ithink the mobo has power

**tfrich** · February 2nd, 2008, 09:49 PM

my nson and with the wifes hlp tried to build a system
ecs elitegroup 755-a2 mobo
amd sepron3000+ cpu
asprie x- navagator case/w500watt psu
some agp card ... ect.. the boy went all out.
well apparently the thing never saw the quick screen
well that was about 2 yrs ago
i found the mobo in the downstairs closet a few day ago
and the atx case in the garage this morning...
with five fans ....
well he had thought hed fried the mobo or the psu or the agp heak he didnt know...
well iput the mobo init and got power to it ...i think.. the fans on the case work the power switches work ...
heres my delima...
the fan for the cpu isnt working...
whats wrong ...can somebody help/
i havent installed any drives yet...

**NooNoo** · February 3rd, 2008, 05:13 AM

Welcome to Windrivers tfrich.

If the fan for the CPU is not working, it may simply be faulty or not plugged into the right place or the motherboard may indeed be fried - or the CPU has fried and therefore the motherboard won't work.

You didn't say whether you got any video output... do you? Did you get any beeps (if you connected the speaker in the case to the motherboard)?

here are the motherboard details Have you got the motherboard manual? If not you can download it there and check what you have done so far.

**tfrich** · February 3rd, 2008, 07:16 AM

thanx 4 repling noo noo...
yea, i got back into that case made sure everything ...
wait what am i saying ...
made sure all the five fans were dasied together and tried again and ...
sure enough she purred like a kitten..
my youngest boy .. who gave the system to me, after he got it from his brother
said ....dammm thats cool the fans lite up the whole inside of the system, how cool. then smerks... i knew i should have kept it...
anyway...my kb just dumped but, yea i got the mobo man...
i had a little trouble with that panel1 header. i think its still wrong,
when i hit the pwr switch in the rear noting happens ...
so i hit the button on the front .and hot dam here i am ...
is that the way it should function?
because, when i power down...the front button dosnt do a thing.
neither dose .. remember this one? lol the reset button...

sorry to go on but,i got three of the four hooked to the panel 1 hd-led-p
hd-led-n on 1 and 3 resets on5 and 7 and pwr-sw p and pwr-sw-n on 6 and 8.... heres a dumb ?....the black wire is p...right
but the fp pwr/slp+ and fp pwr/slp -had to go on sj1 the manual says that should be acpi led function....
are they both the same? imean the fp pwr slp were 2 wires were on a 4pin plug...
hey noo think u could help me out a bit ?
and no i havent even got to the video yet.
i do have a pci nvidia i want to put into it
idont think ill get to the bios without the agp card get back to me ..please
this site the bomb.... later fellow pc-ers....bye

**NooNoo** · February 3rd, 2008, 07:41 AM

Hmmm ok, I need to cut up your post a bit to make sure I understand you.

Originally Posted by tfrich

thanx 4 repling noo noo...
yea, i got back into that case made sure everything ...
wait what am i saying ...
made sure all the five fans were dasied together and tried again and ...
sure enough she purred like a kitten..

5 fans? Overkill and what wattage is the power supply?
What do you mean by daisied? How have you got them connected?.. all into the one 12volt supply from the power supply or to fan headers on the motherboard?

Originally Posted by tfrich

my youngest boy .. who gave the system to me, after he got it from his brother
said ....dammm thats cool the fans lite up the whole inside of the system, how cool. then smerks... i knew i should have kept it...
anyway...my kb just dumped but, yea i got the mobo man...

Your keyboard was ps2 or usb? Do you have a spare keyboard?

Originally Posted by tfrich

i had a little trouble with that panel1 header. i think its still wrong,
when i hit the pwr switch in the rear noting happens ...

The power switch on the rear isolates the power supply from the electricity supply, it does not switch on the computer, but allows electricity to reach the power supply.

Originally Posted by tfrich

so i hit the button on the front .and hot dam here i am ...
is that the way it should function?

The front power on button will work if you have the rear power supply switch on.

Originally Posted by tfrich

because, when i power down...the front button dosnt do a thing.
neither dose .. remember this one? lol the reset button...

Most computers you have to press and hold the front power button to get it to switch off, for up to 5 seconds. The reset button is available on most cases, but does not necessarily have a hook up to the motherboard. If it doesn't the reset switch won't work.

Originally Posted by tfrich

sorry to go on but,i got three of the four hooked to the panel 1 hd-led-p
hd-led-n on 1 and 3 resets on5 and 7 and pwr-sw p and pwr-sw-n on 6 and 8.... heres a dumb ?....the black wire is p...right
but the fp pwr/slp+ and fp pwr/slp -had to go on sj1 the manual says that should be acpi led function....
are they both the same? imean the fp pwr slp were 2 wires were on a 4pin plug...

are you saying the header names on the motherboard don't match the names on the case wires?
The case wires end in little plugs. What is written on each of those plugs and what colour wire feeds into each of those plug?
Have you managed to connect the case speaker?

Originally Posted by tfrich

hey noo think u could help me out a bit ?
and no i havent even got to the video yet.
i do have a pci nvidia i want to put into it
idont think ill get to the bios without the agp card get back to me ..please
this site the bomb.... later fellow pc-ers....bye

Have you got a video card in there at all? If not, put in the agp card and see what happens.

**tfrich** · February 3rd, 2008, 09:50 AM

thanx 4 repling noo noo...
yea, i got back into that case made sure everything ...
wait what am i saying ...
made sure all the five fans were dasied together and tried again and ...
sure enough she purred like a kitten..
my youngest boy .. who gave the system to me, after he got it from his brother
said ....dammm thats cool the fans lite up the whole inside of the system, how cool. then smerks... i knew i should have kept it...
anyway...my kb just dumped but, yea i got the mobo man...
i had a little trouble with that panel1 header. i think its still wrong,
when i hit the pwr switch in the rear noting happens ...
so i hit the button on the front .and hot dam here i am ...
is that the way it should function?
because, when i power down...the front button dosnt do a thing.
neither dose .. remember this one? lol the reset button...

sorry to go on but,i got three of the four hooked to the panel 1 hd-led-p
hd-led-n on 1 and 3 resets on5 and 7 and pwr-sw p and pwr-sw-n on 6 and 8.... heres a dumb ?....the black wire is p...right
but the fp pwr/slp+ and fp pwr/slp -had to go on sj1 the manual says that should be acpi led function....
are they both the same? imean the fp pwr slp were 2 wires were on a 4pin plug...
hey noo think u could help me out a bit ?
and no i havent even got to the video yet.
i do have a pci nvidia i want to put into it
idont think ill get to the bios without the agp card get back to me ..please
this site the bomb.... later fellow pc-ers....bye

here we go...
the wires from the case all match up to the front panel1 header pins 1 thru 10
as follows pins 1&3=hd-led-Poss black and hd-led-Neg red
5&7 rsw sw-neg white and rst sw poss black...ok
now the power/sleep/message waiting led connecting pin 2 & 4 to a single-or dual color front panelmounted led are two wires blk&brn poss &grn&wht Neg
well they are on a 4hole plug like the one from a cd-rom to the mobo
&pins 6&8 are pwr sw poss blk and pwr sw neg-white pin 9 rsvd &10 key
in the mobo man. it saysconnect the case switches&indicatorto panel 1 if there are 3 pin in the case LED cable connect to sj1 i mean yea ther is 3 pins on sj1 ...but those LED wires are labeled pwr led and i dont see that labeled
in the manual it say in the manual sj1 single color LED header pin
1 ACPI LED.... function MSG LED NEG grn #2 ACPI LED....MSG LED Neg Grn...and
pin 3 SB5v power LED Poss blk

**NooNoo** · February 3rd, 2008, 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by tfrich

here we go...
the wires from the case all match up to the front panel1 header pins 1 thru 10
as follows

pins 1&3=hd-led-Poss black and hd-led-Neg red
pins 5&7 rsw sw-neg white and rst sw poss black...ok
now the power/sleep/message waiting led connecting pin 2 & 4 to a single-or dual color front panelmounted led are two wires blk&brn poss &grn&wht Neg
well they are on a 4hole plug like the one from a cd-rom to the mobo
&pins 6&8 are pwr sw poss blk and pwr sw neg-white pin 9 rsvd &10 key
in the mobo man. it saysconnect the case switches&indicatorto panel 1 if there are 3 pin in the case LED cable connect to sj1 i mean yea ther is 3 pins on sj1 ...but those LED wires are labeled pwr led and i dont see that labeled
in the manual it say in the manual sj1 single color LED header pin
1 ACPI LED.... function MSG LED NEG grn #2 ACPI LED....MSG LED Neg Grn...and
pin 3 SB5v power LED Poss blk

Could you please just write it out like this?

Plug with Reset written on it. Two wires - blue and white
Plug with Speaker written on it. Two wires - red and black. Empty plug in between.

That way I can work out what you actually have.

**tfrich** · February 3rd, 2008, 03:00 PM

that would have been to quick and easy...
power sw 2wires blk wht

**CCT** · February 3rd, 2008, 03:12 PM

Why not try here:

http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Dow...nuID=6&LanID=0

and see if the manual and pictures are available.

Enter motherboard, socket 754, and 755-a2.

You should be able to find the revision number for the board ON the board, usually in big letters.

edit: although it appears only V1 is available anyway - lol

**tfrich** · February 3rd, 2008, 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by CCT

Why not try here:

http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Dow...nuID=6&LanID=0

and see if the manual and pictures are avaiable.

Enter motherboard, socket 754, and 755-a2.

Yopu should be able to find the revision number for the board ON the board, usually in big letters.

i got the manual right ther cct mine is the 755- a2

**CCT** · February 3rd, 2008, 03:19 PM

OK - then go here:

http://aspireusa.net/information.php...0378a0627f29bb

and get the manual for the case.

**tfrich** · February 3rd, 2008, 03:33 PM

ty cct fast ?
2wires came out of a plug 4 the fan witch is + & - one is grn the other white
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**NooNoo** · February 3rd, 2008, 03:49 PM

You have more than one pair of wires coming from the case.

Never mind, I looked it up for you
2.4.LED’s and Front Panel Leads-

Power SW, black and white - attach white side to Pin 6, black side to pin 8
Power LED, black and green pin blank in middle - attach green side to Pin 2, black side to pin 4
HDD LED, red and black - attach red side to pin1, black side to pin 3
Reset SW, black and white - attach black side to pin 5, white side to pin 7

Speaker is attached to bank just above and is called SPK1
Speaker, red and black, two pins blank in middle - attach red side to pin1, black to pin 4.

See page 10 and 11 of the user manual (which adobe says is page 32!)

**tfrich** · February 3rd, 2008, 04:14 PM

cant put the pwe LED on the 2 wires are in a plug for 3 pins the middle has no wire...
thats why i put it on sj1 like the manual says page ten.
i think im ready to install my RAM and my HDD
then turn it back on see if i hear anything...

hey guys thanxs fro all the help ima newbe to fourms....

**CCT** · February 3rd, 2008, 04:18 PM

http://discussions.hardwarecentral.c...ad.php?t=82376

**NooNoo** · February 3rd, 2008, 04:19 PM

in this case you need to very carefully cut the plug down the middle. You can do it with a pair of side cutters. If you line it up and apply pressure, the empty plug will crack down the middle. You can then take a stanley knife or craft knife and pare away the excess so that you end up with two whole, but separate plugs.

Since it is only the power led, if you don't want to do that, you can simply not have an led lit up when the power is on... it's not like you can't tell with all those fans going!