homebuilt PC won't boot up please help!

Mojoe134 · Jan 17, 2015

I just connected everything and all the power is connected and i'm on the right monitor channel and everything. i powered everything up and it just wont give a signal. There's a green light on my motherboard showing it has power but that's about it. I am so lost.
My parts are in this link:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tqD4jX

Please help me fix this! I just dropped a thousand dollars on it and now its just simply sending a signal or spinning the fans or turning on any thing on other than the power light on the motherboard

seanspotatobusiness · Jan 17, 2015

Have you connected a speaker to the motherboard's speaker jumper? The combination of long and short beeps from that speaker could be informative for deducing the fault. They're very cheap on eBay. I wouldn't pay more than $2-3 USD.

logainofhades · Jan 17, 2015

Try a CMOS reset. Sometimes I have to do that, on a new build, to get it running properly.

Mojoe134 · Jan 17, 2015

logainofhades :

How do i do that? and btw i can't even get into the bios but there is a clear cmos button on io plate part. Should i push that when its "on" or off and should i have the power supply cable plugged into the powersupply

seanspotatobusiness · Jan 17, 2015

Mojoe134 :

Yes, while the system is on, press the Clear CMOS button to clear the CMOS.

The power supply cable must be plugged in in order for the system to be on. Make sure everything is plugged in. This includes power to the motherboard, power to the processor (smaller header also on the motherboard) and power to the GPU card.

Mojoe134 · Jan 17, 2015

nope pressed that cmos button and nothing changed. The intel cpu fan twitches sometimes when i press the power button but thats about it

seanspotatobusiness · Jan 17, 2015

Does the PSU come on when you press the power button?

Mojoe134 · Jan 17, 2015

Well this is kinda weird to explain but when i turn the psu switch on it lights up the motherboards power led and when i turn the case on the cpu and the reset button blink or twitch. Cmos didnt do anything

seanspotatobusiness · Jan 17, 2015

They blink on and off repeatedly or on and stay on?

Are you sure there are no short circuits between the motherboard and the case or something else?

Mojoe134 · Jan 17, 2015

The reset button blinks once or twice on the motherboard when i try to power it up.
What do you mean by short circuits?

logainofhades · Jan 17, 2015

You reset the cmos with the system off.

seanspotatobusiness · Jan 17, 2015

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_circuit (go here and if English isn't your native language, find your language on the bottom left hand side of the screen).

If there is metal touching the electrical circuits of your motherboard, it won't work.

Mojoe134 · Jan 17, 2015

nothing is changing

seanspotatobusiness · Jan 17, 2015

logainofhades :

Are you sure about that? He has an illuminated Clear CMOS button. My motherboard CMOS is cleared while the system is powered on. He's pressing the button, not removing the battery.

Mojoe134 · Jan 17, 2015

I thought metal of the case had to touch the motherboard to attach the mobo to the case?

seanspotatobusiness · Jan 17, 2015

Yes, the metal of the case can touch the motherboard *at specific mounting points* but if done incorrectly, the metal can also touch the electric-conducting parts of the motherboard.

Mojoe134 · Jan 17, 2015

Thats not it, the only metal touching the mobo are the standoff screws

Mojoe134 · Jan 17, 2015

ok im going to reinstall the motherboard

seanspotatobusiness · Jan 17, 2015

Are you sure the CPU is correctly seated?

Unplug the PSU from everything inside the computer except the mains and use a piece of wire or a paperclip to create a short circuit between the green wire of the PSU's motherboard connector and any one of the black wires. Does the PSU turn on?

seanspotatobusiness · Jan 17, 2015

Mojoe134 :

Since you're taking it out anyway, try placing it on a stable non-conductive surface and see if it will power up.

Mojoe134 · Jan 17, 2015

Nope still wont turn on

Mojoe134 · Jan 17, 2015

let me try the things you just said

logainofhades · Jan 17, 2015

Take the board, and everything else, out and set it on a non metal table, and put it together. That will eliminate the grounding possibility. Also to test the PSU, with everything disconnected from the motherboard, you can try this. http://seasonicusa.com/RMABeta/JumpStart/JS.pdf

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