Hello,
I bought one of these, and it seems to have arrived DOA. I installed
the CPU and memory, and hooked up a monitor and power, just to test
the boot function.
When I power the machine on, it does nothing. No beeps, no fans,
nothing at all.
Any hints or comments most appreciated!
Cheers,
Jav Atar
Are you certain the Power_BTN wires are connected to the correct
header pins on J1 System Panel Connector ?
I don't see a LED on the motherboard, for monitoring +5VSB. Power
comes in two stages. When you plug in a ATX power supply, with
the switch off on the back, there is no power output. In this
state, with the switch off, it would be safe to add or remove
components on the computer. (But I recommend always unplugging
the computer, just to be safe, before touching the hardware inside
the computer.)
When you flip the switch on the back of the computer, the power
supply delivers the +5VSB. That powers the circuitry used to
turn on the computer later. Some motherboards have a glowing
green LED to warn you that +5VSB is present, and that it is
unsafe to add/remove hardware.
When you push the power switch on the front of the unit, the
motherboard converts the momentary front power switch contact,
to a steady command for power on the PS_ON# signal, on the
main 20pin ATX power connector. The power supply should
respond by spinning its own fan, and sending out the regular
high current 3.3V, 5V, 12V and the motherboard begins to POST.
That is how it is supposed to work.
Paul