Alright I got a standard 430 watt power supply that came with my case. I put all the parts together and plugged it in to see if it would power up...I saw the case light up (the lights) for like half a second and then it went out. I made sure everything was connected right and double checked everything.. switched power on/off blah blah and still nothing. Could I have a faulty power supply? or can I do something else about it?
disconnect all drive cables, cards & ram so just left with board, cpu & cpu heatsink fan assembly. won't post but should stay on.
if it wont stay on after trying that you need to return that one, if does stay on it sounds like you need a more powerful one. try this to see what you need, http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp
