[Cialug] New Computer Hardware Issue

[Paul Gray]

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Todd Walton wrote:

> Yeah, so I disconnected everything, including power to the
> motherboard.  It didn't boot.  Surprised?  I then started hooking up
> things one by one.  I put the power cord in the motherboard first.  It
> turned on but didn't boot.  At no time, with no amount of hooking up
> in any configuration, did it boot even to BIOS.

Another option that I don't think was mentioned which would cause what
you're describing is forgetting to hook up the CPU power (4-pin, square
dongle, usually yellow+black wires) into the mainboard.

Barring that, with memory, cpu+fan, and power, you should get a POST.
It's one of the three.  We've mentioned memory already, so power is also
something to consider.

If it's a nice dual-PCI-e graphics-supporting motherboard, you may have
a wattage requirement on the board in excess of 500W.

Some full details on your power supply, motherboard, and CPU would also
help to pin down the issue.

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