Asus - cooler master power button not working

Hi All

I recently had to return my cooler master case which meant I had to take apart all the parts in the case. By mistake, I had left the asus q-connector that comes with the mother board for the front panel connections in the case when I returned it

when my new case came in I just connected them directly without the q-connector since thats just for convenience anyway.

But when I turn on the power on the PSU, the motherboard LED lights up but the power and reset buttons don't seem to work.

No Im pretty sure the case may be DOA but just wondering if there are any other tests I can do to confirm that?

any ideas?

Thanks
Bharat

Are you sure you have the little connectors in the right spots for the power button and everything? The really thin two prong ones. I'd play w/ those a bit.