Computer Booting Issue

[Rivin]

Computer specs: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qjxm

I bought this computer and put it together a week ago. It was my first time ever putting a computer together, done following a guide since I had little idea what I was doing. However, it worked and has been running fine until last night. Story time!

Now, the fan that came attached to the back of the case was really loud, so I bought another fan to replace it. Last night I installed the new fan. Unlike the previous fan, which only had a connector that attached to the power supply, the new one had a three-pin connector that attached to the motherboard. I connected it to the CHA_FAN1 socket and tried to turn the computer on. Nothing seemed to happen. Thinking it might be an issue with CHA_FAN1, I tried plugging the fan into CHA_FAN2. Still nothing.

The new fan came with a molex adapter, so I stuck that on the connector and plugged it into the power supply instead. Hooray, the computer made noise! Unfortunately, it was just that one fan starting up. The heatsink fan didn't start up and the computer didn't boot. After attempting to power the computer on and off a few times (with the fan still connected to the power supply), eventually it did boot up, albeit rather slowly. The computer worked fine for the rest of the night. I figured I would just have to leave the fan connected to the power supply and that would be the end of it.

However, when I shut the computer down last night, I noticed something odd: the computer didn't power down when Windows shut down. I had to manually shut it down by holding the power button. Strange, but it didn't seem like a big deal; it was just another step to shutting the computer down.

Today, the computer won't boot at all. The case fan will run, but nothing else, just like before, and unlike before, powering it off and on again doesn't seem to help. Nothing has changed in the computer except that fan, so I have no idea what's going on.

So erm...long story short, I tried to install a new fan and probably screwed up the motherboard somehow. Now I have a very expensive paperweight on my desk. :( What can I do?

[Faithh]

Reattach your psu cables. Do you actually have a fan attached to cpufan or cpuoptfan header which should be the cpu cooler doh?

Are you hdd's & cd drive running? Just feel them if they vibrate.

[Rivin]

As in, un-attach and re-attach all of them?

The CPU fan is still attached to CPU_FAN1. I double checked to make sure I didn't knock it loose when I put the new fan in.

I can feel a slight vibration in the HDD. Nothing in the CD drive.

[Faithh]

As in, un-attach and re-attach all of them?

The CPU fan is still attached to CPU_FAN1. I double checked to make sure I didn't knock it loose when I put the new fan in.

I can feel a slight vibration in the HDD. Nothing in the CD drive.

And yes un-attach everything and attach it again and make sure they're properly fitted. Your graphics cards fans are they running?

[Rivin]

And yes un-attach everything and attach it again and make sure they're properly fitted. Your graphics cards fans are they running?

The graphics card's fans aren't running.

I'll try the cables and see what happens.

---------- Post added 2012-12-13 at 01:57 PM ----------

After reconnecting the power cables, the computer seems to be booting and running normally again. :D

However, the issue where it won't power down after shutting down Windows is still happening. How can I correct that?

[Faithh]

The graphics card's fans aren't running.

I'll try the cables and see what happens.

---------- Post added 2012-12-13 at 01:57 PM ----------

After reconnecting the power cables, the computer seems to be booting and running normally again. :D

However, the issue where it won't power down after shutting down Windows is still happening. How can I correct that?

Do you have an ssd and hdd?

[Rivin]

Do you have an ssd and hdd?

Just a single HDD.

[Faithh]

Just a single HDD.

Sometimes HDD's are refusing to shut down which is causing that problem. I have it sometimes as well. Just download a s.m.a.r.t scan tool to check if you have a bad disk.

http://hddscan.com/

[Rivin]

In the S.M.A.R.T. report, everything has a green icon next to it, which is "normal" according to the instructions on that page.

[Faithh]

In the S.M.A.R.T. report, everything has a green icon next to it, which is "normal" according to the instructions on that page.

Check your event view log to check what's doing that