jaquith said:
Yeah a full breadboard is the easiest, use (1) stick - failure swap sticks.
You are WAY under powered especially if the 'plan' is to OC anything, and you may have damaged the PSU.
IMO - OC both the CPU + GPU(s) then at least a 1000W if not 1200W PSU.
Yeah, originally I thought the PSU was 1KW, but upon checking it after all this happened it was rated at 700W 30Amp Max. I have since then ordered a 1KW PSU.
Your concerns are my own about damaging the PSU, but I will try everything out of the chasis first before I write the PSU off as a loss.
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I am not sure that this is still the case, but in the past Dell power supplies were incompatible with non-Dell motherboards. Dell now owns Alienware. I would try to test the board with another power supply.
Are you sure about this? I wouldn't think a PSU with all the correct connectors would be prejudice against one MB or another.
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If the motherboard works outside of the case ...
Are there any extra standoffs on the motherboard tray that don't exactly correspond to a mounting hole on the motherboard itself? If there are any extra ones they need to be removed or they will cause an electrical short and cause the symptom you've described.
Also check that the system panel connectors from the chassis is connected properly to the Q-Connector.
The standoffs used were not changed/moved from what the old MB (eVGA 680i SLI) used. And no extra ones were used.
I also thought of the Q-Connector as well, so I unplugged everything from it and used the power switch built into the MB to no avail.
Here's what I did as far as the new build.
I had an old Alienware case from about 5 years back (one of the newer styles as seen here)
I re-used my 2x 750GB WD Caviar Blacks
700W PSU
DVD Burner
Case
SoundBlaster Xi-Fi Sound Card
I ordered new:
Intel i7 2600k Processor
ASUS P8Z68 V-Pro Mobo
4x4GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 DDR3
eVGA Geforce GTX570 x2
Recieved all the necessary parts this morning. I was playing Bad Company 2 at the time when it came so I know the old PSU was good. Powered down the PC, disassembled it, put the new stuff in (painstakingly made everything as neat or neater than it was before) powered it on, heard the audible "click" of the PSU and saw the case fans and CPU fan move just barely then did nothing afterward. I proceded to start trouble shooting as posted above before I had to leave for work.
Now that I've had ample time to pick some peoples brains and think back on it, I have some new trouble shooting processes to take.