Bill Layer wrote: > > Can you be more specific than 'no go'? To some, no-go means absolutely no > response from the power button, to others, it means that the supply, board > fans, lights etc come up, but the machine fails to POST. > I apologize, it is totally unresponsive to the power button. The outlet is hot. I was not aware that the power supply had an on/off position switch. The red switch in the back I thought was to change the voltage from US to European. It is an AOpen 300W by the way. I will try to scrounge up another ATX power supply to check out. > If it is totally unresponsive to the power button, the first things that > come to mind are: > > 1) You don't have the cord plugged in to a hot outlet. > 2) The power switch on the rear of ATX supply is in the OFF position. > 3) The power button on the case is misconnected to the motherboard power > (PWR) header. > 4) The power supply is defective. > > If you get fans, etc, but no POST or any beeps at all: > > 1) CPU is bad, or inserted wrong > 2) RAM is bad, or the wrong spec (note: you need Micron or other > brand-name RAM for an ABIT board, the generic M-tec parts from GNS will > *not* work.) I did not get it from GNS, it is from Tran Micro and yes it was generic or whatever their flavor of the month is on memory. > 3) Softmenu III settings in CMOS are not appropriate to the installed CPU > or RAM. Operate the CMOS clear jumper per the manual, to reset the CMOS > configuration. > > You didn't crack the CPU wafer when you were installing the fan, did you? > ;) God, I hope not! -- Perry Hoekstra E-Commerce Architect Talent Software Services perry.hoekstra at talentemail.com