You plug in all eight if that's what your motherboard has. Clearing CMOS is good, as that can resolve a lot of problems with booting.

Just make sure all connectors are solidly pushed in, with all power connectors for the graphics card plugged in.

Buxtyy wrote You plug in all eight if that's what your motherboard has. Clearing CMOS is good, as that can resolve a lot of problems with booting.

Just make sure all connectors are solidly pushed in, with all power connectors for the graphics card plugged in.

Going to go try it now, wish me luck!

I cleared the CMOS by removing the battery and putting it back in place after about 5 minutes and got the same result.. Anything else I can try? The computer won't turn on at all but I'm pretty sure none of my parts have gone bad since they were all just brand new and worked for the first couple boots.

Sounds stupid, but at the back of the psu, have you flicked the switch on?

Your just going to have to eliminate the problem yourself

Go round your rig making sure that you have everything in the right place and its all in properly.

If it still not working, I would re-build it which is fun... For me anyways.

Side note: If your motherboard come with a plug-in speaker, use that to determine what error it is. You should hear a few beeps.

Xigma wrote Sounds stupid, but at the back of the psu, have you flicked the switch on?

Your just going to have to eliminate the problem yourself

Go round your rig making sure that you have everything in the right place and its all in properly.

If it still not working, I would re-build it which is fun... For me anyways.

Side note: If your motherboard come with a plug-in speaker, use that to determine what error it is. You should hear a few beeps.

Switch was flipped on, made sure everything was plugged in as tight as it would go and in the correct slot.
I did rebuild it yesterday, and got the same result. I feel like it's just something so small that I'm missing but I have checked everything.. Maybe the power switch?

Build the system outside of the chassis, that will eliminate any shorting of the board against the case.

And in any case you should do that before assembly anyway.

Buxtyy wrote Build the system outside of the chassis, that will eliminate any shorting of the board against the case.

And in any case you should do that before assembly anyway.

Ok, and how would I go about powering it on from there?

fosmanc wrote

Buxtyy wrote Build the system outside of the chassis, that will eliminate any shorting of the board against the case.

And in any case you should do that before assembly anyway.

Ok, and how would I go about powering it on from there?

I cant remember but its to do with clearing the cmos, but you use a bridge to reset the bios well thats what i done the other week and worked.

Thanks for all the help guys, but I ended up just leaving it with BestBuy Geek Squad. Hopefully I don't have to RMA anything..

I'm a bit late since you've left it with "Geek Squad" but just so you're aware, it's always good to build everything outside of the case first to check that all components are working. Plugging everything in other than the GPU and powering on, then plugging the GPU and powering on. This way, you know if there is a problem before going through the actual build. Once you've tested it and are happy it's working, start installing components in to your case. Take your time when building, don't rush.

I had a case a year ago when helping a friend build his PC, the PSU that he got was not working. We tested it before installing and it wouldn't work. I had a hunch it was the PSU and took mine out of my personal PC and tested with that and his PC worked fine so he contacted the place he bought the PSU from and got a replacement FOC.