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Originally Posted by martyh
I tried that last night ,just had the gfx attached no post at all .The problem is that there are no on board graphics so i cannot connect a monitor to the board (another reason to send it back)
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When the dvd drive is connected with the powerr connection and the IDE cable the drive does not work no light on the front and the drawer does not open ,remove the IDE cable and the power comes back on and the drawer opens ,i find this confusing as i thought the IDE cable is only carrying information not power ,i have tried different cables and the dvd works fine in the other pc
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I would suggest you forget about the DVDRW drive for now and focus on finding the fault. So...with CPU/RAM/GFX installed, you press the power button on the PC (I assume this is wired into the motherboard so you can power it on?) you get nothing? No fans spinning up? No LEDs? Have you tried reseting the CMOS? DO you know what is involved with this?
You could also try swapping out the ram for different sticks.
Failing that, I would try your spare power supply just to see if you can get an output on the screen and POST (Power on self test).
Do you not get any LEDs or beeps on the board during boot? Some motherboards will beep or present LEDs during post do help diagnose the fault. i.e. Say 1 LED = CPU found, 2 LED = Ram found, 3 LED = Gfx found, 4 LED = running post. It could do something like that with beeps instead.