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Update: have switched PS out, computer still won't start.

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I have checked all the connections to mobo, and they seem all right. The PS is plugged in properly, and the power button from case is in right. I know the power button/PS were correct 'cause it started up the first time. I have cleared the cmos (moved jumper back and forth) and also pulled the battery in and out. It still refuses to start. A refresher on my rig:

EPoX 8k7a mobo
Enlight 300 watt case
gainward gf2
cd burner/dvd/one ibm hard drive.

I'm still leaning towards that I might have messed something up when I started it the first time with next to nothing plugged into it except the fans. But if that's not the cae, anybody know of anything that will get this thing to start? When I mean not start, when i hit power button, nothing happens. No fans, no drives no lights. Its plugged in properly to the surge protector also.
 
AS long as you didn't run it with the cpu in and no fan, you shouldn't have fried the pc.

Make sure the power switch on the powersupply is on. Sometimes I've flipped it off and forgotten about it 🙂
 
There's a switch? Woops, the enlight instructions are like written in cryptic english, is there a switch on that power supply somewhere?
 
Can you give a better description of exactly what happens?

When you press the power button, does your pc turn on and there is a blank screen or absolutely no power what so ever?
 
When the power button is pressed, nothing happens. No fan turning on the PS, no activity from the motherboard. I kinda think I might have messed up the power supply initially. Bringing home a extra one to test that theory.
 
Update, switched a different power supply in, and its same problem. The power supply does not start, the mobo doesn't start, no fans etc. I'm thinking that the motherboard has something wrong with it, anybody concur?
 
Howdy,
Could be. The question is:

Are ANY components receiving power? For example, are any lights on the MB or NIC or case turning on or are any fans spinning?

If not, then the power is not being received by the MB.

Alternately, you can plug a lone case fan in directly to the PS of course to see if it's live. If the fan starts spinning but the MB devices do not power up, then it's likely the power connector on the MB.

Good luck,
PCM
 
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