I gotta' tell U something, Bob...

 BW> I would strip the system down to the basics:   motherboard, cpu, ram,
 BW> power supply and video card.  If it still does not fire, it would
 BW> depend on what you have on hand to swap it out.  I would mostly
 BW> suspect the motherboard...  I would swap that out first, then the ram,
 BW> then the power
 BW> supply, (I list the power supply last as you state that the CPU fan is
 BW> running and it is rare that a PS is bad if it is putting out any
 BW> power).   Once you can get the basic system to fire...  then it is a
 BW> matter of adding each component back till you are sure that each
 BW> works.
    NOOOOOO, NOT ALL THE TIMES !!! I recommend first analyze the source (I have
a friend that managed to burn up 3 motherboards until he got to the power
source). Everything worked ok, like for the guy you were talking to, meaning
the fan, the HDD (the 12-volt part). But at a lab, we discovered that on
power-up, the source provided on the 5V part about 8V (for a fraction of a
second or so, but enough to burn it up).
    So PLEAAASE, take care !

    Best bombs, Uncle Fester...
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