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Building my first pc, need guidelines

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by icebillybob

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Have components, (P-III motherboard,atx-300w power
supply,with video and sound cards,40g hard drive,
hp cd-rom,average disket,256ram)I've put them all together and no response (from power) what could be wrong? I think I need help with procedure.
What say you all?

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by chrisms

Ensure that when you connect the power cables from your case to the motherboard, they go on the right pins and the right way round.
A common mistake we all make, i'm sure.

by werkz

maybe...just maybe u have a bad power supply...happens alot...did it come with the case?...bigest cause of DOAs

by chrisms

Could be, but until you are sure the cables are connected to the m/b properly, you could be chasing wild geese

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