Computer Setup Question....Please Help

[doremicom]

I just purchased pieces from Newegg.com (after reading a review of processor prices from anandtech). I first want to say that this is not a slam on Newegg, I just am not sure what to do.

I bought the following parts....

Inwin Mid tower case
Athlon 1.2 GB Thunderbird
Asus with the VIA 133A chipset
ATI All-IN-WONDER RADEON

and added 2 SDRAM 133 chips from Crucial
and a Floppy Drive and 20GB HD (Maxtor)

Well, when I put the pieced together the power LED on the motherboard was on, but when I clicked on the button on the front of the case.... nothing. Any idea what I should track down first?

This isn't the first system I've put together, but the first one to do nothing.

Brian

 

[SCSIRAID]

The most obvious thing to check first is the cable from the power switch to the motherboard. Make sure it isnt switched with the one from the reset switch.

 

[ksallen]

Yeah, power switch to motherboard connection is the most obvious. It could be backwards, one pin off, etc.

 

[obenton]

Sometimes power switch is defective, or one of the wires got loose. The two pins on the motherboard to which the power cable connects are next to one another - briefly short them with a screwdriver, and the motherboard should power on. That's what the power switch does on an ATX board - briefly shorts the two lines.