hi there, bought a new foxconn mars mobo and a q6600 processor. also bought new power supply OCZ game x stream 600w. the problem i am having is that when i installed the new stuff and tried turning maching on the gpu and cpu fans turned slightly for a split second as if it didnt have enough power. after much fiddling about i actually got it to start up. but here's the problem it only starts with the 8 pin 12v cpu power connector unplugged! i have tried just using 4 pin 12v cable but still no joy. i have tried using diff cpu and power supply but still no joy. i have tried reseating the cpu, all connectors, and done all of this with hardware out of the case aswell. seems to me that there is a fault lying with the power being supplied to the cpu somewhere via this 8 pin power socket! but ofc i could be totally wrong i tried both PSU's on a different motherboard running a P4 processor and both seemed to work fine. I also tried the P4 processor from that mobo on the new mobo(mobo supports both the processors) but get the same problem. it only boots if the power cable for the cpu isnt plugged in. thats what make me think its a mobo issue and not the CPU or PSU. i am running the system at bare minimum. IE just the GPU card, processor and ram. so not many connections to play with. have reseated everything twice aswell. any ideas would be greatful
hey mate, yeah ive just literally sent it off to today. i hope its the same problem there end and i get it RMA'd. i will let u know how i get on
