Any suggestions greatly appreciated,
     build background info, mb ASUS M2N SLI delux, AMD Athlon 64 cpu windsor
2.4 ghtz, power COOLMAX 700w, case THERMALTAKE Armor, hd 320gb seagate sata,
160 gb maxtor ide, plextor dvd ide, gaphics Geforce 8600 GTS 256, mem OCZ
platinum 2gb DDR2 800,
tech level intermediate-advanced...use win xp and linux Ubuntu, Fedora,
Suse..able to partition hard drive ect ...but not able to write code
read Asus manual 4+ times before attempting build.

Objective situation-. plugged in rear switch on green light visible on in
case, press start button 0.5 seconds rear fan and cpu cooler fan come
on...then immediately off, dvd led also comes on and on other led by pwr
button..I double checked the internal connections, system panel connector
pwr ground,ide led reset,4 pin spker, system pwr led , sys spkr, appears to
be correct
not sure if on-off  switch is good or not

any suggestions welcomed

William Slater
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