Is My Case Dead?!!?!?

[ThatNewGuy01211]

Talked months ago of upgrading and finally received all parts. Parts:

MSI MEG UNIFY x570

Ryzen 3900X

ac1200i corsair power supply

trident z neo 3600mhz dual 16gb stick ram

scythe fuma 2 cooler

nvidia 980ti

cooler master h500m

 

Can attach pics of build as is now. But i really believe everything is hooked up correctly via mother board and psu. Plug everything into everything then psu into the wall and nothing turns on or spins except for the motherboards on-board power button and the clear cmos button on the back. Ive completely disconnected everything and double checked placement. Im shook and hoping i dont have dead hardware of some sort. Is there any possibility my case could be DOA? Ive triple check the front wires to the motherboard and just don’t know what it could be 

[Slottr]

Have you tried shorting the front panel pins?

[ThatNewGuy01211]

15 minutes ago, Slottr said:

Have you tried shorting the front panel pins?

No i have not, this is my first build ever. Not quite sure how id do that. Also planning to disassemble some things and ensure nothing is touching or shorting my motherboard out. 

[Spotty]

You don't need to short the front panel pins. Your motherboard has a power switch on it. It's the glowing red light in the bottom right hand corner of the motherboard. If you push that button it should start.

There's a debug LED next to the button. Does it display a code when you try to turn the system on?

[ThatNewGuy01211]

7 minutes ago, Spotty said:

You don't need to short the front panel pins. Your motherboard has a power switch on it. It's the glowing red light in the bottom right hand corner of the motherboard. If you push that button it should start.

There's a debug LED next to the button. Does it display a code when you try to turn the system on?

Tried pushing the power button and it, just like my front button, doesnt initiate or change anything. No cpu fans and no more lights than the two. I’ve also tried reset button next to power and the clear cmos. Unfortunately no code displays either just those two lights 

[Ralf]

9 hours ago, ThatNewGuy01211 said:

Tried pushing the power button and it, just like my front button, doesnt initiate or change anything. No cpu fans and no more lights than the two. I’ve also tried reset button next to power and the clear cmos. Unfortunately no code displays either just those two lights 

Then the case is not your problem but something else. Also why did you install the Scythe Fuma 2 the way you did? You should rotate it 180 degrees, right now it's fighting for air with the rear exhaust.

[ThatNewGuy01211]

42 minutes ago, Ralf said:

Then the case is not your problem but something else. Also why did you install the Scythe Fuma 2 the way you did? You should rotate it 180 degrees, right now it's fighting for air with the rear exhaust.

First pc build ever, new to building been studying up for a few months. It can be rotated once its functional 

[TVwazhere]

9 hours ago, ThatNewGuy01211 said:

Tried pushing the power button and it, just like my front button, doesnt initiate or change anything. No cpu fans and no more lights than the two. I’ve also tried reset button next to power and the clear cmos. Unfortunately no code displays either just those two lights 

Have you checked if the CPU is mounted correctly?

 

I had a similar issue with a build where the system did not turn on at all (no lights, spinning fans or anything) because the CPU was not properly mounted. Ironically, the cooler was also mounted the wrong way, so this gave me an excuse to remount the cooler correctly!

[ThatNewGuy01211]

4 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

Have you checked if the CPU is mounted correctly?

 

I had a similar issue with a build where the system did not turn on at all (no lights, spinning fans or anything) because the CPU was not properly mounted. Ironically, the cooler was also mounted the wrong way, so this gave me an excuse to remount the cooler correctly!

My buddy is bringing it to his house shortly today. He has the same processor so a simple swap will tell me if its what you’ve said or if the mobo or cpu were just DOA

[ThatNewGuy01211]

8 hours ago, Ralf said:

Then the case is not your problem but something else. Also why did you install the Scythe Fuma 2 the way you did? You should rotate it 180 degrees, right now it's fighting for air with the rear exhaust.

Also to this, i had mounted it based on where the heat fins had the cutout for the ram clearance. And could i not also just flip that left end fan to the other side?

[ThatNewGuy01211]

So, developments since last post. PSU turned out to be the reason nothing worked. My buddy took mine out and put his in and it turned on. Went to best buy (my only option) and bought a new EVGA 850 GQ. Brought it back hooked it up and it was shorting itself out and not working so back to best buy. Right before i get there buddy calls to tell me bios isnt reading ssd now and hes tried multiple things multiple times. So now i need to buy a new SSD and PSU. $350 later and i have a working computer downloading windows (no key). Get it back to my house last night and nvidia drivers are impossible. Download the newest ones after checking windows updates. And get a stuck black screen half way into install instead of the normal black and then back. Left it to sit and finish for twenty minutes and no screen came back on so i had to reset. This triggered a restart loop where the computer restarted itself yet kept saying it wasnt restarted correctly. From there was a series of trying to reset the pc and start square one with computer reinstalling windows on itself and then trying to get any sort of graphics driver. Can’t seem to be done and today i tried to download windows to a USB and reformat and apparently windows didnt download correctly so i cant even do that

[ThatNewGuy01211]

Beuller?

[Guest]

18 hours ago, ThatNewGuy01211 said:

So, developments since last post. PSU turned out to be the reason nothing worked. 

New PSU?  Where did you get those cables?  They don't all look like the correct cables for an AX1200i.  That "SATA" and "CPU" cable doesn't look right.  Sure, the red one isn't an original cable, but at least it says "Type 3".

 

18 hours ago, ThatNewGuy01211 said:

Went to best buy (my only option) and bought a new EVGA 850 GQ. Brought it back hooked it up and it was shorting itself out and not working so back to best buy. 

What does that even mean?  "Shorting itself out"?  Were you using all the cables that came with the EVGA?

 

[ThatNewGuy01211]

Thank you to everyone who has helped! Turned out that I received a bunk copy of windows. Went to another computer and downloaded a freshie and shes been good since! I did run into a mild random restart issue whilst having xmp and my gpu oc going but ive decided not to push my luck lol. And just run stability for the next few weeks. May be a voltage thing but there will be a time. I purchased a Supernova 1000w gold power supply and used the cable from it to run my gpu and other components. 

9 hours ago, jonnyGURU said:

New PSU?  Where did you get those cables?  They don't all look like the correct cables for an AX1200i.  That "SATA" and "CPU" cable doesn't look right.  Sure, the red one isn't an original cable, but at least it says "Type 3".

 

What does that even mean?  "Shorting itself out"?  Were you using all the cables that came with the EVGA?

 

Shorting out meaning that my mobo power button light would flicker and that was it. Everything had been plugged in and hybrid was off. But since the 1000w and those cables and a fresh install of windows i’ve been doing alright 

[Guest]

So you don't know where those cables came from?  That was my main concern.  You can't mix cables from one PSU to another.  Many times, you can't even mix DC cables from one model to another within the same brand PSU.

 

[ThatNewGuy01211]

7 hours ago, jonnyGURU said:

So you don't know where those cables came from?  That was my main concern.  You can't mix cables from one PSU to another.  Many times, you can't even mix DC cables from one model to another within the same brand PSU.

 

I unfortunately cannot say as they were in the original computer i upgraded from. But glad to be up and working with fresh ones now