Pc won't boot up

[Pach3co]

So I was helping a friend of mine build a pc and I haven't built one in like 4 years so I'm a little rusty. The problem is that when I boot up the pc, it won't start at all. The fans won't start but the motherboard shows a light. I don't know if I need to get a different PSU because motherboard has a 8+4 pin on the top left.

Specs:

 AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Asus PRIME X570-P

G.Skill Ripjaws 2 x 8 GB DDR4-3600 memory

XFX Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS XXX ED Video Card

EVga BQ 600 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

[Bombastinator]

15 minutes ago, Pach3co said:

So I was helping a friend of mine build a pc and I haven't built one in like 4 years so I'm a little rusty. The problem is that when I boot up the pc, it won't start at all. The fans won't start but the motherboard shows a light. I don't know if I need to get a different PSU because motherboard has a 8+4 pin on the top left.

Specs:

 AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Asus PRIME X570-P

G.Skill Ripjaws 2 x 8 GB DDR4-3600 memory

XFX Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS XXX ED Video Card

EVga BQ 600 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

A light? As in a code light? 
motherboards seem to have 3 common ways to report errors: light codes, beep codes or digital readout codes.

[Pach3co]

7 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

A light? As in a code light? 
motherboards seem to have 3 common ways to report errors: light codes, beep codes or digital readout codes.

I couldn't see the light properly It was hidden behind the graphics card. I have to ask my friend to reinstall the PSU cables to see what colors they are.

[Bombastinator]

3 minutes ago, Pach3co said:

I couldn't see the light properly It was hidden behind the graphics card. I have to ask my friend to reinstall the PSU cables to see what colors they are.

Perhaps find the motherboard manual and look things up.  Motherboards have some sort of debug system normally but they vary by board.

[Pach3co]

9 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

Perhaps find the motherboard manual and look things up.  Motherboards have some sort of debug system normally but they vary by board.

I found out that the light is only for cosmetic purposes. It's not for the debug system.

[Bombastinator]

Just now, Pach3co said:

I found out that the light is only for cosmetic purposes. It's not for the debug system.

Crud.  That’s useless then.  Only one reason I hate rgb.

 

you should have enough PSU, assuming the thing is working correctly.  Checking all the cable and slot connections is generally a first step.  If those are done incorrectly there’s no chance of things working. 

 

 

[Pach3co]

On 5/7/2020 at 10:43 PM, Bombastinator said:

Crud.  That’s useless then.  Only one reason I hate rgb.

 

you should have enough PSU, assuming the thing is working correctly.  Checking all the cable and slot connections is generally a first step.  If those are done incorrectly there’s no chance of things working. 

 

 

My friend ordered an adapter because the motherboard has a 12 pin on the top left. That didn't work either so I'm thinking it could be wattage.

[Bombastinator]

6 minutes ago, Pach3co said:

My friend ordered an adapter because the motherboard has a 12 pin on the top left. That didn't work either so I'm thinking it could be wattage.

12 pin?  As in really really old main board power? Or 8+4 cpu power?

 

if this is the board

top left would be cpu power.  The extra 4 pins aren’t actually needed.  That’s just for extreme overclocking.  You can put 300+w through the 8 pin.

[Pach3co]

4 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

12 pin?  As in really really old main board power? Or 8+4 cpu power?

Sorry it's the 8+4 pin

[Bombastinator]

2 minutes ago, Pach3co said:

Sorry it's the 8+4 pin

Heh.  Figured out it must be and updated my post but you posted while I was doing it.  If all the guy had was a single 4 pin for cpu power you could be right

[Pach3co]

8 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

Heh.  Figured out it must be and updated my post but you posted while I was doing it.  If all the guy had was a single 4 pin for cpu power you could be right

I can ask him for the pcpartpicker link he used and I can post it here.

 

Heres the link 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor	$204.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard	Asus PRIME X570-P ATX AM4 Motherboard	$287.42 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$73.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Western Digital Blue 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$49.88 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$59.99 @ Other World Computing
Video Card	XFX Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS XXX ED Video Card	$169.99 @ Best Buy
Case	DIYPC DIY-A1-BK ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply	EVGA BQ 600 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$175.09 @ Amazon
Case Fan	Scythe SY1225DB12SH 110.31 CFM 120 mm Fan	$7.99 @ Amazon
Case Fan	Scythe SY1225DB12SH 110.31 CFM 120 mm Fan	$7.99 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1037.33
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-12 17:25 EDT-0400