help! system doesn't power on

[zhuhangm]

I was building my system last night, when I had almost everything plugged in except for the RAM and V-card, I tried to power on, but it didn't work. There's totally no reaction when I pressed the power on button. Do I have to have Ram and vcard plugged in in order to get the power on?
I'm using epox 8dra+, antec amg1080 plus,
well there's one thing I'm worrying about which is that probably I cracked the CPU core when I was installing the heatsink...
Any thoughts?
Thanks

 

[AluminumStudios]

Without RAM and a video card most ststems would power up and produce beep codes (not unlike moris code) to indicate that something is wrong.

I dont' know what a crushed core would do (if it would power up or not.)

Some simple questions: Did you have all of the power cables connected to the motherboard and the cases power switch connected correctly? Does your power supply have a hard on/off switch on the back that was in the on position. Some power supplies have a red slider that you can use to switch from 120 v. to 220v. was it in the 120 position fully?

Unplug all drives and try again. I've had systems where if the floppy drive's power was 1 pin off or something it didnt' want to power up.

 

[zhuhangm]

I've had everything tested, mobo power, switch at the back etc.,
But I'll try uplugging the drives though.
THanks