Comp wont boot? Fans going nuts!

I have a P4 3.0 with a thermaltake fan, stock one took a dump on me last year. Rest of comp is basic, sound, vid, cd and dvd, nothing fancy. I went to turn my comp on, and the fans would turn on off on off constantly. It was like a car trying to turn over. I figured my psu took a crap on me. So lucky enough to have a backup, hooked it up, same problem, so not that lucky I unplugged everything but sound card (pci) and cpu fan and did the same thing, on off on off. Any suggestions?

Suggestion #1: Try unseating and reseating everything you can, all your jumpers, RAM, CPU, etc.

Suggestion #2: Exorcism.

Edit to add: Clean all the dust off and around the motherboard. There have been instances of tiny metal filings in dust shorting things out.

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Online DIY Exorcism

Enjoy! 8)

Ok what are 2 start pins?

Yeah, dont think Ill try that one I have removed everything off the board and no luck. No boot, fans just keep acting like they want to go but keep having a stall in them. Just odd, no weather, no storm within a couple weeks, comp was on for part of the day no problems. Turned off np, then just started acting up. Guess Ill get a new mobo and go from there. UGH! Happy Holidays Everyone!

Negative..no dice... I just started to unplug one thing at a time. Still the same, didnt change anything.