New Build FAIL

[luckyniji13]

I just put together a new build with a crappy no-name-madeinchina "650w" [put weighed a feather] psu today. The system turned on, a few seconds later, shut down. Then on. Then off. and so on...

I thought it was hockey puck psu but when I swapped it out with an Ultra 650w the same thing happened.

Please tell me this is not my mobo, if it was my mobo then I guess it was DOA .

I even tried putting the memory in different slots to see if that helped and it didn't.

 

[Raidur]

Make sure to try a hard CMOS clear removing the battery and shorting w/ the jumper.

 

[luckyniji13]

Tried it, didn't work.

 

[Device Unknown]

I just put together a new build with a crappy no-name-madeinchina "650w" [put weighed a feather] psu today. The system turned on, a few seconds later, shut down. Then on. Then off. and so on...

I thought it was hockey puck psu but when I swapped it out with an Ultra 650w the same thing happened.

Please tell me this is not my mobo, if it was my mobo then I guess it was DOA .

I even tried putting the memory in different slots to see if that helped and it didn't.

Here is something I ran into on my P8P67 DELUXE mobo, when you set the bios to Overclock it will reboot it's self 3 or more times. So let it reboot a few times and see what happens

 

[luckyniji13]

Thanks but this is a new build, nothing is set to OC. Brand new parts fresh out of static bags today. I did let it reboot for about 10 minutes and nothing fixed.

 

[EXT64]

While a lot in this list won't apply, I'd recommend running through as much of it as possible as preliminary troubleshooting: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-boot-video-problems

 

[iam2thecrowe]

^agreed, do some basic troubleshooting with test-bench bare minimum setup before you proceed. any single component can cause issues like this, although your right i would most likely suspect motherboard.

 

[luckyniji13]

Troubleshot - thinking it is the motherboard, time to turn to the warranty. Thinking vulgar words toward this model right now, I've read reviews of people getting this one DOA. or as I like to say DAMNED.

It isn't possible to ruin a processor by putting it in a bad mobo... is it?



...where did I put that beer down..?

 

[EXT64]

Sure, it is possible. Let's hope it didn't though.

Did you buy the motherboard recently, and where from? Normally for DOA you return to the retailer (which is usually quicker than the manufacturer warranty).

 

[luckyniji13]

Less than 2 months old, from Tiger Direct.

If say my precious i5 2500k was doomed couldn't I just demand a warranty coverage for that too? It is all MSI's fault, not mine..

[a few more beers]

 

[EXT64]

Probably, but there is a decent chance that the Processor is ok.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

ive only seen a couple failed processors in my time, they were celeron D's with shorts that shut down the psu.

 

[luckyniji13]

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