also, i took the motherboard and power supply out to try it outside of the case and it did the same thing. Last night I bought a new power supply from Best Buy and after I turned it on, the fan started up and a couple of sparks came off of the heatsink! i then tried it again, and now the fan will turn on....run for a little while...then stop....and then it will start again (this is the CPU fan and the power supply fan.) Any ideas? I'm desperate to get this working as soon as possible. thanks!
Problems building my computer
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burdell1
, Dec 08 2008 09:01 AM
#1
Posted 08 December 2008 - 09:01 AM
also, i took the motherboard and power supply out to try it outside of the case and it did the same thing. Last night I bought a new power supply from Best Buy and after I turned it on, the fan started up and a couple of sparks came off of the heatsink! i then tried it again, and now the fan will turn on....run for a little while...then stop....and then it will start again (this is the CPU fan and the power supply fan.) Any ideas? I'm desperate to get this working as soon as possible. thanks!
#2
Posted 08 December 2008 - 11:47 PM
Welcome to Geeks to Go burdell1.
Obviously sparks coming off your heatsink is not something you want to see. Is there a speaker on this motherboard. Does it make any beeps? A beep code would save some time.
Another good possibility is that the motherboard is grounded to the case. Do you remember installing brass standoffs in the case? You might want to try removing everything from the case, and see if it works then.
Obviously sparks coming off your heatsink is not something you want to see. Is there a speaker on this motherboard. Does it make any beeps? A beep code would save some time.
Another good possibility is that the motherboard is grounded to the case. Do you remember installing brass standoffs in the case? You might want to try removing everything from the case, and see if it works then.
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