ASRock 970 Extreme 3 1st Build Problems

laorider254

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ASRock 970 Extreme 3
AMD Phenom II X4 960T Zosma 3.0GHz
SAPPHIRE 100315L Radeon HD 6850
Patriot G Series ‘Sector 5’ Edition 8GB (2 x 4GB)
COOLER MASTER Silent Pro M600 RS-600-AMBA-D3 600W
Western Digital Caviar 400Gb
Rosewill Challenger
Lightscribe drive

This is the first computer I built and i don't really know what I'm doing. I have connected everything and it turns on. All the fans spin,including the gpu and cpu fans. The cd drive won't open. I get no beeps from the speaker, it might be bad. I get no display out by hdmi or dvi, I'm using the dvi to vga adapter. When I plug the keyboard in, none of the leds light up. None of the usb ports seem to work when i plug in an optical mouse

I'm assuming the motherboard is bad but I'm not sure
 
Solution
sounds like a power supply problem. If the power supply works, the CD drawer should open.
Maybe you connected the power supply wrong. Post some pictures.