Help. No power to new custom made pc

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Mike Budden

Hi. I just spent $500 to buy new parts to put together a new PC for myself.
I hooked everything up, double checked all the cables before I turned her
on, and hit the power button, and nothing happened. I checked the cables
again, including the main power cable and the outlet. It all seems fine. I
am not getting a peep out of it, and I am now getting ticked off at the
thing. Here are my specs. (All parts are new, except where noted)

Motherboard: Albatron PM845GL1-533
Ram: 128MB DDR 266 PC2100
CPU: Pentium 4 2.8gig (I also have a Celeron 1.7 I tried, but made no
difference)
HDD: WD 40gb 7200rpm 8mb cache
Toshiba Floppy
LG 52x CD-ROM
Cheap $20 WinModem (Can't remember the brandname)
OKIA 350w ATX Power Supply
Cheap PS2 Keyboard
Secondhand PS2 Mouse
Secondhand monitor

I checked all the little jumper wires where the power button hooks up to the
mobo, and they are in the right place. The voltage on the power supply is
set to 115, and is turned on by the switch on the back.

I got no ideas, can anybody out there help me?

Also, could you also respond via e-mail as well as to this newsgroup if
possible please.

Tia
 
Also, make sure the motherboard is not shorting out on the case. Pull the
motherboard. Place it on a large book, or something, then attach all and
try again. If it boots, you know you're shorting out on your case.

-
Boba & Ilinka stood up at show-n-tell, in
[email protected], and said:
Did you check power swich on the PSU.

Boba Vancouver BC
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--
Strontium

"You may be right! It's all a waste of time! I guess
that's just a chance I'm prepared to take....A danger
I'm prepared to face.....Cut to the chase." - RUSH
 
Its called "spitting in the wind". Sure, you will
accomplish the spitting. But without a 3.5 digit multimeter,
time is wasted. How is anyone suppose to provide useful
assistance if you don't even have basic facts. Chart in this
URL defines first things you should have been reporting:
http://www.hardwaresite.net/faqpowersupply.html

But you must have a tool as essential as a screw driver. So
ubiquitous as to be sold in Radio Shack, Lowes, Home Depot,
and even Walmart. 3.5 digit multimeter is essential
especially if you are having problems. Your eyes cannot see
electrons.
 
JAD makes a valid point that might not be obvious in his
first post. Does specification for power supply say something
like "Specification compliance: ATX12V v1.1"? That spec
calls for the additional 12 volt connector to motherboard.
Just another of many reasons why power supplies without
specifications are not purchased.

However if the multimeter does not report 5 volts on the
purple +5VSB wire (when power supply is plugged in but not
turned on), then even an ATX12V specification is irrelevant.
 
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