First I totally built computer, hit the power switch and nothing at all .. tore it down <stupid me>
Built it on a cardboard box with just CPU, Heatsink (Zalmon 9700), 1 stick of ram in A1 (first orange slot), and video card (4870 1gb). Power supply is a ZALMAN ZM750-HP 750W. Since it didnt boot the first time, stupid me tried different configurations of the power connections to the board (8 pin 12v and 24 pin main connection). Both of those connections come in two parts on the power supply so i plugged in the 1x20 main connector and the 4x12v into the 8x12v (4 of the 8 have a black cap over them from the factory on the board).
Well it powered on (blue led on power supply turned on, CPU blue led fan on and fan churning). I look at screen and stupid me "Video card power not plugged in". Whooops, so i plug it in, reboot (all this time using onboard power button) and look at screen "Dummy, you didnt plug in a keyboard". Whoops, plug that in and reboot and looking back to my surprise, I got to the BIOS.
I looked through the BIOS and it detected the CPU correctly, the 1gb stick of ram was also detected. I made no changes to the BIOS. I got up to get a drink and all of a suddon on my way back, it lost power ... like a brownout .. it almost lost all power, surged back up, almost lost power, semi surged up, and then poof, it was off.
That was all the success i've had with it. I have since connected all 24 of the main power and 8pin 12v of the CPU power but now I get no posting at all. I still get power when i turn it on, the GPU has 3 green lights that turn on for about 5 seconds and then those turn off, 3 red lights come on and fan speed to 100 percent. I also get no PS/2 keyboard power anymore. I removed the onboard battery overnight and switched the clear jumper like manual says.
I have no onboard speaker so I cant hear any beeping if there is any
So Basically ...
It could be the PSU (brownout like affect makes me suspect that, but also consider i didnt give the board full power)
It could be the GPU (3 red lights D1601,2,3 on ... meanings listed in this thread.
It could be the Motherboard
I am also reading that people are having problems with aftermarket CPU coolers on i7 boards, and them not sitting flush, so in the very back of my mind there is a chance i overheated the CPU, but i have no signs .. no smoking, no smell, nothing like that occured.
I have no tools to test the voltage coming out of each rail to see if its a bad PSU. What do you guys suggest I do, and if its RMA, which one do I send back first?
Built it on a cardboard box with just CPU, Heatsink (Zalmon 9700), 1 stick of ram in A1 (first orange slot), and video card (4870 1gb). Power supply is a ZALMAN ZM750-HP 750W. Since it didnt boot the first time, stupid me tried different configurations of the power connections to the board (8 pin 12v and 24 pin main connection). Both of those connections come in two parts on the power supply so i plugged in the 1x20 main connector and the 4x12v into the 8x12v (4 of the 8 have a black cap over them from the factory on the board).
Well it powered on (blue led on power supply turned on, CPU blue led fan on and fan churning). I look at screen and stupid me "Video card power not plugged in". Whooops, so i plug it in, reboot (all this time using onboard power button) and look at screen "Dummy, you didnt plug in a keyboard". Whoops, plug that in and reboot and looking back to my surprise, I got to the BIOS.
I looked through the BIOS and it detected the CPU correctly, the 1gb stick of ram was also detected. I made no changes to the BIOS. I got up to get a drink and all of a suddon on my way back, it lost power ... like a brownout .. it almost lost all power, surged back up, almost lost power, semi surged up, and then poof, it was off.
That was all the success i've had with it. I have since connected all 24 of the main power and 8pin 12v of the CPU power but now I get no posting at all. I still get power when i turn it on, the GPU has 3 green lights that turn on for about 5 seconds and then those turn off, 3 red lights come on and fan speed to 100 percent. I also get no PS/2 keyboard power anymore. I removed the onboard battery overnight and switched the clear jumper like manual says.
I have no onboard speaker so I cant hear any beeping if there is any
So Basically ...
It could be the PSU (brownout like affect makes me suspect that, but also consider i didnt give the board full power)
It could be the GPU (3 red lights D1601,2,3 on ... meanings listed in this thread.
It could be the Motherboard
I am also reading that people are having problems with aftermarket CPU coolers on i7 boards, and them not sitting flush, so in the very back of my mind there is a chance i overheated the CPU, but i have no signs .. no smoking, no smell, nothing like that occured.
I have no tools to test the voltage coming out of each rail to see if its a bad PSU. What do you guys suggest I do, and if its RMA, which one do I send back first?