Hi, I'm new, this is my first post so go easy on me.
I just bought a new ATX case, and I took the mother board, etc. out of my old eMachines (eww, I know =( computer and stuck them in there. The biggest problem is: I don't have my motherboard manual =( So I'm trying to go off the labelling on the mobo itself and it's not being very helpful. I just put in the motherboard and got it screwed down with the spacers and everything, all the drives put in, I haven't connected ANYTHING at all to the motherboard or PSU besides the 20-pin ATX connector from mobo to PSU. Afterwards I have several sepearte pins that correspond to things like HDD LED and Power Switch, etc. What's weird about this case is that the connectors are all singles (most are in big pin connectors stuck together, but these are set up in things like Power LED + -, 2-pin connectors for Reset SW, Power SW and HDD LED). I saw on my mobo that it has Power LED (3 pins. I only have 2 pins, one + and one -), and 2 2-pins, one HDD LED (which I presume works) and one "DC S/W" (I'm not sure what this one is, I'm assuming it's the power(DC as in AC/DC) S/W, but I'm not too sure). The array that the 'DC S/W, HDD LED and POWER LED' is connected to is on the verticle edge of the mobo and looks like this:
. ]
. ] Power LED
x
. ]
. ] HDD LED
x
. ]
. ]
. ] DC S/w
x= no 'pin' to put a plug on
I'm not sure what to do, my PSU won't even turn on. I have the hard switch on the back on (in the | position), and the new power cord that came with the case in the wall, I turn it on and most times it does nothing. But every now and then I throw the hard switch from off to on and the fan starts and the LED blinks for a split seconds, then turns off. What's going on? Is there any where I can find my mobo manual even if it's an eMachine? Any info would be greatly appreciated.
This is just the start of my problems with this case, but I atleast want to get the essential stuff like my PSU working first (my other problems are with audio and USB jacks on the front, and some LED lights on the front as well).
I just bought a new ATX case, and I took the mother board, etc. out of my old eMachines (eww, I know =( computer and stuck them in there. The biggest problem is: I don't have my motherboard manual =( So I'm trying to go off the labelling on the mobo itself and it's not being very helpful. I just put in the motherboard and got it screwed down with the spacers and everything, all the drives put in, I haven't connected ANYTHING at all to the motherboard or PSU besides the 20-pin ATX connector from mobo to PSU. Afterwards I have several sepearte pins that correspond to things like HDD LED and Power Switch, etc. What's weird about this case is that the connectors are all singles (most are in big pin connectors stuck together, but these are set up in things like Power LED + -, 2-pin connectors for Reset SW, Power SW and HDD LED). I saw on my mobo that it has Power LED (3 pins. I only have 2 pins, one + and one -), and 2 2-pins, one HDD LED (which I presume works) and one "DC S/W" (I'm not sure what this one is, I'm assuming it's the power(DC as in AC/DC) S/W, but I'm not too sure). The array that the 'DC S/W, HDD LED and POWER LED' is connected to is on the verticle edge of the mobo and looks like this:
. ]
. ] Power LED
x
. ]
. ] HDD LED
x
. ]
. ]
. ] DC S/w
x= no 'pin' to put a plug on
I'm not sure what to do, my PSU won't even turn on. I have the hard switch on the back on (in the | position), and the new power cord that came with the case in the wall, I turn it on and most times it does nothing. But every now and then I throw the hard switch from off to on and the fan starts and the LED blinks for a split seconds, then turns off. What's going on? Is there any where I can find my mobo manual even if it's an eMachine? Any info would be greatly appreciated.
This is just the start of my problems with this case, but I atleast want to get the essential stuff like my PSU working first (my other problems are with audio and USB jacks on the front, and some LED lights on the front as well).