Gigabyte ga 945pl s3 problem

[supersaints]

Hi I have bought the above motherboard, with a core 2 duo 2.13GHZ CPU and 2*1GB Of corsair ram. I built it with a BFG 8800GTS GPU 80GB Hitachi deskstar HDD and pioneer DVDRW. Powered by tagan 480W PSU.

My problem is that i get nothing from the system but a high pitched noise. The fan on the GPU spins as does hdd and the light on that is on to indicate HDD active. The fan doesnt spin on the CPU. I used the stock fan (dont have sub). My question is should i have put more thermal paste than what was there? or try another fan or is the board dead.

It does the same stripped to mobo cpu psu and Fan.

Thanks

[staffsMike]

Could be the board or maybe the PSU. I don't want to insult you but have you plugged both power connectors into the mobo?

You don't need more paste than is already on the stock cooler it just needs a minute to spread once the pc is on.

[supersaints]

No dont worry your not insulting me. (made that school boy error before!). I have checked all connections to board and reseated them. The PSU is from another PC so i know its good. I dont have the hair anymore to tear out but this is testing me!

The PSU is a Tagan 480-U01. Any ideas would be great

[staffsMike]

Just make sure everything has been tested as much as you can test yourself and then I guess you need to RMA the board.

Is the RAM good? tried each stick in each slot?

The cpu fan not working is interesting. I wouldn't leave the pc on very long if it isn't as it will cook on just that stock heatsink.

[supersaints]

You know mike. I've just realised a major blunder. I forgot to plug in the pwr to the GPU cable. Would this crazy mistake cause that. Maybe draw too much power? Although usually you just get a message telling you system cant run on full.
yeah i stripped to mobo psu and cpu and tried ram in each slot

[staffsMike]

I don't know what that would do..if the gpu doesn't recieve enough power it normally just leaves a weird mess on the screen.

[tinners]

You know mike. I've just realised a major blunder. I forgot to plug in the pwr to the GPU cable. Would this crazy mistake cause that. Maybe draw too much power? Although usually you just get a message telling you system cant run on full.
yeah i stripped to mobo psu and cpu and tried ram in each slot

my old 6800 used to scream if you left the power out. Is it working now ?

[supersaints]

yes all is working now. I bought an arctic cooling freezer 7 and plugged gpu power in and all good and vista. Jesus what a noob Do i win donkey of the week?