New Build Will Not Turn On

[ChiPhiZD]

See this thread for parts: New Build Link (http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=195487)

Machine will turn on for 1 second, lights come on for a second but machine does not stay on...no beep, no other sounds, monitor does not show anything either.

Antec 900 Case
Asus PK5-E MB

Totally lost, please help

Thanks Chris

[ktkendall]

Go to the new build troubleshooting thread and follow the steps therein:

http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=132409

[ChiPhiZD]

Machine now, has a restart loop, i dont know if there is any beep....i didnt see power for sound.....stays on now about 2-3 seconds.....forgot to plug in the 8-pin connector

[shadowpr]

Make sure the heatsink is installed fully.

[ChiPhiZD]

heat sink must have been the issue....now i cannot detect the HDD....be back in a bit

[ChiPhiZD]

ok, no clue....HDD is not being detected, the optical is, but for some reason I cannot find the HDD....is there a master/slave scenario with SATA ????

[phigdon]

I have an ASUS board and the board stinks trying to see SATA drives. When I take the thing apart I know that I will have a nightmare trying to get the system to see the drives. What I do is to try to power on and if it doesn't see the drive plug it into another connector and reboot. after a couple of tries something changes and it sees the drives. try unplugging the DVD and get the HDD recognized then add the DVD back in.

[ChiPhiZD]

I did that too...removed the DVD, put the HDD in every SATA and it does not detect it....It did show up in the SATA 1 in the BIOS for a second, but it showed as 0MB, I hope its not a dead HDD.