GA-G41MT-D3 Rev 1.3 : No boot

[Intricate]

Hello,

My computer will not boot, not even to the bios, it shuts off almost the instant I turn it on. I have replaced the PSU as well as the motherboard with the exact same model and the problem still occurs. I have correctly plugged in the connectors and everything. the PSU does meet the requirements of my system.

System specs -
Motherboard - GA-G41MT-D3
RAM - Kingston DDR3 1333Mhz 2GB x2
CPU - Intel e8500 (not OC'd)
GPU - Gigabyte 460 GTX 1GB
HDD - Western Digital 1TB
PSU - Antec TP-650

Any suggestions on what I should do?

[Fatman]

You could have a dead board? Take the motherboard out of the machine and try to get it going on a bit of cardboard or some other non conductive surface and see it that will boot then....If so we will go from there.

[Intricate]

You could have a dead board? Take the motherboard out of the machine and try to get it going on a bit of cardboard or some other non conductive surface and see it that will boot then....If so we will go from there.

Hopefully it isn't dead. I have did what you have suggested and not much improvement, the CPU and PSU fans spin for a second before shutting off, as well as the entire computer.

[Fatman]

Ok then I would suggest a stronger PSU.....Antec don't have a good brand IMO. Take out on stick of ram and see if it will boot.

[Intricate]

Ok then I would suggest a stronger PSU.....Antec don't have a good brand IMO. Take out on stick of ram and see if it will boot.

Antec was the only one at the store sorry, that and a lot of 500 watt un-named PSU's.
I've taken 1 stick of ram and tried to boot, did not work, I've switched both and neither of them seem to help with the boot problem.

[Fatman]

Ok lets reset the cmos, so take out the mobo battery and leave it out for about ten minutes...Put it back in and try reboot. Turn the machine off first LOL. And when battery iss out you can just bridge the cmos jumper to short it.

[Intricate]

Ok lets reset the cmos, so take out the mobo battery and leave it out for about ten minutes...Put it back in and try reboot. Turn the machine off first LOL. And when battery iss out you can just bridge the cmos jumper to short it.

Unfortunately that didn't work either. Seems that there is no solution for this problem at all.

[Fatman]

Ok here is a little test I ant you to do. Unplug your 24 pin molex off the board and get a paper clip and bridge the green wire with any black wire and see if the psu powers up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMyjm7_ag88

[Intricate]

Ok here is a little test I ant you to do. Unplug your 24 pin molex off the board and get a paper clip and bridge the green wire with any black wire and see if the psu powers up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMyjm7_ag88

The PSU fans are spinning, but quite slow.

[Fatman]

Ok I think your PSU could be the culprit.

[Intricate]

Ok I think your PSU could be the culprit.

Ok thanks for that, I'll have my retailers check it out and have it replaced. Thanks for your effort and time.

[Fatman]

No probs hope you get it sorted :-)

[Intricate]

This is pretty awkward. I had someone test out the PSU on their computer, it worked completely fine for him. Though the fan was spinning at a slow-ish rate. Now I am quite confused as I thought the PSU was the problem...

[Fatman]

Do they have similar hardware to you? Roughly the same amount of power draw?

[Fatman]

Can you test thier psu on your rig just to rule it out?