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New computer woes -Won't POST...

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...Or do much of anything.

I got a bunch of parts I'd been waiting for yesterday:

AMD Athlon XP Mobile 2600+
DFI Infinity nForce2 Ultra400 Rev A
512MB Samsung DDR400
Zalman CNPS7000AlCu
Turbo Case X-Dreamer 2
2 Cooler Master red led case fans

And I'm still waiting for a Leadtek 6800GT.

So anyway, I was pretty excited about getting this stuff (It's a pretty big upgrade for me, the last computer I used was an AMD k6-2 380Mhz with a TNT2) and I started assembling it right away. After a few troubles assembling (the motherboard tray was a bitch to get back in, the Zalman was a pain in the ass to install) the moment of truth finally comes. I turn the power switch on the PSU, I hit the power switch on the case and all the pretty lights inside the case come on, the fans start buzzing... and then everything stops. Nothing. I try pressing the power switch again but this time nothing happens, no lights, no fans, so I turn off the switch on the PSU and turn it on again, and when I hit (keep in mind I'm not actually hitting it, just sort of gently pressing it) the power switch the exact same thing happens; lights flicker on, fans spin a little and then nothing. So I start disconnecting things one by one and trying it. I get down to just the CPU and the Zalman and still the same thing happens. When I press the power switch, the fans spin a little and the lights flicker and then nothing, except the DRAM LED on the motherboard comes on.

Do I have a dead motherboard? Bad PSU? Am I doing something wrong? Can anybody help me?
 
Sounds like your motherboard may be shorting against something, especially the case. If you short the CMOS jumper and then press the power button, does it act like it's going to start up or just stay dead?

If shorting the CMOS doesn't improve things, take your moboboard and power supply out of the case with only the graphics card, memory, and cpu installed. Rest the mobo on the box it shipped in with the anti-ESD bag it came in between them. Try starting it up. If it works, then you were shorting against the case and should get some nylon washers to act as standoffs.

Hope some of this helps.
 
did you plug the cpu fan into the cpu fan header?

If you didn't, this is exactly what would happen.

What type of thermal paste did you use? Factory pad or something aftermarket?
 
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