Home-built will not boot

[TechNewby]

Hello all:

I have recently built a system. When I try to boot up, the power stays on for about 3 seconds, then cuts out. The fan on the power supply and the light on the keyboard both come on, but there is never any motherboard activity and the monitor never gets a signal.

I have swapped working components from another system, including the power supply and the memory.

The motherboard (new) is a PCChips M726MRT with a P2 400Mhz processor.

Have any of you seen or heard of such a problem before? Any help is much appreciated.

Sincerely,
TechNewby

[WarHog]

TechNewby,
Make sure the jumpers are set correctly on your Mobo (if there is any).
Also trail by elimnation, Disconnect all cards including the CD-Rom. If at all possible check the processor in another comp.
Hope this helps,
WarHog

[Rick]

After checking all the jumpers on the M/B
Strip the system down to nothing but a hard drive (Your c:\ Master)
and a video card.
Try to boot from there.

Also check your doc's for the Clear Cmos jumper.
If you clear the cmos and bootup It should default to setup defaults
for a PnP mother board. ( if it is PnP that is)

This should allow you to get a vidio signal and get into the cmos
to set the drive up.

[TechNewby]

WarHog and Rick:

Wonderful advice. I'll try your suggestions and hope that leads me down the right path.

Sincerely,
TechNewby

[nunjo]

Try turning the power switch connection around on the mobo.

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Nunof