New build problem

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Hi, today I got my new PC...

I'm having a bit of trouble and would appreciate some help.

I've put everything together correctly as far as I know, I've built quite a few before so I know what I'm generally doing however this is my first system using SATA instead of IDE.

Basically It wont boot whatsoever, at first I thought it was just the incorrect position of the Power SW but after checking I found it's connected correctly. So I'm kind of stumped, from what I can see the Motherboard is not shorting anywhere. One problem could be my CPU - C2D E8200 and my Gigabyte P35-DS3. Could an old revision of the BIOS cause it to not boot?

Thanks.

EDIT: Checked the revision and it's 2.1 so forget my last statement about the old revision.
 
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Sorted it in the end, it wasn't a short but for some reason it wouldn't start with the PSU fan speed connected plugged in. Took it out and it's fine - think that will be much of a problem? The PSU fan still runs without the connector.
 
OCZ StealthXStream 600W

Any idea if this is much of a problem or anyone else experienced anything like this?
 
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