new build boot problems

[WarBird]

my friend was doing his first build today, got everything built, but it won't boot, the mobo light is on but it will not turn on at all.

ye think anything is just doa?

any suggestions?

 

[WarBird]

just got him to "jump start" it and nothing happened, psu dead then?

 

[WarBird]

Could be almost anything.

1. He did built it with stand off right?
2. Disconnect everything that's not essential. All the drives, extra cards, front panel stuff and see if it still does it.

If your still have trouble you need to try substituting to remaining components with known good parts. Sounds to me like either a dead PSU or mobo (I had a similar prob bought a new PSU and it turned out to be the bloomin mobo).

yea that was one of the first things i suggested he did and still had no luck, surely it's got to be the psu if it didn't jump start?