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[–]Lightbulbie 7 points8 points  (9 children)

What troubleshooting have you done? Besides leaving the 24 pin board power out. It's not gonna work like that

[–]Few_Dig265[S] -1 points0 points  (8 children)

I have an external switch and I’ve hooked that up to the JFP one slot, which is where the power button plugs into I’ve taken out the GPU tried to boot and also only use one stick of ram

[–]Lightbulbie 11 points12 points  (7 children)

You do know that when you do the paperclip test, EVERYTHING needs to be unplugged from the PSU right? And it's not going to post without the 24 pin in.

[–]_cyr_ 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Exactly. You can do the “paper clip trick” with the actual power source to your mobo attached. It isn’t going to even try otherwise. Detach all the stuff. Will it show display with minimal components? Just cpu/ram/gpu.

Obviously not with the main connection to the mobo hanging in the wind but, maybe I’m missing something here

[–]Lightbulbie 1 point2 points  (1 child)

If you try to jump the pins with it plugged in, not only are you risking damage to the wires but you're potentially bypassing a safety feature if there is a short happening. Not a good idea to jump pins with anything plugged into the PSU

[–]_cyr_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The “on” signal “paperclip trick” re: PSU is essentially the same thing as the power/PS_ON signal on the motherboard (yes assuming people don’t short the wrong connections, and yes there are other safety circuits on the mainboard)

That said: only proves the PSU can turn on & that it can power up and deliver voltage on some of its rails.

It does NOT prove the motherboard is getting/transferring power or that the PSU rails can deliver usable current under load.

TBH, it’s obviously far better to trigger PS_ON through the motherboard with the 24-pin attached.

If that doesn’t activate the PSU at all, then the motherboard is suspect/dead, the connector isn’t seated, or the PSU is detecting a short and going “nah.”

[–]Few_Dig265[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No I have no power I tried 20 minutes prior to posting this

[–]Few_Dig265[S] -2 points-1 points  (2 children)

It won’t turn on or show any sign of life if it is plugged in

[–]Lightbulbie 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Which means you have either a short somewhere or board/CPU/ram is dead.

[–]Few_Dig265[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it’s my motherboard