[clue-tech] I just bought a motherboard, CPU and memory and something is DOA

[AGSCalabrese]

Heheh heh   You are so right.... I wonder where I can get a power  
supply with
the correct connector ??   I will google for it.  Is this common for  
MBs ?
This explains many things.
Gus


On Jul 22, 2009, at 8:13 PM, Dennis J Perkins wrote:

Look at what the manual says about that 12V connector.  If it is not
connected, the computer will not start.

On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 17:33 -0600, AGSCalabrese wrote:
> I have nothing plugged into the white 4 pin connector located between
> the mouse connector and the CPU.
> I have checked for shorts and I will be looking at that again.
> Gus
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> On Jul 22, 2009, at 1:53 PM, dennisjperkins at comcast.net wrote:
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> There is also a 4-pin 12V connector on the board, near the CPU.  Is
> that connected?  I'm guessing that you have plugged it in.
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> Someone else asked if the board is shorted by one of the mounting
> screws.  Have you checked that?
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "AGSCalabrese" <agscal at gmail.com>
> To: dennisjperkins at comcast.net
> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 11:42:08 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada
> Mountain
> Subject: Fwd: [clue-tech] I just bought a motherboard, CPU and memory
> and something is DOA
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> see user guide page at
> http://oh-god.com:5080/dir/ATXconnectors/
> Thanks
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> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: AGSCalabrese <agscal at gmail.com>
> Date: July 22, 2009 9:46:32 AM MDT
> To: CLUE technical discussion <clue-tech at cluedenver.org>
> Subject: Re: [clue-tech] I just bought a motherboard, CPU and memory
> and something is DOA
> Reply-To: CLUE technical discussion <clue-tech at cluedenver.org>
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> The CPU is a dual-core socket 775 2.5 GHz Pentium
>>> The memory is two sticks of 1GB DDR2 PC2-5300
>>> The motherboard is a Gigabyte GA G31M ES2L
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> On Jul 21, 2009, at 4:06 PM, dennisjperkins at comcast.net wrote:
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> What model motherboard?
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> You have a 24-pin connector.  Why are you only using 20 pins?  Does
> your power supply have a 4-pin connector to go into the remaining 4
> pins?  If so, look at the power supply documentation to verify that it
> is supposed to go there.  You might need to replace the power supply.
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