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by krnmex

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I have recently built a comp from scratch and after i have loaded and installed all the hardware, when i turn it on nothing happens. the fans spin and I hear the harddrive work but that's about it. also my cpu fan seems to spin backwards and insteadof spitting air out it is sucking it in and gets the cpu really hot. I've never left it long but it still seems strange. if any on ecan help I really appreciate it. thanks.

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by williamstratton

I built a pc from scratch and had the same problems. I couldn't figure it out for, like, a week or two. Then I got inside and noticed that all my cables and plug-ins for my fans were all backwards. You might flip all your connections around and see what happens then.

by pinetor

Check to make sure the CPU is in right!!
most likely a card or memory or somethings is in wrong, backwards, loose, or is bad. I would start by pulling all the cards and memory. Then slowly add the parts back starting the PC up each time first.
add one simm/dimm or pair
Does the floppy drive check?
does the HDD spin up?
next add the Vidoe card
then work from there

by kima

Check the jumpers, make sure you are not burning the CPU with a higher voltage...

Make sure you know the CPU name & look it up in the motherboard manual...then set the jumpers appropriately, otherwise take it to somebody that knows to fix the jumpers...

by i_am_me

I have gotten boards with the battery jumper set to off/eternal source to save the battery while sitting on the shelf. Most boards will not boot with the jumper off. Check that and then it is a trial and error - piece by piece process to find the fault.

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