finished 1st PC-build yesterday, but won't turn on

Check your front panel connections, in your motherboard's manual. They are easy to get wrong.

Got the stand offs installed into the case?

Check all power connectors.
 
StrangleHold said:
Just glad you got it going. Like said let us know how it goes.
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Didn't spend a lot of time in the BIOS, but it looks like it wants me to enter in the specific values for everything instead of using Auto (which I guess would mean Auto-detect), i.e. the voltage for the CPU. I know the information likely came with the AMD box, but this is going to be a lot more fun than just putting the PC's hardware together. And I'm not being sarcastic about the "fun" part. I can't wait to do another PC build. Too bad money doesn't grow on trees.

One thing that is not mentioned in the ASUS mobo manual though is if I am supposed to install my OS first...in this case Windows Vista Professional x64 Full Edition (trial copy) and then immediately after Windows 7 Professional x64 Upgrade Edition...or if I do all the BIOS changes first and/or if I install all the drivers with the CD that came with the mobo. Also, it says on one page that downloading the latest BIOS from ASUS might "screw things up" (my words) and then in the next page they talk about how to d/L the latest BIOS. What the hell? :confused:
 
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