Computer won't turn on

[stormbind]

What was between the old motherboard and the case?

 

[MarineCorps]

What was between the old motherboard and the case?

Don't recall anything being between the old motherboard and the case. The closest thing to that would be the big bumps coming out of the case.

 

[MarineCorps]

I wish I knew what my case was but HP doesn't have any info about the case.

 

[stormbind]

Humn. When I first read that, I thought those aren't meant as spacers - but I guess the ports line up at the back so they must be. I wonder if one of those big bumps is touching something it shouldn't

Is there an on/off switch on the back of the PSU?

If it were my computer, I would remove everything from the case and setup the just PSU, motherboard, CPU/heatsink, and beeper on a clean cardboard surface (insulating, not too hard, and nobody cares if it gets scratched) ... but bare in mind that I don't have the best record with components and have had smoke poor out of them on occation

As a bonus, having it out of the case gives better view, so you can more easilly check every switch/jumper/connector on the board so you know what they do.

 

[MarineCorps]

Humn. When I first read that, I thought those aren't meant as spacers - but I guess the ports line up at the back so they must be. I wonder if one of those big bumps is touching something it shouldn't

Is there an on/off switch on the back of the PSU?

If it were my computer, I would remove everything from the case and setup the just PSU, motherboard, CPU/heatsink, and beeper on a clean cardboard surface (insulating, not too hard, and nobody cares if it gets scratched) ... but bare in mind that I don't have the best record with components and have had smoke poor out of them on occation

As a bonus, having it out of the case gives better view, so you can more easilly check every switch/jumper/connector on the board so you know what they do.

Yeah I watched it the parts with the side open but nothing happened. I'm getting a new case this week so whatever probelms should be gone. I'm not aware of any on off switch on the PSU. And I don't see how those big bumps could be touching something they are not supposed to when the are built right into the panel that the motherboard rests on

 

[stormbind]

Well you see, not all motherboards have the fixing-holes in the same place. The ATX standard allows for a number of possible layouts.

 

[MarineCorps]

Well you see, not all motherboards have the fixing-holes in the same place. The ATX standard allows for a number of possible layouts.

Reminder what are fixing holes?

 

[stormbind]

The small circular holes in the motherboard that you stick screw through to bolt them to the motherboard (spacer).

 

[MarineCorps]

Does it make any difference that the RAM stick was in the 2nd slot and there was no RAM in the first slot?