Old mobo new psu

808Molcos · Jul 26, 2016

I have a kind of old gigabyte ga-h61ma-d3v rev 2.1 mobo, today I have bought a corsair cx600 psu as my old psu appears to have packed up. Can anyone tell me if they are compatible please

Dark Lord of Tech · Jul 26, 2016

Yes they are 100% compatible.

808Molcos · Jul 26, 2016

Thanks for the quick answer. I've just got home and looking over my mobo now, it has a 4pin pci-e slot and the psu has 2x pic-e 6-pin & 8-pin. Is that not going to be an issue? Don't won't fry anything lol...

Dark Lord of Tech · Jul 26, 2016

The 8 pin CPU, you split to make 4+4 AND YOU USE HALF OF IT.

Dark Lord of Tech · Jul 26, 2016

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2334442/pin-pin-cpu.html
Look at my pic in this thread.

808Molcos · Jul 26, 2016

That's a nice handy little feature thank you. So now my issue is after hooking everything up again and switching on the power, the cpu fan and psu fan span briefly and then stopped, I unplugged the psu and the carefully plugged everything back in to make sure I hadn't missed something, now nothing is happening when I'm hitting the power...

Dark Lord of Tech · Jul 26, 2016

Are you sure your board is ok? Are you sure your old PSU was the issue?

808Molcos · Jul 26, 2016

I know the psu was on the blink as I had a friend test it for me, besides that it needed upgrading anyway as the old one was only 450w. As for the mobo I'm not 100% sure it's not to blame here... Everything was working last week, then one morning it didn't power on, hence the psu overhaul.

Dark Lord of Tech · Jul 26, 2016

If you have everything hooked up correctly you should be getting some power.

808Molcos · Jul 26, 2016

100% sure I've got it all hooked up correctly, there's only so many places the psu plugs in, also an led on my gaming headset has lit up, so there is defintley power going through it. I'd assume the mobo is screwed now, unless replacing the BIOS battery would make a difference? Lol

Dark Lord of Tech · Jul 26, 2016

BIOS batteries are rarely the issue.

808Molcos · Jul 26, 2016

So is there a chance a flat BIOS battery could be preventing it from turning on? If not I'll assume the board is shot...

Dark Lord of Tech · Jul 26, 2016

Possibly but more likely the board , since your PSU is new.

Inkiad · Jul 26, 2016

You may have installed the cpu cooler poorly. The stock cooler from intel requires some extra care after several uninstall and reinstall.

808Molcos · Jul 26, 2016

I have a new cpu fan, thermal cleaner and paste on thier way in the post as the old one is in a bit of a state. I guess after replacing all of that and the battery that if it still doesn't work it's time to replace the motherboard?

Just like to point out this is a 2nd hand desktop I bought cheap lol

Dark Lord of Tech · Jul 26, 2016

Sometimes building it outside the case helps.

808Molcos · Jul 28, 2016

All solved now it seems, not sure what the issue was. Replacing the cpu cooler seemed to help though. Thanks for the help

Dark Lord of Tech · Jul 28, 2016

Cooler shouldn't have stopped anything unless it was installed wrong.

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