ASUS K8S-MX not powering up!

[mickey79]

Ave,

I recently purchased different parts to assemble a new computer.

I have an ASUS K8S-MX motherboard and i got a Socket 754 AMD Athlon 64 2800+ for it, alongwith the recommended Corsair ValueSelect 1 GB DIMM's. I got a Rosewill Case with 400W Power Supply for it, and other peripherals like HDD etcetera.

The problem is, the computer is not powering up.
The Motherboard comes with a Led... when i connect the unit to a power source, the Led goes on, which tells me the Power Supply is ok. Even the Lan Led goes on if i plug in my network cable. In fact i even tried another power supply from another computer, and still the same results. So the power supply in my case is OK.

I have connected the Power Switch and other switches very appropriately, from the Case to the MOtherboard.

My most prominent guess is that the Power Switch on the Case is faulty.

I noticed the on the Motherboard there is a USB Wake-up device, but to the best of my knowledge i have it disabled, with Jumpers set to 1, 2 on both jumper switches.

So basically when i hit the Start/Power switch on the case, Nothing Happens! The system stays still... the Led on the Motherboard stays on, but computer doesn't power up.

Anyone got any suggestions?

Thanks,
Mickey

 

[DashClone]

Could try swapping round the connections for reset/power switch to see if the switch if faulty.

 

[mickey79]

Could try swapping round the connections for reset/power switch to see if the switch if faulty.

I did try that... it didn't work.

 

[mickey79]

Ave,

Gosh! It was the screws!! Somehow the screws i used were grounding the Motherboard to the metallic base of the inside of my case... which didn't allow the motherboard to power... i guess because of the grounding issues!! I changed the screws to another set of longer screws, made of a different material.. and everything works great!!!

Thanks,
Mickey