Possible bad motherboard?
 

I ordered a motherboard and processor from Newegg, and received it today. I have everything installed and hooked up, but for some reason the computer isn't getting any power (fans don't spin even for a fraction of a second when you give it power), however the power LED on the motherboard itself lights up as well as my optical mouse, so there has to be some power somewhere. Any ideas?

Oh, the motherboard is an Albatron PX865PE/P, processor is an Intel 3.0ghz 800mhz FSB if that helps any. Is there something I forgot, or could it just be the board?

there should be 2 ports on the mobo to plug power cables in. make sure you got those plugged in all the way. Also make sure the little red slider on the back of the power supply is set to 115. Oh.. and make sure the power supply is turned on.

next make sure the power sw wire is connected to the right prongs on your mobo. Before wasting time with this, though, test the mobo by touching a screwdriver head to the two prongs for the power switch. The bridge will start up the computer if it's all working right.

But come to think of it, that brand of motherboard sounds cheaper than gas station lavatory toilet paper.

:lol: :lol: That's funny as hell.

Anyway, if you check out everything that Halx said and it still doesn't work I'd say it's a bad board. Shoulda got an Asus board.

2 ports on the mobo - check
power supply=115 - check
power sw wire in the right place - check
screwdriver trick won't work, still no power. Everything I've seen before, the fans will spin when they have power...not so on this one. I would have dismissed as a bad motherboard hours ago if the power LED on the motherboard didn't come on. This is very frustrating. I guess that's what I get for buying a cheap mobo, eh?

large enough power supply? How many watts? I had something like this when using an old (Pentium) PSU with an Athlon 500 I had picked up.


Also - I had a very similar problem with my Asus board (there's a nice brandname for you) - it turned out there was a screw underneath the board which was shorting out a couple of tracks! So look out for anything touching it.

I'm pretty sure the power supply is large enough as I was using it with my last system which was also a p4, 2.5ghz. Unfortunately, nothing was touching the board. After reading your post, I was hoping that I had just placed a standoff in the wrong place and that's what was causing it, but of course I couldn't be that lucky.

Check to see if the board has jumpers to set the FSB speed, and make sure that they are set correctly for your proc. If there is an incorrect setting that could fry your proc or board, or some other component, the power may not come on. Check all your jumper settings, for that matter.