I think what you are descibing, and what you previously thought was the
start of the boot process, is how some motherboards react when they receive
the stand-by power, which is always present, as long as the system is
plugged in and the power supply switch is on.  The fans may run briefly and
usually a light of somesort on the motherboard will come on and stay on when
you first flip the switch on the back of the power supply.

Because the motherboard is in this standby condition, even when the system
is off, it is important to disconnect the plug from the back of the power
supply or flip the switch back there to off whenever you are working on the
insides of your system.  Otherwise, you are unwittingly "hot swapping" any
hardware you are removing or adding to your system.

Glad to hear that everything seems to be up and running as you had expected
it should.

John

----- Original Message -----
From: "Vincent Winterling" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] First boot-new machine under construction


> Thanks everyone for the ideas.
>
> The power up issue was resolved by not understanding how the Antec case
> powers itself up. What was happening was that it would turn on for about 3
> seconds and then shut down. After checking and re-checking everything
> including removing the board and starting over, I decided to try the power
> button on the front of the case while the back power button was in the on
> position. Voila, it fired right up.

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