powering up 1st time

after putting togather all componets...amd athlon xp 2000+,asus a7n8x mobo,wd 80 gig 7200rpm HD,lite on 16x cd/dvd, floppy drive, gainward nvidia gainforce3 Ti200 video card, ocz enhanced latency ddr 3500.. when powered up the fans work great !!! power led lights and hd lights come on but nothing on the acer monitor except a steady power light indicator that soon starts flashing but no visual text on screen. I realize it could be a million things but my son has checked all jump settings and connections and says they are all true to the specs.This is his first atempt at doing this so any help from you-all would sure help.

followed suggestion and removed battery and moved jumper then reversed process and tried to power up again.. holding the "del" key.....nothing on the monitor still... he checked all jump settings and connections( he did notice that there was no power light on the keyboard for caps lock or scroll lock) ?? might the video card be bad? how can you check that ?

Can you try the video card in another computer?

<font color=red>The solution may be obvious, but I can't see it for the smoke coming off my processor.</font color=red>

Nonono, the static bag is supposed to CONDUCT electricity across it's surface, I recommend a phone book. Also I recommend he reads the motherboards faq for solutions to common installation problems.

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