I just built a system over the weekend, and everything was working fine. Once everything was installed, I decided to move it upstairs, so powered down as usual. No indications of any problem - normal shutdown of XP. I took the unit upstairs, hooked up all the cables, plugged it in, pushed the front power switch...and nothing: no fans, no lights, no nothing...completely dead. I tried several power cables and outlets - nothing. Took it back to its original location - nothing.
So I swapped out the PSU with a similar unit, same response. Pulled the power switch connector off the mobo and reconnected. Removed everything but essential parts. Still absolutely no response. There is absolutely no smell from the PSU. Could it be the power switch? How can I work around it? Any way to jumper the pins on the mobo so that it thinks the switch is on? I'm absolutely baffled here - it went from perfect functioning to nothing with no indications of any problem whatsoever!!
So I swapped out the PSU with a similar unit, same response. Pulled the power switch connector off the mobo and reconnected. Removed everything but essential parts. Still absolutely no response. There is absolutely no smell from the PSU. Could it be the power switch? How can I work around it? Any way to jumper the pins on the mobo so that it thinks the switch is on? I'm absolutely baffled here - it went from perfect functioning to nothing with no indications of any problem whatsoever!!