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July 18th, 2005, 03:09 PM
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| Please help computer wont boot
Hello,
My power supply I had was a 350w and it was broken. I changed to a 550w enermax and got it today and wouldn't boot. I plugged everything in and I pressed the button to turn it on all you would see is the fans go on for 1second and wouldn't start. | 
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July 18th, 2005, 03:16 PM
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when that happens to me I check to make sure the cpu hsf is seated properly. . .
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July 18th, 2005, 03:19 PM
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| | Millwright
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How did your PS get broken. Did something else break at the same time.
If you are sure everything is hooked up right its just a case of substituting parts.
Start with PS, vid card, CPU, 1 stick of mem. No HD, No other cards. No floppy. It should at least POST and get you into setup. | |
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July 18th, 2005, 03:32 PM
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I hope you didn't forget the 4-pin "Pentium" CPU power plug?
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July 18th, 2005, 03:48 PM
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i put this computers power supply on it and it worked but it just wont work with the enermax 550w. I got it new sealed. | |
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July 18th, 2005, 03:52 PM
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Could it be that my computer cant handle that much watts? | |
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July 18th, 2005, 03:58 PM
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| | Millwright
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NO. Any electrical device will only use as much power as it needs. The power supply can't force it in. | |
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July 18th, 2005, 04:00 PM
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Are you positive?...  What could it be?!?!?!? | |
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July 18th, 2005, 04:04 PM
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| | Millwright
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Might be a bad PS. Is this a dell or another store bought. sometimes they change the wiring in the ATX plugg so you have to buy one of theirs.
I have a comp USA PS that won't run an old tyan board, but runs everything else I have tried it on. Every other PS I have tried on the Tyan board runs it fine. Figure that one out. | |
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July 18th, 2005, 04:05 PM
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| | Millwright
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I am positive it can't be toooo BIG. | |
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