Comp won't 'activate'; ideas???

xbdestroya

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Jan 12, 2005
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OK, well here's my situation - I rebuilt my Antec Aria with an Abit KV-80, an OEM 2800 754, and some RAm, plus whatever other PCI cards, etc...

Well things SEEM to turn on, but my DVD drive just keeps blinking, a red led light turns on on the motherboard (I've never had a mobo with onboard led lights, so I have no idea), my lcd monitor doesn't turn on (no post?), and in general very frustrating.

My only ideas are the RAM is incompatible, but I mean, c'mon... I'm using Kingmax just for a heads up on that.

Or the CPU is DOA. That would suck. Is there anyway to isolate the problem? Any way that I could get something to post on the screen for me to interpret?

Any help is GREATLY appreciated!
 

montag451

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Dec 17, 2004
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Strip the mobo of all connections except cpu/psu/pwr header/case speaker.
what happens?