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Pci-e into the video card? ehh

another thing... when i first started it up i heard a noise, and then following a smell, so could that be my CPU is blown?

alright well so far ive swapped my Ram around... also, shouldent i be hearing noise from the speaker, because i dont hear anything

Alright so, the PSU has been switched out, i did what you told me i pulled out an old 400w PSU and plugged it in to my Mobo with CPU, Ram, and vid only attached, it started up and still no bios on my monitor, ive also switched rams around, i dont have an extra video card or CPU so idk

so...no POST yet. You've tried the PSU, RAM, and video card. There's only a couple things it could still be. It could be the motherboard is bad, or the CPU, or it could be a bad mounting of the mobo in the case. Have you removed the motherboard from the case yet? when you take it out, set it on cardboard, and then test it out to see if it posts outside the case. If so, then it was a shorting problem. If that doesn't fix the issue, you're probably looking at a motherboard of CPU issue. If you could borrow a cpu to test, or put your CPU in a friends motherboard, you can determine which of the two is the problem. If you haven't been doing so, it doesn't hurt to use the BIOS reset jumper after every test.

Alright... so i still had my mobo mounted on the case mount... i took it out and i placed it on a cardboard box... i start it up and my onboard speaker goes crazy....

its a series of beeps... it makes quite a beat. but yeh i cant find nothing in my mobo book...

Alright i have a display now... my monitor was hooked up wrong, so do i remount it this time...

If I am following events correctly, you have a motherboard tray to which your motherboard mounts. If the board works outside the case and off the tray, it would appear that the board is shorting to the tray. In the case kit there were standoffs, but usually they send more standoffs than you need to cover many installations. Check to be sure that you are using a standoff for each screw hole through your motherboard, and that there are no extra standoffs that are not being used under the board. If that is all good try looking between the board and the tray to see if you can see anything that is contacting the tray.

Good luck!!

okay so heres everything ive done, there was a poppy noise, it was most likely the short i fixed when i assembled the pc out of the case and it worked after fixing a few bug's i got the bios to come up and everything, so i start to assemble inside the case... i get power in the case can still load bios and everything then i try to attach the HDD and CD rom, and then it doesnt power up, so i go back to putting it togeather outside and it still wont boot up...