Urgent help for noobie

Morning guys another day of tryin to get this darn thing to start, gonna try short the power connectors as it seems other ppl have had the same problem as me and thats what it has been, that means i can easily get a new and better case without feeling to guilty bout spending the money, failing this would it be worth bringing it to a pro, or just keep tryin, ie rma mobo?
 
after leaving it all night i switched everything on without removing a thing and it started managed to get through the bios screen and upped the ram voltage after this i f10'd to save and exit then it went kaput again and mont even switch on, i am stumped on this one, why would it start after 8 hours and then just turn off and not turn back on again
 
Did you manage to check your temps in BIOS?


It is possible that you have cut a PSU cable on the case causing it to short out and no power on I would build everything out side the case and see what happens.
 
i just mangaed to get back into bios after removing reset switch, and hdd then before i could even go across to check temps it cut out again, its shorting somewhere but i just dont kno where. i have tried both sticks of ram in both the dimm1 sockets and that doesnt seem to make a difference, both stick of ram have been in on every occasion it has got to bios post.
 
everything is out now, mobo is on antistatic bag and all that is in is 1 stick of ram, cpu and hsf. plugged power cable back in, 4 pin and 24 pin and it still only just flutters the cooler fan. gonna try the ram in another slot and then the other stick of ram
 
i am beginning to think it is my mobo, i really hope its not the cpu, as its the most expensive part i have, and the returns for the company i brought it from sounds shoddy, i am gonna arrange to send my mobo back to the well known company i got it from, hopefull with fingers crossed this is the problem. i dont want this experience to stop me from building again. oh one more thing if i have windows 7 installed on the mobo will i be able to istall on the new one, i aint paying for it again.
 
managed to order one of these tester for £4.86 not bad considering what i have spent on the rest of the build, atleast if it is the mobo or powersupply then i can replace it easily, the company i got the cpu from seems to be a disaster lol
 
Right everything is sorted now, got the new testing tool and it turned out to be my psu, had blown sometime during installation, got a refund for that and the motherboard, oredered an Asus M4A79 Deluxe, which is awesome and also an improved Corsair cx750w psu, everything is working fine thanks to help from you guys, my 1st build is now operational and i am chuffed to bits, better than i could have expected, big thanks to everyone that replied. Ross
 
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