wont boot

[lazybum550]

I am building a new computer for myself and I tried running a gigabyte ga-7dx mobo, athlon XP 1800+ , 256 MB pc2100 ddr ram, 20 gig 7200 rpm hdd, and a geforce 2 T 64MB ddr video card with a 300 watt power source but it wouldn't boot. Its weird, all the fans spin and the hdd starts spinning but nothing comes on the screen, i tried using a pci video card as well. Also, I have 2 places where i can connect the case fan on the mobo, the power fan and the system fan, i used to have it connected to the system fan outlet but it stopped working after i switched power sources because the system didn't boot then either. I really hope its not my Mobo or cpu because i can't get warrenty on them, won them at one of the XP tour stops. the first power source i tried using was a 250 watt, would it damage the motherboard or cpu if i used a power source that was too weak for it?

 

[ToXiCRaGE]

does the cpu fan work? cuz if so then u mobo gets power. Do u have any lights on the mobo that would tell u that it is recieving power? I know my old ASUS P3B-F has one of those. But anyhow, my educated quess (which is sometimes wrong) is that it must be the cpu. Since its won, maybe they didnt handle it in a nice fashion - was it wrapped in its original package or in something else? maybe it got "zapped".

Did u check if the cpu is connected correctly - push on the corners hard to give it a nice fit. Or check the power cable going from ur PS to ur mobo..... maybe that one dosent have a nice fit.
hopefully this helps. - cant think of anything else. Probably someone esle can give u a better answer.

 

[Gunslinger08]

Sounds like a power supply problem to me.

Josh