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Computer build mystery please help I'm sure you know the answer?

I have just built my first gaming desktop. When i tried to start it up however all of the fans and a red light on the Coller Master 912 case would turn on and off in a surgeing motion. (I dosent lose power)

So I called the local comp usa and they said that they have no clue why it wont start up because it should. They said i had the memory in the right slots (2, and 4) and scince the fans came on as well they said that is not broken but something is interfering.

I you have any answers please help, Its been 3 weeks now

Coolermaster 912

ASUS P7P55D-E LX Mother board

Nvidia GTX 460 SE 1 GDDR5

2 sticks of 2gb corsair ddr3 memory ram

Wireless card from D-Link

i3 prosssesor socket 1156 with a fan(works)

650 Watt Ultra pro power supply

Dvd rw x24

and a windows 7 oem lying around Home Premium

500gb HDD

PLEASE PLEASE HELP from what I hear its something about ASUS

Before I built it they even said it was a flawless build

HElP if you can please

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  • 1 decade ago
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    First thing is check all of your power supply plugs. Make sure they are fully in on the board. Make sure the CPU power is using the 8 pin connector and is plugged in all the way. Check your jumpers for the power button, reset button, HD LED and Power LED. The little arrow on them is positive. If after checking all this and it still does not start, take out the GPU and Wireless card, unplug the hard drive from the motherboard and power supply, do the same with the DVD drive. Leave 1 ram stick in the A1 ram slot and try to boot. If it boots, go though the process of adding components one at a time. Ram A1 and B1 slots, Hard Drive, DVD, Wireless card then GPU in this order. If it wont boot after adding a component then that component may be the problem. If you get all the way to the GPU and then it wont boot, it is most likely the power supply. I have had many problems with Ultra Power supplys over the years. They are quite flaky. OCZ and Thermaltake PowerSuppliess are good brands to use. I could almost say with mostcertainlyy that this will be the problem. But you should check everything out.

    Source(s): I'm a computer tech (use to work for CompUSA )
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