Well lets start with the essentials,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020 - corsair 650w psu
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146068 - case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727 - phenom II x4 965 BE
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130608 - msi 970-A motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231308 - 8gb ddr3 1066 ram
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102908 - 6850 hd radeon
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106142 - cpu cooler
win7-64bit
artic silver thermal paste stuff
That should cover the basics. Now the problem. As the title states, PC will not power. This is freshly built, fresh as in two days ago I pieced it all together. I have had it up and running for those two days. Installing software, updating, getting everything on it I want and need. Then came the killer, I was ready to OC...MSI comes with OC genie II which worked decent, jumped the processor from 3.4 to 3.8 no problem at all but with my set up I knew it could be better. So I disabled OC genie and tried amd's auto tune thing in the catalyst or whatever their thing is, and well after a few minutes it must have shut off and my power button was just blinking.
I could not get it to power back up after. My fear is my cpu is now fried. What happens now is when I turn the power on the case/cpu fans kick on for a split second and the leds on the fans/case turn on then instantly it all turns off. This tells me power is getting to the things? I am not sure its late and I will be testing tomorrow after work, any ideas or suggestions? I know I need to clear the cmos/take battery out and hopefully its just an auto turn off due to the OC tool.
How can I test my psu without buying a tool? How would I tell if its my motherboard/cpu/ram/etc?
*Edit*
Just to add nothing felt hot, smelled funny, or looked out of the ordinary when all of this went down.
CPU did not look damaged in any way, the pins were fine and no burnt marks or smells.
*Update*
Ok recap time,
-Pulled it all apart
-Noticed one of the two ATX 4-pin connectors (for the CPU) was loose.
-I can get it to turn on and remain on with the following connected gpu/ram/case fans/basically everything but the cpu. But it does not display anything on screen.
-When I do connect the power to the cpu it flashes/spins fans for a split second and turns off. Even when I unplug all but the cpu.
Later on when sillyface goose get off her computer I can going to test my ram/cpu/psu in her system and her psu in mine. This should narrow it down to whether its my psu/mb/cpu. Hoping its the mb to be honest, she threw away my cpu box so I can send it back -_-;;
Why I think its the mb, if one of the 4-pin connectors was loose this could short the connection on the mb? But at the same time it could short the wire on the psu or even the cpu? lol I hate myself for rushing this build!










