Pc power on only for a sec

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Hey guys, I have a rather odd problem that I never encountered before.

My pc has a Rampage II Extreme mobo, Core i7 cpu, 12gigs of OCZ Reaper Series RAM and an ATI 4870HD gpu. My psu is a Thermaltake TR2 1000w.

It was working fine up to last night when I performed a shut down.

Now, this morning it wont power on. When I press the power switch the lights and fans come on for a sec and it powers off.

I unplugged all peripherals and whilr doing that I noticed that the pc chassis had a hand numbing electric current on it.

I removed everything from the case and I only have the mobo sitting on a wooden desk with only the cpu and ram plugged in.

When I plug it on the psu which is also on the desk, I still get the same prob.

Now the weird part comes in. I can get the whole thing to start only when I unplug the 8-pin cpu aux power cable from the mobo. This way the mobo starts up, the fans spin, etc.

When i plug it back in, I get the same prob.

Is there a chance that the cpu is fried up and thats why it's acting like that? Or is it a psu issue, like a faulty 8-pin cpu cable?

Any tests I can do to determine the final cause of the problem?
 
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I dont have a speaker available to connect to the mobo. I tried it with a different psu and I still get the same problem.

Also I removed both the cpu and the ram from the mobo and the problem persists.

Even with only a bare mobo, the indicator lights (bios, etc) flash for only a sec when the cpu aux power is connected.

With the cpu power cable out, the mobo lights up normally.
 
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