ASUS A55BM‑E "Won't Start" - Picture Included

minuschicken

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Just purchased an A55BM-E Motherboard and an A10-7850K APU. I have set everything up with a custom cooler (ThermalTake CL-P0503) and a nice stick of Ballistix tactical Tracer RAM (DDR3-1866) 4GB.


Everything installed correctly, I connected the motherboard to the power headings for the on/off switch of my case, and connected everything to my DiabloTek 500W PSD1500 Power Supply. I installed my WD BLUE 1TB.

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When I power on the PS and then press the power switch on the case, the RAM lights up, the CPU appears to be running (Fan is on), the PS fan is running. I have a monitor plugged in to the VGA output, but nothing appears on the monitor. The computer appears to not be able to POST. I've tried switching the RAM between the two slots. I'm going to try putting in a PCI-e Videocard to see if that works, I just don't know what the problem is.

Please help me! What's wrong? Why won't it POST?




Let me know if you want pics of any parts/more info, happy to provide.


Thanks, Paul.
 

minuschicken

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My power supply doesn't appear to have that kind of connector? I'll double check. Do I need to have that one if the 20-Pin Main Power Connector is plugged in? I don't think I do? Should I try a different PS that has the 4pin as well?


I tried putting in an ASUS 6450 video card, and when I put it in, the hard drive will spin up, but still nothing on the monitor.
 

minuschicken

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Tried another power supply. With the other power supply the RAM is lighting up in a different way (lights on the top cycle through). This other power supply has the 20pin and the four pin seperate. I checked the DiabloTek and I can actually unclip the last 4 pins and put those on the other connector, but it doesn't power up when I do this.

Anybody have any insight on this?
 


Avenseth12 is right, you need plug in the 24 (20+4) pin that is the main power connector, also the 4pin ATX 12V too. If this is your PSU, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817822008 it has all the connectors you need.

The DiabloTek is not the one you want, if you can return it, just do it. If you are in USA, then get this one is better. CORSAIR CX series CX430 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139026

 
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