Computer was having problems not responding then won't turn off by switch had to be unplugged. Just bought and installed a new cosair 450w unit. When I go to turn it on nothing happens but looking at the motherboard the unit is receiving power cause it is lite up. Need help figuring out what may be the problem?
check to see if all the parts in your motherboard are properly connected and the power supply that you bought. If it doesn't work try to isolate the power supply with your old one.
means try another psu to see if current 1 is bad or not. is both power connectors attached to the motherboard? disconnect all cables to drives, reseat all cards & ram & clear the cmos. make certain cmos jumper is in correct position as have found some to be in clear mode not default mode.
battery won't cause that problem. a computer will still post without a cmos battery as it will use default settings.
Not the psu malfunctioning cause I tested it. When system booted after battery was removed then inserted it says low cmos battery so what else could it be? Also when I took the battery out and put it back it load the bios then exited it to a black screen.
pirate4 lets hope thats all it is if it turns out it's not the battery then unplug all devices but hard drive and try firing it up i had a laser device (cd or dvd ROM) go bad twice (not the same one)and it made my whole system behave like a queer guy at a fashon show. good luck
pirate4 did you hook up the 12V Mother board power line? not the same as the wide plug...it had 4 connections and is square
I tried everything, forget it just started wreaking of burnt wires as I plugged the fusker back in and turned it on. I tried the psu the video card all drives the cmos battery i'm out of ideas.
If anyone in the USA wants to buy my brand new psu Corsair VX450 let me know other wise its getting returned.
