No sign of power, rm750x

[Tomkezm69]

Hey all. So I was gifted an older system on the am3 socket 

It has:

Cpu- 8370

GPU- gygabite r9 fury

Ram- 32gb ddr3 1600mhz

And I put this system all together and when I pressed the on button nothing. No lights, just dead. I try again again making sure all wires a properly inserted.

Knowing the system worked before.

I tested the new power supply I just bought with a paperclip test and nothing. 

I was wondering if the powersupplys fan would even spin because the fan doesnt turn on without load. I need answers! Thanks- max

 

[seon123]

The fan doesn't spin under a light load  

[Tomkezm69]

5 minutes ago, seon123 said:

The fan doesn't spin under a light load  

Yea that's what I thought. So how will I know if the issue is the power supply. I've tried hooking in the GPU and harddrive. Nothing

 

[seon123]

Just now, Tomkezm69 said:

Yea that's what I thought. So how will I know if the issue is the power supply. I've tried hooking in the GPU and harddrive. Nothing

 

Try another PSU

[Tomkezm69]

Just now, seon123 said:

Try another PSU

Is this my only option? I dont have access to any other hardware

[seon123]

8 minutes ago, Tomkezm69 said:

Is this my only option? I dont have access to any other hardware

You did use the cables that came with the PSU, right? Just making sure.

You could try running the PC with as few parts as possible. Just the motherboard, CPU, GPU and a single RAM stick, to try and rule out any other failures. But if the PC doesn't react at all when you try to turn it on, you could return the PSU. 

[Guest]

20 minutes ago, Tomkezm69 said:

Yea that's what I thought. So how will I know if the issue is the power supply. I've tried hooking in the GPU and harddrive. Nothing

 

That's not enough of a load.

 

What motherboard are you using?  Most have an LED to tell you its getting power from the +5VSB.

 

With just the paper clip, can you plug a Molex fan into one of the leads to see if the fan spins?  Otherwise you'll need a multi-meter.

 

And as seon123 points out:  You MUST use the Corsair cables.  If you're using other cables, you may be shorting out the PSU.

 

[Tomkezm69]

3 hours ago, seon123 said:

Try another PSU

Yep thanks. My board does have a display and is not showing any leds or letters. I will try a friends powersupply to make sure it's not the other components. Thanks heaps