Hi,
This evening I managed to collect all the stuff required and decided to assemble my new PC. Its almost four and a half years since I had assembled the last one but luckily, things haven't changed as much. The first problem I faced was while installing the Intel HSF. I tried to install it inside the cabinet but when I pushed one pin, the other would come out and so on. I had to take out the motherboard from the cabinet to install the HSF successfully. I thought that was it but I was wrong. :hap5:
I installed the rest of the components and tried to plug in the power cable of Corsair VX450 but then I was in for another shock. God knows why but Corsair decided to bundle a weird looking plug with the cable which won't go in my APC UPS. Infact, its so weird that it won't go inside any socket in my house. Finally, I managed to find an old Surge Protector (Chinese make) but I wasn't sure if the socket is compatible or not. Anyway, I somehow plugged in the Corsair power cord in that socket and turned on my PC.
I was happy to have solved the power cord problem, though not sure if it would work. I turned on the UPS and the LED on the motherboard went on and I thought its all okay. I hit the power button on the cabinet, the fans started spinning up and then after 2 secs, they all went off incl. the Power LED on the cabinet, it again went on and off and on...repeatedly. I turned down the mains and checked all the cables again, everything was alright. My motherboard has a provision for both 8-pin and 4-pin 12V CPU connectors, same with the PSU and I tried them both but the results were similar.
When I turn on the PC, it goes on and off repeatedly but doesn't boot. There are no signals or sounds from the motherboard/cabinet speaker. There's no display on the monitor, nothing. I don't know what is wrong. I suspect it has something to do with that weird power cable or the PSU itself. Though, to be honest, I'm clueless. I don't know what to do now and I've wasted the entire evening trying to troubleshoot that problem without success. What could be wrong? Please help.
And BTW, here's my system specs in case it helps -
PSU: Intel C2D E7200
MOBO: ASUS P5Q
RAM: Corsair TWIN2x2048 6400
GPU: Gecube HD4850
PSU: Corsair VX450
HDD: Seagate 250GB SATA
OD: Sony DVD-RW ATA
This evening I managed to collect all the stuff required and decided to assemble my new PC. Its almost four and a half years since I had assembled the last one but luckily, things haven't changed as much. The first problem I faced was while installing the Intel HSF. I tried to install it inside the cabinet but when I pushed one pin, the other would come out and so on. I had to take out the motherboard from the cabinet to install the HSF successfully. I thought that was it but I was wrong. :hap5:
I installed the rest of the components and tried to plug in the power cable of Corsair VX450 but then I was in for another shock. God knows why but Corsair decided to bundle a weird looking plug with the cable which won't go in my APC UPS. Infact, its so weird that it won't go inside any socket in my house. Finally, I managed to find an old Surge Protector (Chinese make) but I wasn't sure if the socket is compatible or not. Anyway, I somehow plugged in the Corsair power cord in that socket and turned on my PC.
I was happy to have solved the power cord problem, though not sure if it would work. I turned on the UPS and the LED on the motherboard went on and I thought its all okay. I hit the power button on the cabinet, the fans started spinning up and then after 2 secs, they all went off incl. the Power LED on the cabinet, it again went on and off and on...repeatedly. I turned down the mains and checked all the cables again, everything was alright. My motherboard has a provision for both 8-pin and 4-pin 12V CPU connectors, same with the PSU and I tried them both but the results were similar.
When I turn on the PC, it goes on and off repeatedly but doesn't boot. There are no signals or sounds from the motherboard/cabinet speaker. There's no display on the monitor, nothing. I don't know what is wrong. I suspect it has something to do with that weird power cable or the PSU itself. Though, to be honest, I'm clueless. I don't know what to do now and I've wasted the entire evening trying to troubleshoot that problem without success. What could be wrong? Please help.
And BTW, here's my system specs in case it helps -
PSU: Intel C2D E7200
MOBO: ASUS P5Q
RAM: Corsair TWIN2x2048 6400
GPU: Gecube HD4850
PSU: Corsair VX450
HDD: Seagate 250GB SATA
OD: Sony DVD-RW ATA