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Sorry I missed telling a step. If I press the power switch, the led
flashes, the fans go for a second and then nothing. If I press the power
again nothing happens until I unplug and replug the power cord in and then
when I hit the power again it happens again.
"SS" <arvind5972--REMOVECAPSANDDASHES--@msn.com> wrote in message
news:u$9o1xdVFHA.3140@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Steve:-
> If I understand correctly you say that you get momentary power to the fans
> and the LEDs and then nothing.
> Unplugging and replugging the power cable to the case repeats this.
>
> If this is correct then you still haven't pushed the power button on your
> case after plugging in the power cable.
>
> SS
>
>
> "Steve" <mrgrocery@hotmail.cm> wrote in message
> news:eUkiy6cVFHA.548@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Well I know it shouldn't be the bios as I haven't been able to get to it.
>> I know its not the video as I am using the on board video at this point.
>> The ram can only go in one way so I will rule that out. What is meant by
>> motherboard not seated right?
>>
>>
>> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:ed%23o5tbVFHA.2128@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>> Or, you have screwed the bios as I did in the past fooling around with
>>> overclocking! What a trip to get my M/B functional again. And dumass
>>> here did it on his main machine! Hell, I have 3 others I could have
>>> played on.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Richard Urban
>>>
>>> aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard
>>>
>>> If you knew as much as you think you know,
>>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>>>
>>>
>>> "Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
>>> news:MPG.1ceb12907fc425a29896e0@news-server.columbus.rr.com...
>>>> In article <F978F828-AB4A-4DC4-BEA0-59DD38164602@microsoft.com>,
>>>> Steve@discussions.microsoft.com says...
>>>>> Interesting, I am having a similar problem. Well I have played with
>>>>> all
>>>>> possibilities and still basically nothing. What happens now is the
>>>>> fans
>>>>> power on for 1 sec and the led's flash and then everything powers off.
>>>>> If I
>>>>> unplug I can do the same again.
>>>>
>>>> The power switch is really the only thing used on modern P4 machines
>>>> (home user class) and should be an OPEN unless pushed, once pushed it
>>>> will short the contact on the motherboard to signal a power-up
>>>> condition. In the old days they used a toggle switch that would
>>>> maintain
>>>> the state until switched the other direction.
>>>>
>>>> Even if you remove everything except the Power switch, and you have
>>>> RAM,
>>>> and Video, it would at least POST - you should be able to get into the
>>>> BIOS. If you can't get that far, then you've mis-seated the motherboard
>>>> or installed the RAM/Video incorrectly.
>>>>
>>>> Oh, you will need the PSU cables installed properly from the PSU to the
>>>> motherboard, but you don't have to connect them to the drives.
>>>>
>>>>
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