First Build - Computer Won't Power On

[coolmoose13]

Hello, I put together my first build today. I followed directions and took care to avoid static and be gentle with the components.

I have everything together and connected in the case right now, a monitor and keyboard hooked up, and the computer plugged into a surge protector. When I turn the power supply on, a little blue light underneath the motherboard goes on, indicating it is in "Sleep/Soft-Off" mode. When I press the power button on the case, nothing happens. No activity on my monitor, no fans running - including on the power supply.

Anyone have any idea what's going on?

[blue60007]

Give this a try:
http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=132409

Also, can you list your system specs?

[coolmoose13]

ASUS P5B Deluxe LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-WW Black/Silver Aluminum Bezel, SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3500641AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

EVGA 640-P2-N825-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SUPERCLOCKED HDCP Video Card - Retail

Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe 2.13GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6420 - Retail

Antec earthwatts EA500 ATX12V v2.0 500W Power Supply - Retail

LG 18X DVD±R DVD Burner with 12X DVD-RAM Write Black E-IDE/ATAPI Model GSA-H54NK - OEM

CHAINTECH AV-710 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail

WINTEC AMPX 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 3AXT6400C5-2048K - Retail

[coolmoose13]

I pulled everything out of the case and set it up just like that, and I'm still getting the same problem. I'm starting to freak out a bit here.

[Cricket]

Do you have both power connectors plugged into the motherboard?

:) Cricket

[coolmoose13]

You mean the 24 pin and the 8 pin? Yeah.

I went out and bought a new power supply to see if that was the problem, but I'm still getting the same reaction from the system. So I guess it's my motherboard, CPU, or RAM then, correct? Any way for me to tell which it is without substituting in known working parts? I don't just have components laying around. I think I may end up sending all three back to newegg for replacements.

[tigstah]

just curious, which power supply did you get.

[Cricket]

Looking at your parts list I would suspect the RAM before the motherboard and the CPU.

Try starting the system without the RAM installed and see if you get any BIOS beeps indicating a memory problem. You need the PC case speaker hooked up for this.

:) Cricket

[Katreat]

Did you try it with one stick of ram, then the other, that might answer your ram question.