It might sound silly, but did you make sure the PSU power switch is turned on? Have you tried jumping the front panel pins on the mobo instead of using the power button? Made sure cables are securely plugged in on the PSU as well as the mobo? Tried plugging it back in to the original outlet that it worked at before?
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I did try all those things as a sanity check. I also tried unplugging everything from the PSU and motherboard and plugging them back in and still no lights :(
Disconnect the psu from all the devices, use a wire or paperclip to short the green wire on the atx connector to black wire.
If the psu doesn't turn on, that's where your problem is. If it does, it may be your mobo or something else.
If your atx connector doesn't have a green wire, google for which pin it is to turn the psu on manually.
Yes, for standard 20 or 24 pin PSUs this is fine (which is almost assuredly what you have if you're building your own). Nonstandard ones, like what Dell or HP use, rarely work like that.
If there isn't a single hint of life it does sound like PSU. If something is defective and going to die, then it's liable to do it sooner rather than later, brand new or not. Unlikely from Seasonic but these things happen.
Could be motherboard. Could also be something silly like the front panel header for the power switch came off!
Not applicable if you are US, but if you are in a country that has individually fused plugs, like the UK, then check the fuse in the power cable or use a different one.
Good luck!
This helped me once: remove ram, hold power button for 30 seconds, insert ram, insert power, try to power on.
Thanks, I’ll try that tomorrow. I did try holding the power button down for 30 seconds with the PSU off, but not with the ram removed.
Check your screw standoffs/spacers. Make sure that they match your motherboard exactly.
Most cases come with them preinstalled for a micro ATX board. Certain motherboards- like this one, it appears based on a stock photo- need one of those removed before installing the extras.
Making sure the ram is properly seated would be where I started.
So, did you find the problem? :)
I didn't :(
I admittedly haven't had much time to mess with it, but I confirmed the PSU is working, so I suspect the motherboard is fried. Still need to confirm that before I order a new one, and figure out why it happened so I don't do that again. I'm hoping my CPU is still fine.
I really appreciate everyone's suggestions, helped me narrow it down a bit
Dang! Best of luck getting it sorted. You might be able to return he mobo as defective if it was nothing you did to cause it.
Finally fixed it, turns out it was the PSU.
No idea why it was testing fine, but I tried a different one in my machine and everything works fine :D
Yay! Glad its fixed :)
Just because the PSU works on another system (or God forbid, those awful "testers") doesn't mean that it's fine. PSUs tend to fail in weird, unpredictable ways
You were correct. PSUs be weird.
I purposely went with Seasonic because I did not want to run into power supply issues, but here we are.
Got a new one and am up and running
If you have (or can borrow) another working psu and working moba, swap them with the ones for your new ps. Your psu with the other moba, and your moba with the other psu. That will tell you which component(s) are the problem.