kt600-A and what is going on here?

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On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 19:15:42 -0700, "tony " <webtoken@yahoo.com> wrote:

>i put together a simple system for my son using this "returned" fry's board
>that came with a boxed retail 2500+ for $59. super deal?
>i screwed everything together, (160gb ide), loaded xp, and it worked great.
>i fed ex'd it to san jose. he opened the box, plugged it in, and it booted
>to a blue, fatal error screen. he mailed it back to me. i can tell you this:
>when the dvd r and dvd rom are not plugged in to the mainboard ports the hd
>runs. you can hear it. when it's plugged to the mainboard nothing works.
>even the drawers don't open on the drives.
>btw, when i mailed him the board in the first place, the ps 2 mouse port Did
>Not work. i'm guessing the 2500+ is fine. i don't want to pull it off yet
>and put it in my abit to "test" it. i am thinking of just ordering something
>like my abit kd7 or even a kv7. i think it's the mainboard.
>ofcourse you got no boot to the monitor. just black screen. the video card
>fan works and i don't suspect the vid card. i think it's the "previously
>returned" kt600 that came with this "frys" combo deal.
>i have double checked to see all is seated and nothing is shorting the back
>of the mainboard. any very quick ideas to test anything?
>thanks. tony/oregon.
>


Try another Power Supply