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Dean Kukral



----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Okoyomi
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 3:57 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Newly built pc won't boot


I just finished building a new pc, but when I turn on the power switch
the pc doesn't boot. However the keyboard responds by lighting up
briefly (to be specific, the "print screen", "scroll lock" and "pause"
keyboard keys light up briefly when I turn on the computer, but
nothing else happens). The motherboard is a Syntax S661M with SiS661FX
Northbridge and SiS963L Southbridge. The CPU is a Pentium 4, 2.80E
Ghz. The processor was inserted correctly. The thermal compound was
placed on top of the processor and the heatsink was then attached. The
power supply is labelled OKIA420ATX and has 420 watts. There are two
DIMMS memory slots, one of which is populated with a 512 MB module.
There is a hard drive, a cdr/cdrw drive, a floppy drive, and a modem.
I disconnected the modem,the hard drive, the CD drive and the front
USB, but the problem persists.
Please help me, I don't know what to do.

Michael Okoyomi

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