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Newly built computer won't turn on, what is wrong?

May 28, 2014 2:14AM PDT

Hi, I don't have much knowlage about computer hardware but I got a friend of mine which as built computers before to help me build my first computer. I was originally just going to upgrade my graphics card and ram but my motherboard and CPU was pretty old so we decided to change them out aswell. now pretty much all the parts are changed out except the power supply, cd-rom, harddrive and cabinet.

We assembeled all the parts and followed the manual for the motherboard pretty closely and everything seems to be correct. However, When we try to turn it on nothing happens except that all the fans turn on for about 1 second. Any idea to what the problem can be?

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Did you bench test it first ?
May 28, 2014 2:20AM PDT

on a piece of cardboard ? Your problem can be a number of things like an out of place motherboard stand shorting things out.

Digger

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I haven't.
May 28, 2014 2:26AM PDT

I have only tried turning it on with the motherboard placed in the cabinet.

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Back to square one than
May 28, 2014 2:31AM PDT
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ok
May 28, 2014 2:56AM PDT

I'll see if I can try one of these bench testes once I get the time and return with the result. But as far as I know my motherboard doesn't have a powerbutton on the board itself like in these videos..

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keep looking
May 28, 2014 6:13AM PDT
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Thanks for the info
May 28, 2014 8:15AM PDT

I'll see if can manage to do a bench test tomorrow. I'll post the results when it's done

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Read the manual
May 28, 2014 8:25AM PDT

and look for the Pos. and Neg. power pins to short out for bench testing they say PWR I believe.
Let us know how it turns out....
Digger

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Pretty sure I found the problem
May 30, 2014 12:53AM PDT

I removed the CPU and the about 5 of the pins on the motherboard where the CPU connects is slightly bent. Should I try to straighten them out or do I need to get a new motherboard?

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Get another.
May 30, 2014 12:56AM PDT

You probably got a returned board. Most of us want a PC to last years. This area is key to reliability so get a good one.
Bob

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Better look real close
May 30, 2014 1:59AM PDT

at that processor too, If aything's smashed or bent , you'll have one heck of a time straightening that out. I don't even know if you can.

Digger

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looks good
May 30, 2014 2:14AM PDT

The CPU looks good. No visible signs of damage atleast. there is no pins on the CPU itself but these golden surfaces instead. I guess the pins are on my motherboard instead, wich is what got damaged.

I have heard that CPU's can be very fragile and that you can break them by touching the backside. I guess this is because of a lot of CPU's got pins there? So accidentaly touching the backside of my CPU where the small golden plates are should not be such a big deal right? cuz I can't guarantee that I havn't accidentaly thouch those plates just a little bit. the last thing I want to happen now is to find out that the CPU might be broken because I slightly touched the golden plates after spending a lot of money on a new motherboard.

again, there is no visible damage on it.

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The last good pins on a CPU was....
May 30, 2014 1:54PM PDT

.... probably the 754 processor by AMD. Since then "pins" have often been little better than a "hair" for durability. Still, it's easier to straighten bent pins on the current AMD processors using a couple toothpicks slid in cross rows, or with edge of a credit card, than it is to fix bent pins that are on the motherboard itself. Even then one has to be careful when trying to fit into the socket AM2-AM3+ motherboards.

If the pin isn't actually broken, but bent over, you might can use a coffee stirrer cut in half lengthwise to slip over the pin and bend it back up to something resembling straight.

I don't like the way Intel does theirs.

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Here's this guy's solution
May 30, 2014 2:13PM PDT