Help!
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Help!
I have just finished building my computer and the thing won't fire up.
I press the on/off swith and the power supply fans fire up. The CPU fan tries to spin but doesn't (As if it isn't getting enough power - but PSU is 550w so should be OK), then it shuts down. Two seconds later it restarts itself and goes through the same thing. If I leave it it would start, shut down, start shut down etc.
I have reseated the CPU, checked all of the connections etc and everything seems as it should. The motherboard seems to be getting power because the case fan works OK.
If the CPU wasn't located properly the CPU fan should still work shouldn't it? (The fan spins freely by hand).
Any ideas?
Growler.
(If I get stuck is there anyone in Auckland I can take the case to for them to check that everything is as it should be?)
I press the on/off swith and the power supply fans fire up. The CPU fan tries to spin but doesn't (As if it isn't getting enough power - but PSU is 550w so should be OK), then it shuts down. Two seconds later it restarts itself and goes through the same thing. If I leave it it would start, shut down, start shut down etc.
I have reseated the CPU, checked all of the connections etc and everything seems as it should. The motherboard seems to be getting power because the case fan works OK.
If the CPU wasn't located properly the CPU fan should still work shouldn't it? (The fan spins freely by hand).
Any ideas?
Growler.
(If I get stuck is there anyone in Auckland I can take the case to for them to check that everything is as it should be?)
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OK...I may have found it. There is a connection (Shown) that I didn't hook up because the manual says only to use if running two graphics cards. I'm only running one so never bothered. I hooked it up just now and the comp boots up etc.
Secondly the CPU fan doesn't spin straight away. It pulses for about 20 seconds and then fires up. Is this a feature of sorts?
Growler.
Secondly the CPU fan doesn't spin straight away. It pulses for about 20 seconds and then fires up. Is this a feature of sorts?
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might wanna check that your XFX vid card power supply is pushed in firmly and fully seated.. this could cause weird voltage issues requiring the stability of the aditional power connector normally needed for SLI.
As for the cpu fan.. who knows.. my one does something kinda similar in that nothing starts on the mobo until the fans are all up to speed first.
As for the cpu fan.. who knows.. my one does something kinda similar in that nothing starts on the mobo until the fans are all up to speed first.
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aye the CPU fan won't spin unless the cpu is hot enough =]
but as Noon says, you can go into the bios and turn off the q-fan control or something arather - the bit that dynamicaly controls fan speed - it should leave the fan going all the time. the idea of the dymanic fan speed thingy is that it is supposed to be quieter and it preserves the fans life a tad more (though I found the faint whine of the fan slowing down and speeding up more annoying than a constant noise that was slightly louder)
but as Noon says, you can go into the bios and turn off the q-fan control or something arather - the bit that dynamicaly controls fan speed - it should leave the fan going all the time. the idea of the dymanic fan speed thingy is that it is supposed to be quieter and it preserves the fans life a tad more (though I found the faint whine of the fan slowing down and speeding up more annoying than a constant noise that was slightly louder)
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No...I haven't tried to swap the memory around...but it is all new memory.
I have tried 2 sticks in the red slots and yellow slots and it works. When I put 4 sticks in it doesn't.
I'm in the process of installing XP on just two sticks now. Once I have installed everything etc I will try it then.
Growler.
I have tried 2 sticks in the red slots and yellow slots and it works. When I put 4 sticks in it doesn't.
I'm in the process of installing XP on just two sticks now. Once I have installed everything etc I will try it then.
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