New PC won't boot

[PC__Noob]

Hi all,

Ive built a new PC and I installed the power supply wired up the motherboard and CPU power and fans etc etc. Now the power switch LEDs work but when I try to turn it on the CPU fan springs to life and then stops spinning, but my exhaust fan does nothing, opinions? 

 

 

[bgibbz]

1 minute ago, PC__Noob said:

Hi all,

Ive built a new PC and I installed the power supply wired up the motherboard and CPU power and fans etc etc. Now the power switch LEDs work but when I try to turn it on the CPU fan springs to life and then stops spinning, but my exhaust fan does nothing, opinions? 

 

 

I am assuming the build does not post? Does your motherboard offer any kind of post codes? if it doesnt, try playing around with the ram, one stick at a time, different dimms, reseat it, etc.

[PCGuy_5960]

3 minutes ago, PC__Noob said:

Hi all,

Ive built a new PC and I installed the power supply wired up the motherboard and CPU power and fans etc etc. Now the power switch LEDs work but when I try to turn it on the CPU fan springs to life and then stops spinning, but my exhaust fan does nothing, opinions? 

 

 

Specs?

[paddy-stone]

Agree with @PCGuy_5960, if we get your specs, preferably in a pcpartpicker list we might have more of an idea what we're dealing with hardware wise. It also might help if you can take a picture or 2 of your PC internals so we can see if it's wired correctly.

[PCGuy_5960]

3 minutes ago, bgibbz said:

Does your motherboard offer any kind of post codes?

If it doesn't, you can use the BIOS speaker that usually comes with the case...

[PC__Noob]

Just now, PCGuy_5960 said:

Specs?

AMD Athlon X4 860K 

Gigabyte A68HM-DS2 Motherboard 

Stock CPU cooler 

320GB HDD

8GB DDR3 Crucial Ballistix RAM

Cooler master b500 PSU

CiT Goblin Mesh gaming case 

 

 

IMG_3410.MOV

[TheRandomness]

Just now, PC__Noob said:

AMD Athlon X4 860K 

Gigabyte A68HM-DS2 Motherboard 

Stock CPU cooler 

320GB HDD

8GB DDR3 Crucial Ballistix RAM

Cooler master b500 PSU

CiT Goblin Mesh gaming case 

 

 

IMG_3410.MOV

Do you have the monitor plugged into a graphics card of sorts? Also, are all the connectors plugged in properly and firmly? Could be a short circuit somewhere. 

[PCGuy_5960]

2 minutes ago, PC__Noob said:

AMD Athlon X4 860K 

Gigabyte A68HM-DS2 Motherboard 

Stock CPU cooler 

320GB HDD

8GB DDR3 Crucial Ballistix RAM

Cooler master b500 PSU

CiT Goblin Mesh gaming case 

 

 

IMG_3410.MOV

Can you send pictures of the motherboard?

[PCGuy_5960]

@PC__Noob That video doesn't load BTW...

[knightslugger]

you didn't damage a pin did you?

[PC__Noob]

1 minute ago, paddy-stone said:

Agree with @PCGuy_5960, if we get your specs, preferably in a pcpartpicker list we might have more of an idea what we're dealing with hardware wise. It also might help if you can take a picture or 2 of your PC internals so we can see if it's wired correctly.

Apologies, I'm new to the site here's a few snaps. It would be note worthy that I don't have a GPU yet, just want to make sure it works before I get one.

 

 

[PC__Noob]

Well the CPU fan just jerks and then dies out pretty much 

[PC__Noob]

3 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

you didn't damage a pin did you?

Thanks for the advice I'll do a quick check 

[PCGuy_5960]

2 minutes ago, PC__Noob said:

Apologies, I'm new to the site here's a few snaps. It would be note worthy that I don't have a GPU yet, just want to make sure it works before I get one.

Install the speaker that comes with your case and tell us how many times it beeps...

[PC__Noob]

2 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Install the speaker that comes with your case and tell us how many times it beeps...

The case didn't come with a speaker... Is that bad? ?

[PCGuy_5960]

5 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

you didn't damage a pin did you?

It's really hard to damage a pin on AMD CPUs...

Intel has them on the socket and they are very small and delicate

AMD has them on the CPU and they are pretty difficult to break, you will have to drop the CPU in order to get bent pins...

[PC__Noob]

Just now, PCGuy_5960 said:

It's really hard to damage a pin on AMD CPUs...

Intel has them on the socket and they are very small and delicate

AMD has them on the CPU and they are pretty difficult to break, you will have to drop the CPU in order to get bent pins...

I was extremely careful installing it and I did not touch any of the pins 

 

[PCGuy_5960]

Just now, PC__Noob said:

The case didn't come with a speaker... Is that bad? ?

Kinda.... Without a speaker or a diagnostic display, you pretty much can't see what's going on...

My best bet though, is that because the 860K doesn't have an iGPU, you need a dGPU, aka video card in order for the PC to boot... I think this is the issue

[PCGuy_5960]

Just now, PC__Noob said:

I was extremely careful installing it and I did not touch any of the pins 

 

Even if you did, you wouldn't have damaged it... The pins on AMD CPUs are big and sturdy

[PCGuy_5960]

@PC__Noob Here is the cheapest BIOS speaker I could find on amazon:

https://amzn.com/B00XJKW9GQ

[paddy-stone]

Ok, I'm not sure, but I think that you may have plugged a PSU cable into the sys fan socket?  it's hard to see with the cables like that, but that's what it looks like to me.

[PC__Noob]

2 hours ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

@PC__Noob Here is the cheapest BIOS speaker I could find on amazon:

https://amzn.com/B00XJKW9GQ

I ordered it so I'll wait for it tor arrive, although it's probably down to the fact I don't have a GPU 

[PCGuy_5960]

3 minutes ago, PC__Noob said:

I ordered it so I'll wait for it tor arrive, although it's probably down to the fact I don't have a GPU 

It's handy for every PC build... So it's good to have one... 

[paddy-stone]

Seriously?? not even goign to look at what I said above ^^^

 

Those wires don't look like fan header wires to me at all, too thick... and although the pictures aren't great, that doesn't look like a fan plug going into sys fan 1.... check it out before you ruin your system bud.

[PC__Noob]

16 hours ago, paddy-stone said:

Ok, I'm not sure, but I think that you may have plugged a PSU cable into the sys fan socket?  it's hard to see with the cables like that, but that's what it looks like to me.

Well I plugged in a molex connector from the power supply to my case fan which had an adapter to a 4 pin header on the mobo so I plugged that in to there. I'll take it out though