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Following on from this thread I have now received my new PSU.

I swapped the cables one for one so I knew where everything went and put it all back together and Nothing zilch not a peep.

Now I noticed there was alot of cables/connectors left over(this is normal accoring to my other thread) but there is a lot that looks the same so I guess it does not matter which you use as long as they go into that slot so to speak.

But I would have thought even if I had connected something up wrong the PSU should still power up???

Any ideas guys

All help much appreciated

spike
 
Another likelihood is the fuse in your old power lead blew during your last problem.
 
frank said:
On and Off switch on the rear perhaps
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Checked that a few times

neil_g said:
have you connected both motherboard cables (large 20 something pin AND the separate 4/8 pin)?
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Connected up the 20 pin one BUT the old 4 pin one I took out but on the new PSU it had 6 pins, I managed to conect this leaving the two spare over the side of the plug on the motherboard, and seeing as the wires all matche din colour I could not see it not working.
This is the 12 volt one or so it says on the mother board.
There was not a 4 pin plug on the new PSU so could this be the problem?? and if so how can i get round it

Mikesphotaes said:
Another likelihood is the fuse in your old power lead blew during your last problem.
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Tried 3 different leads and one of them was the brand new one that came with the new PSU

Thanks for all the replys

spike
 
ah right ok thatnks I will check that out tomorrow thanks for that.

Watch this space tomorrow as I might need more info lol

spike
 
I have done the paper clip trick with the psu and nothing, But when its all plugged in there is a green light that comes on on the mother board so there is some sort of power getting to the mother board.

Next question, if i bought a new pc is there any way of transfering all the info off the old hard drive onto the new one, I have nearly everything photography wise backed up but ther eis a few things not backed up, stupid i know but.


spike
 
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Yes, if you plug the current hard drive into the new one, it'll appear as a new drive, and you can copy from it to the new one.
 
I had all this crap myself a short while ago spike, I got a cheap enclosure for the hard drive and used it as an external and transferred all the stuff I wanted to the new machine I eventually built. Are you saying that there is no power getting to the new psu? no fan running or light on the actual psu itself. Or, are you saying that there is power getting into it but nothing is powering up from it?
 
The fan is not running there seems to benothing at all from it. I have tried to make it all work via unplugging it from the mother board and useing a piece of wire to just see if the fan would run i.e power up and nothing. But when its plugged into the mother board there is a little green light on the mother board that lights up so it seems power is getting onto the mother board somehow.

spike
 
Sounds like the new one is duff as well then.

This vid has some related stuff in it Spike http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kv2BcWczzE
Might help, also I read somewhere that taking the battery out the MB for a few hours can reset stuff, might be worth looking that up.

Failing all that, neck ten cans of london pride, put the theme to mission impossible on at full blast and steam into it with a pair of bolt croppers.:)
 
I think I had similar problem a few years ago, it needed a proper 4 pin power plug to the motherboard.
 
Spike, unfortunately any number of things could be the cause. I'd say it's time to take it to someone who knows what they're doing and has spare components on hand to swap out and establish the exact cause.
 
ZoneV said:
Spike, unfortunately any number of things could be the cause. I'd say it's time to take it to someone who knows what they're doing and has spare components on hand to swap out and establish the exact cause.
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I think you could be right. Will not take it to the shop, lets just say there is stuff on there that me and the mrs want no one else to see.
I am looking at having a go at building my own next time, do not know how much cheaper it will be doing it myself but it has to be cheaper than buying off the shelf a new one.

I already have the metal box etc lol

spike
 
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Where are you based? If you are local I am happy to help. It's.my day job and I have built more than I care the think about.

Sorry just looked on web and saw channel islands. Bit of a swim I'm afraid. Do you have a power supply that you know works?

Paul
 
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PPalmer said:
Where are you based? If you are local I am happy to help. It's.my day job and I have built more than I care the think about.

Sorry just looked on web and saw channel islands. Bit of a swim I'm afraid. Do you have a power supply that you know works?

Paul
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Thanks for the kind offer, but like you say long swim lol.

I do not have a power supply that works unfortunatley, the one in the pc broke and just bought a new one.

Pursuaded the mrs on getting a new pc now so well happy, better spec than the one I had so will be better for editing software etc.

Thanks again

spike
 
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