Help! Computer not starting!

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Decker87

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I decided to streamline my cabling today, so I took everything apart, then put everything back together in a more minimalistic way. Now it won't start!!! I have an Abit NF7-S motherboard and an X-Dreamer case. I cut the cables that were wired to the front LEDs, because they were too bright. The red indicator LED on the mobo lights when I apply power, but I can't get the green one to light! The manual states:

"LED1 = power supply connected to power source"
"LED2 = system power is on" (I am assuming this is what will not light"

I tried reconnecting all the wires from the panel (SLED, HDD LED, RST, PWR-ON, etc), and I tried switching the direction of the PWR-ON connector, but that didn't seem to help. The cables on the X-Dreamer don't mark a polarity. What's going on here!? My comp won't even start.

I never removed the mobo from the mobo tray, but I did remove the tray from the case. Any help is appreciated...sniffle...
 
Try shorting the two pins on the mobo header for power on with a screwdriver or something . maybe you inadvertenly cut the power on wire.
 
gigaxtreme1 said:
Try shorting the two pins on the mobo header for power on with a screwdriver or something . maybe you inadvertenly cut the power on wire.
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Ditto on that...the power switch wire should be red and white wires. Also...be sure you didn't accidentally connect the power switch connector to the power led connector on the mainboard.
 
Thanks everybody, I ended up calling Abit Tech support, only to find a loose screw had fallen between the mobo and the mobo tray, grounding it.
 
lol i did that once, i had a screw in the mobo tray that didn't correspond to a strut and i didn't know it - drove me crazy for a week when i heard about a friend doing the same thing, so don't feel too bad :)
 
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