Computer problem

[Frans Ketelaars]

On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:43:45 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:

> I have a new mother board from Gigabyte and a new cpu installed properly
> I think. The power supply attaches in a normal way to the ATX plug and
> to the ATX-DVI 12 volt 4 pin plug.
> 
>     The two external fans run fine. I get no video from the computer. I
> have neither a keyboard or a mouse attached yet. The cpu fan connects to
> the normal 4 pin connector on the mother board but it does not run. I
> measured high voltages with 5volts looking like 6 volts and 12 volts is
> 14 volts.
> 
>     Not having a cpu fan makes me not leaving things turned on much of
> the time. Do these things remind you of anything? I am stopped at the
> moment :-)

I would be _very_ careful about powering up your system. The safest way 
may be to contact Gigabyte about the problem.

That said, I seem to remember ( but can't find a reference :( ) that it 
may take some time for the CPU fan to turn on. Some modern systems, 
AFAIK, just turn on the fan when the CPU really needs it, typically not 
during the first seconds after powering up the system.

HTH at least a little bit :)

    -Frans