Please tell me why this new computer won't turn on!

Wah

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I'm building a new 1 ghz Athlon system w/ MSI K7 Master, voodoo3 2k, maxtor 20gig, philips cdrw.

I just finished putting it together, and I turned it on and it worked. For some reason, my win98 bootup disk didn't work, so I turned off the computer and unplugged the power cable, mouse, keyboard and monitor and plugged them into my old computer to make a new disk.
After doing that, I plugged everything back into my new computer and the thing won't power up at all. There is a -/o switch on the power supply and when I flip that between - and 0, I can hear a faint high pitched noise (meaning that the PS is working???).

This is really pissing me off... Can my mobo be dead? How can I tell?

thanks
 

Xray

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Something might have come lose.

Open it up and make sure everything inside is seated properly.
 

Wah

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still doesn't work...

looks like its the PS. Just plugged in another one and the computer turns on. crap...