Asus rampage + Thermaltake Armor LCS - no go

[Pyrofella]

Hi.... I am a bit peeved and somewhat mystified...
I have just finished building a new system and for reasons that evade me, it has failed.
I went to a lot of trouble (and expense) to build a great computer.......As listed...

Motherboard : Asus Rampage Gene II
CPU : Intel i7 920
Ram : 6GB Corsair 1666 DDR3
Video : Palit GTX285 1084MB
PSU : Gold Label Power 860W
Case : Thermaltake Armor+ LCS
H/D : Samsung 1TB
O/D : LG Blueray burner
Monitor : Asus LCD VW220

The whole kit and kaboodle is brand new.
I have built many computers over the years and consider myself  as competent.
I presicely followed each manfacturers guidelines (manuals) and, initially, could not forsee what was to happen...
Every thing appeared to function - Drives kicked in - fans spun - Liquid Pumped - Video Card hummed away........ and thats all it did....
No Monitor display (no signal detected)
I rechecked everything was in place.... all appeared fine....
I removed and reinstalled the video card  - Nothing!
Reseated the ram Modules - Nothing!
I unplugged all the connections and redid them - Still Nothing!
I eventually disassembled the entire project and redid it from scratch - Again Nothing!
I have since reassembled this machine 8 times and still no display!
I swapped video cards - same problem

I have given up ......

What did I overlook?

I now own the the most expensive doorstop in Australia!

Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated

Regards
Dallas Nyberg
 

[Calum]

Welcome to the forums - nice machine you have there.
Did you try a different monitor and cable yet?

[Pyrofella]

Hi...
Yes - done that - same outcome... no display

Since my last post...
The computer will power up - power down (a second or so) - power up again
it will do this 3 or four times - then stays powered up - still no display though.

Sick power supply maybe?

Regards
Dallas

[computeruler]

Do you have a different gpu to test it with?

[Pyrofella]

I have nothing with enough grunt
I am going to have to bite the bullet and buy another one...
I hope that cures it....
 

[patio]

MBoard standoffs in place ? ?
Was Thermal Paste applied properly ? ?
Does the card require a 4pin ATX power cord ? ?

I'd try another PSU before a vid card.

[Pyrofella]

Yes to all

I'm now guessing it's  the psu as well----
The computer is now starting (powering up) - shuting down for a second or so - then repowering.
It will do this three or four times before staying powered.

On several attempts by me to power it up - the computer is dead - no power at all.
Then it will power up first time.

Still no display though

Thanks for the response
Regards
Dallas

[computeruler]

Ya it does sound like the psu.  But as patio said, are the 6 pin connectors for the gpu plugged it?

[Pyrofella]

yes.... plugs were set

It turns out the problem is the PSU

A-Power Gold Label 860w - 860w my *censored*!
The specs on the label (which I didn't understand at the time) show it to be actually no better than a 200-300w unit

It can't run my setup at all

I have since ordered a Gigabyte Odin GT 800w
Check it out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thAjRPubrHE

All (hopefully) will be well once this is fitted and I can get the Beast running!

I'll keep you posted...

Thanks heaps to those who pitched in with advice 

Regards
Pyrofella - Australia