Woke up this morning terrified at the task that laid before me, to build my own PC. Yep, that’s right, all the excitement had drained from my system and the reality of the job set in. None-the-less, I started opening boxes and reading manuals. Installing the CPU was the worst part (at first). I felt like I was going to crack the motherboard... but I didn’t. Turned out I didn’t need thermal compound because the heat sink was already prepared with some. Installed the memory, probably the easiest thing I did. Installed the motherboard to the case, followed by the power supply. Had to remove the motherboard when I realized that I forgot the faceplate for all the connectors. Got it back in. Installed the hard drive and the cd/dvd drive. Connected everything. Plugged it in, turned on the power supply and then hit the power button. The fans started for a few seconds and then failed. Pressed the power button again, again the fans started and died. Thought the third time might be a charm... I got nothing, the fans didn’t even start. Double checked all my connections. Made sure that the outlet I was using was receiving power. Tried again nothing. Tried looking on line for thoughts... couldn’t find anything useful.
Thought about quitting. Instead, decided I was hungry and got some Culvers. Went to Best Buy and bought a new power supply unit. Uninstalled the first one, put in the new one. Reattached everything. Plugged it in, turned it on, hit the power button. Nothing. Pushed in the reset button on the power supply (the new one came with it). Hit the power button... got a blue LED from my graphics card fan for half a moment and then nothing again.
Seeing as how this is my first computer build, I have no idea how to trouble shoot this issue. It is possible that the power button or the connector on the case is faulty, then again, it could be an issue with the motherboard. So now I have to decide what to do. Do I send back the motherboard or the case?
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