Hardware issue?

[keilmillerjr]

So I finally have enough parts to at least start the computer. It is the first computer I have ever built. Early this morning I found the motherboard manual online, located the power switch pins, and carefully jumped them with the tip of a pair of scissors. Whola! A bios screen or something. Too tired to continue playing with it, I flicked the psu off.

This afternoon, I did the same process to turn it on again, and nothing happened. Any ideas?

Here is the components:

Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I32100


Foxconn H61MX LGA 1155 Intel H61 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

CORSAIR Vengeance 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9B


CORSAIR CX430M 430W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

[sandheaver]

did you turn the PSU back on?

[keilmillerjr]

did you turn the PSU back on?

Yes. I've tried it with the switch in both positions.

[404]

did you try to pull the bios battery? I was experimenting with a board recently which suffered from similar symptoms. I pulled the bios battery and it ran fine when i put it back in.

also next time you try to turn on the pc by shorting the switch posts, try using something smaller than scissors, like a small flat head screwdriver.

[keilmillerjr]

did you try to pull the bios battery? I was experimenting with a board recently which suffered from similar symptoms. I pulled the bios battery and it ran fine when i put it back in.

also next time you try to turn on the pc by shorting the switch posts, try using something smaller than scissors, like a small flat head screwdriver.

I'll try both of your tips when I get home from work at 4:30am. Thank you.

[ed12]

turn off the psu
un-plug it even from the a/c
wait about 3 min's
turn it back on
do the trick shorting the start button's
if it come's on ? to bios
go to bios advanced setup
find the power option
turn it to  >turn back on after power faulier<
save/exit
shut psu off at its switch
or un-plug
then turn it back on
the unit should power right back up
if not remove bios battery
and wait about a min or 2
place batt back in
and do a full cmos setup >cmos=bios<

ed

[05SRT4]

So when you trip the power contacts on the mobo does anything happen? (CPU fan turn, PSU fans turn, any noises?)
Defiantly try the mentioned above.

[keilmillerjr]

So I grabbed my iFixIt screwdriver set and removed the battery. Hit the jumpers and all works well now. I started up and shut down a few times to make sure. So glad I don't have a defective product. Thank you all for your help. Next step is a hard drive. Almost done with the software setup via virtualbox on my mac. I'll then make a bootable image and copy it onto the mame computer.

[404]

So I grabbed my iFixIt screwdriver set and removed the battery. Hit the jumpers and all works well now. I started up and shut down a few times to make sure. So glad I don't have a defective product. Thank you all for your help. Next step is a hard drive. Almost done with the software setup via virtualbox on my mac. I'll then make a bootable image and copy it onto the mame computer.

glad to hear its working. I've had the issue before, I found more often than not, the bios was set to recover after a power failure. Consider looking into that in the bios settings.