Hey everyone. This is a first post, sorry if it's in the wrong place. I'm stressing myself out trying to solve this problem on my own, and it's even harder because I don't have any tech-savvy friends that live around me to help in person.
I recently browsed newegg.com in search of a collection of desktop parts to put together a new budget gaming rig. Ordered on Wednesday, everything came Friday. Figured it would all go together smoothly, as I researched what I was buying, got second and 3rd opinions from various internet friends, and etc, etc.
Here's the parts that I bought (I apologize for them being linked from Newegg.com):
Case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811156237
Power Supply (I bought this last year, still works great):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817148027
Motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131398
CPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103680
RAM (bought 2, so I have 4 sticks):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820134492
Video Card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127434
CD/DVD R/RW drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827118030
I also have 3 internal hard drives that have had no issues, and are capable of being powered by the PSU I own.
Well, I get everything unboxed, and put together. I'll post a step by step of what I did:
I installed the power supply into the case, but left it unplugged from everything. Then I installed the motherboard. Had some issues with placement, because the PCI cards weren't getting enough clearance, so I had to move it a couple of times. Then I placed the video card into the top most PCI express slot, and my wireless desktop card into the bottom most PCI slot. Then I mounted all 3 hard drives and the CD drive, plugged them all into the motherboard. Then I plugged my PSU into the board, the drives, and into the case fan on the back of the case.
Plugged it into the wall, and no power up. I tried unplugging it, plugging it back in, hitting the I/O switch on the back of the PSU, got nothing. The Power On wires are plugged into the right part of the motherboard, I checked, double checked, and triple checked. The power supply is 20 +4 pin, and I tried it in the board with all connectors, and then just the 20 pin connector.
I got ONE response from the system, it was laying on it's side, I hit the power button, the fan whirred for a second, then it all went dead.
I just don't know what I did wrong, and I'm just a bit annoyed that maybe I got some bad hardware, or that I actually don't know what I'm doing. I can post pictures of the inside of the case with or without everything attached if it will help. Any advice is welcome at this point.
I apologize for the long first post, but if anyone can help, I'd greatly appreciate it. Also let me know if I should provide any more information, and if I can, I will. Thanks.