I got a new Corsair HW520W (probably much bigger than I needed, but oh well), and needed to power my SATA DVD drive to eject it (the emergency eject wasn't working). I plugged in the drive, plugged in the power supply, turned on the power supply, and nothing happened. Fan didn't go on, drive didn't get powered.
Are modern PSU's required to be plugged into motherboards to even go on, or is this PSU a dud, do you think?
- Tim
New PSU won't turn on - what's wrong?
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Re: New PSU won't turn on - what's wrong?
Yes.tbessie wrote:I got a new Corsair HW520W (probably much bigger than I needed, but oh well), and needed to power my SATA DVD drive to eject it (the emergency eject wasn't working). I plugged in the drive, plugged in the power supply, turned on the power supply, and nothing happened. Fan didn't go on, drive didn't get powered.
Are modern PSU's required to be plugged into motherboards to even go on, or is this PSU a dud, do you think?
- Tim
there is a way arround this, but im to tired to remeber how... google"turn on psu without motherboard".
Thanks folks - I ended up just plugging it into the motherboard.Vicotnik wrote:Connect PS_ON to ground. I usually use a paperclip or something but I'm not sure I would recommend that on a brand new PSU if you don't know what you're doing.
Thank you for your suggestions, though - I'm learning something every day around here!
- Tim