Chris,

I've seen this happen when there is a short to the motherboard.  Either the
board is grounded incorrectly or not at all.  Usually what I would do is
completely remove the board from the case, including the removeable base (if
there is one), lay the board on a box or some other non-conductive material,
hook up the power, video, and keyboard only, and then see if it fires up.
If it does, that means something is shorting out when you put the board in.
Try using paper washers in with the screws.

If the board still will not fire up, I would suspect the power supply.  Good
luck!

Kyle

From: "Christopher Jones" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 1999 5:44 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] No power to system - power connections secure


> Greetings listers,
>      I recently threw together a P233 from spare parts.  All the power
> connections that I know to connect are secure, but when I turn the power
on, the
> power LED blinks one briefly and the power supply doesn't come on.  It's
an AT
> mobo and I was careful to insert the power connectors to the power supply
> correctly (with the black wires to the inside).  Outside of a rotten power
> supply, can someone shed some light on why this is happpening?  Any help
is
> appreciated.
>
> Chris Jones

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