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llamajizz

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Just built a new pc, hooked everything up and it wont power on. I press the switch and get nothing. I tested the psu on an old athlon setup and it runs fine... Also thought it might've been the switch on the case but that tested fine too. So either I'm doing something wrong, or something else is messed up (which I'm dreading). I haven't really been as into computers and stuff since the athlon xp days, but I recently built a 3000+ a64 with no problems whatsoever. I haven't had time to take the motherboard out but it doesn't seem like it's touching any metal... if it was grounding, wouldn't the fans still come on though?


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UPDATE::

Okay! Got a new motherboard and guess what! Same sh1t!! I just love throwing away money, but this seems partly my fault. I am now pointing fingers at the PSU since I never actually TESTED it, I just booted up an old athlon rig with it (the mobo just seemed like the one to blame since it was an oem model from the bargain bin at geeks). I also noticed that when I tried to power it up on either motherboard, the fans would move just a little bit as I pushed the power button. It only does this the first time you plug it in, then you can keep hitting the power button and get nothing. Unplug it and replug it, you get a jolt from the fans on the first try. I can think of no reason why the fans wouldn't power on if it was a faulty CPU.
 
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jackschmittusa

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New builds should always involve testing the mb with the min number of parts to boot on the bench first.

More info on your parts would be nice. Some mbs ship with the clear cmos jumper set to enabled for example.
 
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radink

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ugh I feel for you. This is why I stopped building pc's. Unless you can afford 2 of everything, it's not worth the time or effort.
 
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pkme2

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It sounds like motherboard. No beeps, definitely a short. If mobo was OK, and CPU was out, you would get beeping.

Or, both mobo and CPU may both be out. Too bad you don't have extras to test with.
 
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