Gigabyte MA785GM-US2H not powering on

[kevbaker16]

I was hoping I could get some help, just yesterday I received a motherboard (the one in title) a amd phenom ii x2, and 2 gigs of ddr2 ram, and today I got my power supply in (550w).

I hooked it all up earlier tonight, I used my old emachines pc case and hooked everything up, the power supply didn't have an 8pin cpu connector but the 4pin should work, I plugged it in the only way it would go and hooked the front panel connectors in right (I think), and pushed the on button and nothing came on at all, not even the power supply fan or the cpu fan or anything, I even tried my old 20 pin/4 pin cpu power supply, it was a 300w but nothing turned on either :(

[profJim]

Verify that all the front panel wire connectors are hooked up correctly.
Unplug the 2-wire power connector that goes to your front panel on/off switch.
Manually connect to 2 vacant motherboard pins and see if your mobo powers up.

I'm not familiar with the Phenom power requirements, but I would think that the 4-pin connector should be adequate for your system to power up.

[artdrivers]

the power supply didn't have an 8pin cpu connector but the 4pin should work

We have found this to be not always true. Your cpu may be hungry for added amps. Try a 8pin power supply and be sure your 24pin connector is fully seated.
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[kevbaker16]

Originally Posted by artdrivers

We have found this to be not always true. Your cpu may be hungry for added amps. Try a 8pin power supply and be sure your 24pin connector is fully seated.
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Thanks, oh I tried hooking my motherboard, mouse and speakers into the computer and hit the switch, they came on, but still nothing else came on and no sounds from speakers or picture on monitor, I also hear a slight short buzz when I unplug the power cable in the back of the psu and plug it back in and turn it on and hit power, anyway nothing is still coming on like the fans or the psu fan.

Edit: Turns out that short buzz is the power led flashing on for a split second.

[artdrivers]

Did you check the 100-120 Vac And 200-240 Vac Input Selectable Switch? This switch is installed so they can sell the Power Supply to different areas. Please be sure the switch is in the right position for your power. Run a jumper test on that ATX power supply. Test ATX Power Supply

[kevbaker16]

Alright, bought a better known brand of psu and even has a 8 pin cpu connector and everything is powered on and running, not able to get my internet to work right now but that's due to the motherboard driver disc not yet been installed, only have 1 ide slot so waiting on a converter, thanks to all who helped ^^

Side note, I also had to pull the battery out for about 20 seconds after the new psu didn't power anything on and it finally started working :)