System will not boot up. Motherboard problem?

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u8myrice

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I recently put a system together for my brother for homework and internet.

Antec 400W PSU
Albatron PE865-Pro Mobo
P4 2.4B CPU
4x256 PC2700 RAM.
Nvidia FX5200
80GB WD Harddrive
40GB WD Harddrive
NEC DVD-RW

OK. So I put everything together and hit the power button. I was waiting for it to post...except, it doesnt. All the fans and harddrives spins up for about 5 seconds and then everything shuts down. This restarts indefinitely. It just keep on restarting every 5 seconds.

So I reseated everything and tried again, didn't work.

So I checked for blown caps or something of the sort. Everything looks good. Except...same problem.

I'm out of ideas. Help? Thanks alot.
 
disconnect everything, and try booting it up with only the processor, ram, and the power to the motherboard connected. if this works then start reconnecting things one by one, restarting the computer every time until it stops working again. then you can find out exactly what the problem is. if it won't post with just the processor and ram, then its probably the motherboard, processor, or power supply that is giving you trouble.
 
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