System building trouble

[Stephen Partington]

The PCI-express spec has a limit on the power draw it can allow for a GPU
If it takes more than that it has extra power connectors. That might be a
good check. make sure you don't have a connector not connected on your GPU.
and/or try power on without a GPU connected. (if there is no video at least
you will get power up and beeps.

On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 8:36 AM Harold Hartley <wheelie207 at ownmail.net>
wrote:

> Ok, but still there has to be a max watt on the board just the same. What
> is the specs of the gpu wattage and power draw.
>
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2019, at 08:33, Stephen Partington wrote:
>
> This is only relevant based on the amount of power drawn by the CPU socket
> really.
>
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 8:11 AM Harold Hartley <wheelie207 at ownmail.net>
> wrote:
> > __
> > Has anyone check out what the maximum watts of power that the
> motherboard can actually handle.
> > Some time ago I had a motherboard and got a nice high wattage power
> supply only to find out it would not run. The psu was to much for the
> board. I then learned that it was rated at a max watt that was less than
> the psu.
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 30, 2019, at 08:03, Bob Elzer wrote:
> >> That seems to be enough, I wish you had access to an 850w to try it.
> >>
> >> My only other thought would be to check to make sure the cooler fan is
> plugged in correctly and that it is plugged into the correct fan header. I
> think some motherboards won't boot if a fan isn't detected.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 1:29 AM Eric Oyen <eric.oyen at icloud.com> wrote:
> >> > It could be infancy failure of the board, or GPU or CPU. The board is
> most likely suspect if the supply works otherwise.
> >> >
> >> > -Eric
> >> > From the central offices of the Technomage Guild, Parts is parts Dept.
> >> >
> >> > > On Jul 29, 2019, at 11:09 PM, Adam Mercer <ramercer at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 9:24 PM Bob Elzer <bob.elzer at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > >> You could go to PCPartPicker and build a system with all your
> exact parts and see if it gives you a warning about the wattage
> >> > >
> >> > > I used PCPartPicker to assemble the list and check compatibility.
> That
> >> > > gave me a power usage of just shy of about 370W so I doubled that
> and
> >> > > selected a 750W to be on the safe side.
> >> > >
> >> > >> You could also list your parts here too. Did you get a x570 Mb? I
> hear those draw more power too.
> >> > >
> >> > > It is a x570 board. It's a beast with a lot of upgrade potential.
> >> > >
> >> > > The parts list is here:
> >> > >
> >> > > https://pcpartpicker.com/user/skymoo/saved/gtVdXL
> >> > >
> >> > > Cheers
> >> > >
> >> > > Adam
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Stephen
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