Thanks all for the help. it did turn out to be a grounding issue
After putting everything together I got my new build to POST with ease. The only problem was that I couldn't get either of my PATA devices detected. While fiddling around with master/slave settings, I somehow lost the ability to POST. Now, when I press the power button on the case, the CPU fan doesn't spin and nothing makes any noise except for the power supply, which seems to turn on (it's fan spins). Even with no PATA devices attached at all, I'm having the same problem. Furthermore, since it has POSTed I doubt that it is a bad part that is causing the problem. I've checked all the connections and nothing appears to be loose. One thing I did notice when the PC was POSTing was that sometimes if you moved it from upright to on its side it wouldn't want to start up until I shifted a few wires around/organized them. I imagine one of them must have been touching somewhere on the MOBO it shouldn't have? Anyhow, I'm at a loss as to how the PC suddenly decided to stop POSTing. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. TIA, Mitch.
AMD 64 X2 5050e
PC Power and Cooling 420W PSU
2 x 2gb CORSAIR XMS2 DDR
ASUS M3A78-EM mATX motherboard
NEC 2500A DVD burner (PATA)
200GB Seagate 7200.7 PATA HDD
After putting everything together I got my new build to POST with ease. The only problem was that I couldn't get either of my PATA devices detected. While fiddling around with master/slave settings, I somehow lost the ability to POST. Now, when I press the power button on the case, the CPU fan doesn't spin and nothing makes any noise except for the power supply, which seems to turn on (it's fan spins). Even with no PATA devices attached at all, I'm having the same problem. Furthermore, since it has POSTed I doubt that it is a bad part that is causing the problem. I've checked all the connections and nothing appears to be loose. One thing I did notice when the PC was POSTing was that sometimes if you moved it from upright to on its side it wouldn't want to start up until I shifted a few wires around/organized them. I imagine one of them must have been touching somewhere on the MOBO it shouldn't have? Anyhow, I'm at a loss as to how the PC suddenly decided to stop POSTing. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. TIA, Mitch.
AMD 64 X2 5050e
PC Power and Cooling 420W PSU
2 x 2gb CORSAIR XMS2 DDR
ASUS M3A78-EM mATX motherboard
NEC 2500A DVD burner (PATA)
200GB Seagate 7200.7 PATA HDD
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