Toby2

Woot! Got it working and running great now. I basically tore it completely down and did everything from scratch. Before I started putting it back together I did the paper clip trick with the PSU to make sure it worked. Started adding one component at a time and finally got everything to work. Somewhere in the original build I must have connected something wrong. Anyways, thank you for the replies.

I have just finished building a new computer and it will not boot. When I hit the power button all the fans and LED's come on for about one second then shuts off. The case I have is an AZZA Solano 1000 and the instructions are pretty horrible. The only thing that I am worried about not connecting right are the front panel connectors (power/reset/HDD LED), because the instructions do not specify which wires are positive or negative. The power supply is 850W so I doubt it is a lack of power. There are no beeps occurring during the one second that it is on indicating the general area to be looking for the problem. I have checked all the seating of the components and the power cable connections. I have also tried various combinations of the 4 sticks of RAM I have in case one of them is bad. I had a great time building my first custom rig; but, of course, pretty bummed i can't get it working. Any help will be greatly appreciated.