Recent content by Peacekeeper

Apologese for double post. Tested my PSU and it works - tried the paper clip idea as well as the multimeter. Is there any definitive way, other that buying replacements for everything, to determine whethert the motherboard, RAM or CPU may be the culprit?

Thank you for both the instructional links and the video. I'm going to get some dinner and then test it and make sure to get back to you guys with the results =]

I've tried all different combinations on several PSUs now and all with a same result. I'm pretty sure it's not the PSU. Most likely it's the CPU, even so I'm not entirely sure how to deal with that as it was working find until I tried to reinstall the new OS earlier. The cable is built into...

Yeh, I made sure to plug in the 4pin one too.

Just tested the computer with everything unplugged again but this time using an alternate PSU and I received the same feedback from the computer and unresponsive start up. Though, the power plug from the old PSU I'm testing with is missing some additional point on it as shown below, I'm not...

I have an old PSU from the computer I dismantled yesterday [I was going to use the case but realised halfway through that it was a bespoke shape and my motherboard wouldn't fit so I had to use a different one]. I just checked and it's only 375W though and it has a 6pin plug rather than a 4/4+4...

I have tried disconnecting everything from the motherboard except the cpu and psu, I have also tried starting it without the CPU connected and cleared the CMOS. All this I've tried with just one stick of RAM at a time and I have tested both sticks. Each time it does the same thing - CPU fan...

The boot drive is the one with the orange SATA cable on the photo, it's connection into one of the side ports. Unfortunately yes. I'm not looking forward to removal of the CPU if it comes to that as I WILL break something it is a guarantee.

The problem is that the other four are completely the wrong shape to go into the slots

If there is a TPU switch I cannot find it. I am just using 4pin - Reason being that the other 4pins do not connect into the slots.

The bottom middle screw, I figured it would be the strongest place without one. No, completely different system. All photos except the full top down one were taken with the power on: Full Top Down SATA connections MemOK/RAM/Power 4pin Power Connection CPU Closeup of CPU...

I will post some pics up in a few mins. There are 9 offset screws in place, but I just remembered that there is one main screw missing to hold the motherboard down. Could this be effecting it? [I ran out of screws] It doesn't smell like burning as far as I can tell. I did check because I...

I'm unsure what you mean by this sorry. Do you mean the little screws behind the motherboard that stand it away from the case which you then screw into to hold the motherboard in place? [Sorry for the bad description but I don't know them by name] EDIT: Looked up the 'standoff' screws and I did...

I just cleared the CMOS with direction from manual. And also rest what it refers to as the 'MemOK!' switch, though still no luck with the machine switching on. The red LED I spoke of only flashes up for a fraction of a second when I attempt to turn on the computer so I wouldn't be able to...

I built my first computer yesterday. I did a lot of research into building my own PC before I purchased anything and I had some guidance from someone more knowledgeable than me. The computer was working fine yesterday, but I mistakenly put on Windows 7 32bit OS instead of 64bit so this...