First Time Build, Tower won't boot up

[SmiTaSous]

Hey guys, Can anyone give me some help or insight? This is my first build and my Tower won't start up. I'm wondering if it's a Dead part or something. 

[Fasauceome]

would be nice to have a pcpartpicker.com list and some symptoms

[nick name]

Yeah, you're gonna need to provide a lot more detail than that.  Pictures of the build without the side panel on the case might help if you have good lighting.  At a minimum the specs of the system and anything you've tried thus far to fix it.  

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

13 minutes ago, SmiTaSous said:

Hey guys, Can anyone give me some help or insight? This is my first build and my Tower won't start up. I'm wondering if it's a Dead part or something. 

Have you plugged in your front panel connectors correctly? That happens a lot. You'd be amazed how many times people have plugged in the power switch to the reset headers. 

[SmiTaSous]

32 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

would be nice to have a pcpartpicker.com list and some symptoms

I used a Build Guide but the Parts I have are:

I-5 9600k 9th Gen

Hyper 212 Black Edition with Silicone Fan

ASRock Z390 Pro4

OLOy Memory Series x2

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 OC Edition

TX550M PSU

WD 2TB Harddrive

Sunbow 480 GB SSD

Phanteks Eclipse Steel ATX Midtower Tempered Glass Black Cases

 

I don't know why you mean by Symptoms?

 

 

 

 

[Fasauceome]

4 minutes ago, SmiTaSous said:

don't know why you mean by Symptoms?

What does it do when you try to turn it on

 

Also your CPU fan looks like it's gonna blow air down, but your GPU will blow air up, might create some turbulence unless you turned the CPU cooler fan around.

[SmiTaSous]

6 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Have you plugged in your front panel connectors correctly? That happens a lot. You'd be amazed how many times people have plugged in the power switch to the reset headers. 

I used a Build Guide but the Parts I have are:

I-5 9600k 9th Gen

Hyper 212 Black Edition with Silicone Fan

ASRock Z390 Pro4

OLOy Memory Series x2

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 OC Edition

TX550M PSU

WD 2TB Harddrive

Sunbow 480 GB SSD

Phanteks Eclipse Steel ATX Midtower Tempered Glass Black Cases

 

I'm new to PC in general, so I will have to ask..What are Front Panel Connectors heh heh

[nick name]

Can you get us a clearer picture of this section of the board?  Move cables so we can see that all is connected?

[SmiTaSous]

2 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

What does it do when you try to turn it on

 

Also your CPU fan looks like it's gonna blow air down, but your GPU will blow air up, might create some turbulence unless you turned the CPU cooler fan around.

Yeah, The CPU fan is good, The Fan takes the air for the cookie and spits it out, Right?? The air is blowing towards the outside of the case.

 

It doesnt do anything when I try to turn it on. I've tried making sure all the parts connected to the motherboard are plugged in right, I tried using a Screwdriver to touch the Power Switch Prongs on the motherboard to sorta spark it on, and I think that's all. Of course. I have tried making sure the PSU Switch in on.

[SmiTaSous]

1 minute ago, nick name said:

Can you get us a clearer picture of this section of the board?  Move cables so we can see that all is connected?

 

[Fasauceome]

4 minutes ago, SmiTaSous said:

Yeah, The CPU fan is good, The Fan takes the air for the cookie and spits it out, Right?? The air is blowing towards the outside of the case.

They you're good

 

4 minutes ago, SmiTaSous said:

It doesnt do anything when I try to turn it on. I've tried making sure all the parts connected to the motherboard are plugged in right, I tried using a Screwdriver to touch the Power Switch Prongs on the motherboard to sorta spark it on, and I think that's all. Of course. I have tried making sure the PSU Switch in on.

Is it perhaps plugged into a surge protector that's not on? I've done that before

[SmiTaSous]

1 minute ago, Fasauceome said:

They you're good

 

Is it perhaps plugged into a surge protector that's not on? I've done that before

Surge Protector? Where would that be located?

[Fasauceome]

8 minutes ago, SmiTaSous said:

Surge Protector? Where would that be located?

Like a power strip

 

[SmiTaSous]

1 minute ago, Fasauceome said:

Like a power strip

 

Oh! It wasnt connected to a Surge Protector, it's plugged in to an Outlet.

[nick name]

It doesn't look like anything is plugged into this header (where the power button would go).

[nick name]

34 minutes ago, SmiTaSous said:

Oh! It wasnt connected to a Surge Protector, it's plugged in to an Outlet.

Oof.  You definitely want a surge protector.  

[SmiTaSous]

3 minutes ago, nick name said:

It doesn't look like anything is plugged into this header (where the power button would go).

Where would I find the plug?

[nick name]

I think it's probably one of these circled in blue if the top of your case is where your power button is.  It will either be a flatter type cable or tiny little cables.

 

 

Edit:

I looked up your case and it's almost certainly one of those cables and I think I see a wider, flat cable that probably separates at the end where there are tiny little connectors that attach to the motherboard header.  They should also be labeled with something like PWR or RESET for each button it connects to.  

[SmiTaSous]

1 minute ago, nick name said:

I think it's probably one of these circled in blue if the top of your case is where your power button is.  It will either be a flatter type cable or tiny little cables.

It turned on!!! Thank you!!!

[nick name]

1 minute ago, SmiTaSous said:

It turned on!!! Thank you!!!

You're welcome!  Congrats on the new build!

[nick name]

And get a surge protector!

[nick name]

1 hour ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Have you plugged in your front panel connectors correctly? That happens a lot. You'd be amazed how many times people have plugged in the power switch to the reset headers. 

This was the correct diagnosis.  

[SmiTaSous]

1 minute ago, nick name said:

You're welcome!  Congrats on the new build!

Thank you so much! 

I have one, I was just building in a different room heh heh

[SmiTaSous]

2 hours ago, nick name said:

This was the correct diagnosis.  

You dont happen to know why my Tower is on but it doesn't display anything. I have a HDMI and it's plugged into my GPU, But I made sure the PC is on, Fans whirling and everything, but it doesn't display anything on the TV screen.

Edited September 6, 2019 by SmiTaSous
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[nick name]

24 minutes ago, SmiTaSous said:

You dont happen to know why my Tower is on but it doesn't display anything. I have a HDMI and it's plugged into my GPU, But I made sure the PC is on, Fans whirling and everything, but it doesn't display anything on the TV screen.

I would check the cable.  Make sure the TV is set to the correct HDMI input.  Do you have any other monitor/TV you can try?  And have you tried moving the HDMI cable to the HDMI port in the IO shield area?