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!

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