Air Force One = DEAD

[TheGreatSatan]

I unplugged the power and installed a network card then closed the case and plugged it back in. I pressed the power button and nothing happened. NOTHING.

I pulled the card out and tried again. NOTHING.

I pulled the power cable and reconnected. NOTHING.

I cleared CMOS and NOTHING.

Even though the light on my mobo comes on showing that I'm getting power, I still have nothing. And no I haven't done any overclocking or anything. Just internet use. :cussing:

Power Supply maybe or something? The PSU is a 500 Watt Antec.

[Starbuck3733T]

Different PSU you can try? jump start the existing one? Start looking for 'smudges' on top of chips.

Did you unplug the PSU, hit the power button, and plug it back in and try again? this sometimes clears the fact that there has been a short in the PSU.

[walkitiki]

Sounds like you're gonna have to start find spare components and trying everything out, piece of hardware by piece of hardware. It seems to me though that you could have a problem with the processor maybe? When I first built a system my friend gave me a XP2200+ that ended up being dead and taking me several days to realize it was so, so maybe see if you can find a another processor and plug 'er in there. Good luck,

EDIT: Nevermind, with a dead proc you'd get something, fans turning on, but nothing on screen.

[TheGreatSatan]

I've done everything. I'm gonna have some friends run some troubleshooting diagnostics on it. Whatever parts that are still good are getting moved into a Thermaltake Armor case.

http://www.bigbruin.com/reviews05/ttarmor/large/promo.gif

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=CA-8000BWS&c=pw#

[BigBen2k]

Could be a static issue; were you on a carpet at the time?

Unplugging the power cable is good, but it removes your static protection...

Was the network cable connected at any time? Do you have a surge suppressor on the network cable?

I hope you didn't zap anything expensive...

You can use a grounding strap, if you're not going to have any other anti-static protection.

[TheGreatSatan]

I pulled out every single connection last night and put them all back in. Then the system booted fine. Although I did get a error saying that the CPU was unworkable. So I checked the BIOS and it was still there.

[Starbuck3733T]

Probably dropped your OC settings.

[walkitiki]

Is this an Abit board? I get that message everytime I clear the CMOS, I've found that I just have to change the BIOS to recognize it as a AMD 2500+ and just mess around with the BIOS 'til it goes away and then I don't see it again until the next time I have to clear CMOS.