- Jun 8, 2016
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Really in need with help with this. Nearly given up with a build on the following new items:
with the addition of an MSI 270x GPU, a 500gb HDD, and a 256GB Sandisk SSD I already owned. (I am using a 1080p Acer monitor with a DVI connection)
I ran through a few PSU calculators and 600W seemed to be more than enough to cope with what was allegedly around 400W of draw.
On the first powerup: the fans would start up, I'd hear the CPU pump whirring and the HDD clattering away. Yet I'd have nothing appear on the screen, as though there were no signal, activity LEDs from either the HDD or the CPU on the front of the case, and the RED CPU error LED on the motherboard would remain lit.
Going on advice from this forum I have tried:
I still have the red CPU error LED with everything else running quite happily.
The only change came about by reverting back to the stock cooler instead of the H45; which made the CPU error LED flash up for 5 seconds, then the motherboard displayed the DRAM error instead. (still nothing on screen)
I repeated the same attempted "fixes" as before, only to have the DRAM error LED light up continually.
Thinking it might be a standoff issue, I took the motherboard out the case and set it up on a static-proof bag, repeating the same attempts at fixes again: no luck.
The particularly odd thing to note is that I tested the new PSU with my old setup:
AMD A8-3870K
ASUS F1A75M
Corsair DDR3 16gb
MSI 270x
and it failed to even boot, despite the connections being in place (especially the CPU 4pin and the 2x6pin for the GPU).
Yet I'm now writing this on my old system with the old PSU installed again.
My best guess is that either: both the motherboard and the PSU are DOA, or the CPU is DOA.
I don't know what to conclusively return and try to replace, or whether I'm missing something considerably obvious and being a complete muppet.
-Silverstone Fortress FT03B
-Intel Core i5 6600
-2x 4GB Corsair vengeance LPX DDR4-2133
-MSI B150M BAZOOKA MoBo
-Corsair SF600 SFX PSU 600W
-Corsair Hydro H45 CPU Cooler
with the addition of an MSI 270x GPU, a 500gb HDD, and a 256GB Sandisk SSD I already owned. (I am using a 1080p Acer monitor with a DVI connection)
I ran through a few PSU calculators and 600W seemed to be more than enough to cope with what was allegedly around 400W of draw.
On the first powerup: the fans would start up, I'd hear the CPU pump whirring and the HDD clattering away. Yet I'd have nothing appear on the screen, as though there were no signal, activity LEDs from either the HDD or the CPU on the front of the case, and the RED CPU error LED on the motherboard would remain lit.
Going on advice from this forum I have tried:
-resetting the bios by setting the CMOS jumper for about 20 seconds with the PSU unplugged
-removing the CMOS battery for 10 minutes or so before replacing it again
-replacing the CMOS battery altogether with the battery from from my previous, functional
motherboard
-swapping between RAM slots with both modules and a single module only
-trying different DVI ports on the 270x
-running off integrated graphics
-running off an older AMD6670 card
-swapping my PSU for my previous Corsair CS650M
I still have the red CPU error LED with everything else running quite happily.
The only change came about by reverting back to the stock cooler instead of the H45; which made the CPU error LED flash up for 5 seconds, then the motherboard displayed the DRAM error instead. (still nothing on screen)
I repeated the same attempted "fixes" as before, only to have the DRAM error LED light up continually.
Thinking it might be a standoff issue, I took the motherboard out the case and set it up on a static-proof bag, repeating the same attempts at fixes again: no luck.
The particularly odd thing to note is that I tested the new PSU with my old setup:
AMD A8-3870K
ASUS F1A75M
Corsair DDR3 16gb
MSI 270x
and it failed to even boot, despite the connections being in place (especially the CPU 4pin and the 2x6pin for the GPU).
Yet I'm now writing this on my old system with the old PSU installed again.
My best guess is that either: both the motherboard and the PSU are DOA, or the CPU is DOA.
I don't know what to conclusively return and try to replace, or whether I'm missing something considerably obvious and being a complete muppet.
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