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by vaderzz

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Hey there

I recently just bought some new parts to piece together a new computer, and something bizzare happened.

I plugged everything in... which is an OCZ 1010 PSU, a P5N32-Plus Motherboard, 2 8800 GT video cards.. and 2 HDD's... I powered it all up and the fans came on but the HDD's didnt.. and nothing came on the screen.

So I took out one of the video cards... and after that the PSU wouldnt even come on.. and hasnt since.

:| I dont know whats wrong.. the I know for sure the PSU is still fine cause I'v tried my old one and it doesnt work on the board either. however there is this little LED light that comes on when the PSU switch is on "On".

And goes off when its on "off"... any suggestion? none of the fans are coming on for my PSU, CPU or video cards... and nothing happens when I hit the power button. I'm thinking it has something to do with the cord from the power button to the board?

Any help would be appreciated :)

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by mjd420nova

In rebuilds with power supplies that don't want to start, I suspect the standoffs that mount the MOBO to be shorting things out. I will usually replace them with plastic or nylon ones to eliminate this fault. If the drives don't spin, the 12 volts is suspect. A short on the board can take out a lot of good parts before you find the real cause. Of the parts in the unit, don't assume they are all good, they could all be suspect.

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