GA-M59SLI-S5 won't boot

[matt.casella]

Here's my setup, everything is "new" ordered from newegg

Gigabyte GA-M59SLI-S5 motherboard
AMD64 x2 4600+
Apevia (Aspire) X-Plorer ATX APEVIA (ASPIRE) X-Plorer ATXB8KLW-AL/ 420W
Power Supply
2 GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM 800

I've plugged in the 24 pin main power connector, but it seems my power
supply only has a 4 pin 12v. Do I need to buy a 4 to 8 pin adapter? Or
a new power supply (I kind of have the feeling now that 420W might seem
kinda small for my setup).

Other than that, is there any easy way that I can tell whether the
problem is in the PSU or if the motherboard was DOA?? All I can say is
that I feel the motherboard start to get warm when everything is
plugged in. No LCD, fans, or any beeps, etc when I turn on the power.
I was planning on buying a DMM, but don't have one right now.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

-Matt

 

[Paul]

Here's my setup, everything is "new" ordered from newegg

Gigabyte GA-M59SLI-S5 motherboard
AMD64 x2 4600+
Apevia (Aspire) X-Plorer ATX APEVIA (ASPIRE) X-Plorer ATXB8KLW-AL/ 420W
Power Supply
2 GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM 800

I've plugged in the 24 pin main power connector, but it seems my power
supply only has a 4 pin 12v. Do I need to buy a 4 to 8 pin adapter? Or
a new power supply (I kind of have the feeling now that 420W might seem
kinda small for my setup).

Other than that, is there any easy way that I can tell whether the
problem is in the PSU or if the motherboard was DOA?? All I can say is
that I feel the motherboard start to get warm when everything is
plugged in. No LCD, fans, or any beeps, etc when I turn on the power.
I was planning on buying a DMM, but don't have one right now.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

-Matt

The manual will tell you that when plugging a 2x2 into the
2x4, the connector plugs into the right hand side (pins 3,4,7,8).
It will still work.

To turn on the power, you flip the switch on the back to the
ON position. Then, using the power switch on the front of
the computer case, and with the power switch cable connected
to the F_PANEL header, you momentarily push the button. That
momentary switch closure goes through a couple chips on the
motherboard, before travelling along the PS_ON# signal on the
main PSU connector.

If the PSU can see the PS_ON# signal, you should hear the fans
spinning. That would mean that +12V is present. But the
front power button must be pressed, for the +12V to be sent
by the PSU

Note that, when the PSU switch (on the back of the computer) is ON,
the +5VSB power rail is powered. You should not install or remove
components when +5VSB is on. The quickest way to guarantee there
is no power inside the case, is to unplug it before working inside.
Some motherboards have a green LED tied to the +5VSB, and when you
see the green light, then you know it is not safe to pull out
components.

The only way to know if your power supply was too small, would
be to examine a full inventory of the hardwre you are
using. You don't mention what video card you are using,
and cards like X1900XTX use 10A from +12V, and that would be
too much for your current supply. (89W processor is 8.24A and
a 10A video card would overload the +12V.)

http://aspireusa.net/product.php?pid=150

HTH,
Paul

 

[johns]

Oh goody. Another weird psupply connector.
Haven't seen one of those yet. Figure one of
the Antec supplies will come with it pretty
quick.

johns