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HELP! by Erik 10/07/2006, 4:13pm PDT I know everybody here hates quarter to three, probably because of that one guy who always complains about games that take two hands to play because one of his arms is shriveled. Anyway, I'm desperate, and I know somebody here has some good advice, so I'm reposting something I just posted on q23: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I'm an idiot, so it was pretty easy to convince myself that I should build a new computer this weekend even though I'm an idiot. Went to Fry's, bought a gigabyte 965p-ds3 motherboard, an intel core duo 6600 cpu, 2 sticks of corsair ddr2-667 1 gb ram, and a radeon x1900xt video card. The problem I'm having is that I can't power it up at all. The fan on the (sturdy 550 watt) power supply doesn't move when I turn it on. There's no sound at all. I grabbed a power supply tester from work, and the power supply itself appears to be fine (though the -5v light doesn't light up - problem?) I've tried pulling the motherboard out of the case, hooking up only the power supply, the video card, 1 stick of ram. Still no power at all. I tried swapping the memory sticks and moving them to different slots. No go. I even tried everything on a different MB I picked up this morning (gonna return it later). No go. Per some instructions I found, I've been "shorting" the MB's power connector every time I test it. I took "shorting" to mean that I'd touch both the metal posts with the tip of a screwdriver or a knife. Does this mean the cpu is hosed? Am I missing something else? Again - no power at all.

HELP! by Erik 10/07/2006, 4:13pm PDT     Bad power supply I GUARANTEE IT NT by Ray of Light 10/07/2006, 5:12pm PDT         UPDATE: just saw your qt3 elaboration by Ray of Light 10/07/2006, 5:17pm PDT             Maybe all his jumper connections from the case are upside down? by Entropy Stew 10/07/2006, 9:15pm PDT             I had this problem by Weyoun Voidbringer 10/08/2006, 5:00am PDT         Yes. by Motherhead 10/08/2006, 5:29pm PDT             Also note that I bought a 200$ PSU and a 200$ UPS after being electrocuted NT by Entropy Stew 10/09/2006, 3:09am PDT     Re: HELP! by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/07/2006, 7:16pm PDT         Never buy an off-brand PSU. NEVER. NT by Entropy Stew 10/07/2006, 9:17pm PDT     OKAY FIRST OFF IS YOUR COMPUTER PLUGGED IN? THAT MAY BE THE PROBLEM, TRY THAT FI NT by Jhoh Cable o_O 10/07/2006, 9:37pm PDT         This is the best advice caltrops can come up with? FUCK THIS SITE *THROWS KEYBOA by erik >:( 10/07/2006, 10:33pm PDT             ator NT by just ignore the trolls eric 10/07/2006, 10:43pm PDT                 eric, look out, trolls! *shoulder rolls* NT by forum action hero 10/07/2006, 10:51pm PDT                     Well I thought it was funny NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 10/08/2006, 4:59am PDT                         Me too. :( NT by Jhoh Cable o_O 10/08/2006, 6:48am PDT     FIXED! by Erik 10/09/2006, 9:32am PDT         Damn, that was going to be my guess. "Try not changing anything". NT by Fussbett 10/09/2006, 11:10am PDT