Power button not working?

[Sunny129]

Well i just finished building a system for a friend, and just as i tried to power up nothing happens (well, almost nothing). actually the CPU fan spins up for a split second, as if there were some sort of small power surge. the keyboard LEDs also light up for a brief moment as well. but the HDD never begins to spin...nothing seems to turn on at all.

specs:
AMD Athlon 64 3400+
ASUS A8V Deluxe
2 x 512MB Mushkin PC3200 DDR
Sapphire Radeon 9600XT
Western Digital WD1200JB

i suspect the power source, but of course i'm not sure, and i don't have a spare one to test with at the moment. any suggestions?

 

[montag451]

seems to be happening a lot recently-

Try firstly resetting CMOS, by unplugging and taking out the CMOS battery for 20 minutes.
If no luck,
Try disconnecting EVERYTHING except cpu/psu/RAM
See if you can coax a beep.
If no luck,
Take out ram.

Let us know

 

[Sunny129]

ok thanks for the tips...will be back with news in 20 or so minutes...


btw, simply removing the battery is good enough? i don't need to play with the CMOS jumper too, do i?

 

[montag451]

I always try and nuke it

 

[fishmonger12]

what power supply are you using?

 

[lenjack]

Make sure the cpu hsfan is connected to the proper connector on the board. Many boards will not boot if not connected.

 

[Sunny129]

problem solved...my buddy ordered a crappy case which of course came with a crappy PSU. so we went to Best Buy and picked up an Antec 400W PSU, swapped it in, and viola! system booted no problem. thanks again for the responses...