC COMPUTER
Just PC
Kingwin Inc.
Linkworld Electronics
Logisys Computer
MGE
MSI
NMEDIAPC
Norwood Micro/ CompUSA
NorthQ
NZXT
Okia
Powmax
Q-Tec
Raidmax

Rocketfish
Rosewill
SFC
Shuttle
Skyhawk
Spire Coolers
Star Micro
STARTECH
Thermaltake Purepower NP
Thermaltake Purepower RU
Thermaltake TR2 (and TR2-RX)
TOPOWER TOP
Ultra X-Connect
Ultra X2 >greater than 700 watt
Ultra LSP
Wintech
XION
YoungYear
Zebronics

lucasburns · May 1, 2014

so i have to get a new power supply or it wont start?

Dark Lord of Tech · May 1, 2014

Not saying it's the issue for sure , but to protect the rest of your components it needs to be replaced.

It's a great place to start.

wolverine96 · May 1, 2014

lucasburns :

There may be other issues, too, hopefully not, but yes, get a better power supply.

lucasburns · May 1, 2014

can you recommend a power supply? also what could i do at the moment to try and get this thing to start?

Dark Lord of Tech · May 1, 2014

Power supplies from SEASONIC , XFX , Antec are good choices.

Dark Lord of Tech · May 1, 2014

Plenty of power for your specs.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($50.99 @ TigerDirect)
Total: $50.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-01 19:25 EDT-0400)

lucasburns · May 1, 2014

so what can i do to make the computer boot?

Dark Lord of Tech · May 1, 2014

Get a new power supply before you proceed , don't risk using the one you have.

Eduello · May 1, 2014

lucasburns :

Did you go through the list I posted?

lucasburns · May 1, 2014

Eduello :

yea i went through the whole list

lucasburns · May 1, 2014

it appears you were right sr-71 as it wont turn on atall now...

Dark Lord of Tech · May 1, 2014

Get a new power supply , don't risk ruining your other components.

wolverine96 · Jun 25, 2014

Here's the source for the list SR-71 Blackbird posted, in case anyone is interested:
https://community.newegg.com/eggxpert/computer_hardware/f/135081/t/45344.aspx?Redirected=true

lucasburns · Jul 6, 2014

update to this old thread. had the pc running for a few months now. the problem was that the cpu bar was not pushed down all the way. I had to take out the cpu cooler and push it down properly. first build and mistakes happen but overall this thing is a beauty!

wolverine96 · Jul 7, 2014

Aha! I'm glad you were able to notice that and fix it.

Did you buy a new PSU?

lucasburns · Jul 7, 2014

not yes im sad to say. its working fine for now but I am going to get a new one asap.

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