PC does not boot

[Wesstron]

OK, your Mobo has an 8pin (2 x4-pin ATX 12V Power connector) for the CPU which you can use with only a 4 pin depending on your PSU. Do me a favor and check that you did not plug an 8pin PCI-E in there. That "L" you are referring to could be the left 4pin ATX that makes the full 8 pin for the CPU.

[wevsspot]

Here is a pretty crummy pic of the two connectors that Wesstron is referring to.  When paired together these make up the 8 pin connection for the ATX cpu plug on the board.

[nichos]

SOLVED

 

Thanks all for your support & advise.

 

Sorry the 25v was my misreading my meter scale, is in fact 12v.

 

As the cable connecting to the EATX12V socked was the one stopping booting, I opened the PSU box & one of the cables that connect to this socket showed signs of slight white powder or dry soldering which I resolder.

 

Connected the PSU cables to another PC & worked OK. Now it is in my PC & am back in business, for good I hope.

 

The only snag is that booting gives "CPU FAN error" although the fan is spinning quite fast with no sign of heating to the touch.

 

Any ideas on this please? ........nick

[sword_fish]

we usually get that CPU fan error if there's no fan connected at the mobo's CPU fan connector same also with a dead fan.

[Wesstron]

Reset your bios to default and make sure the cpu fan is connected to the actual cpu fan header in the mobo.

[wevsspot]

In some motherboard BIOS you can disable the fan warning options.

[nichos]

SOLVED

 

I put the w8 cd in drive & went ahead to reinstall it fearing I'll loose all.

 

To my surprise there was the  "Refresh your computer" option promising nothing will be lost. And sure enough now the system is running as before, nothing lost even the dual boot with XP.

 

Regards           .....nick