PC will not boot

[PeterStoba]

Everything is connected, i booted it once, fans spun for abot a second then it died, the light on the mobo is working and i think i heard a beep, now i get nothing

[coiler]

did you get chance to set the multipliers and fsb?

[PeterStoba]

nope, nothing came up on the monitor, it literally spins for a second, then dies, i try and turn on again nothing happens, then i unplug power cable and back in it does the same

[coiler]

have you unplugged all items one by one and listened to beeps? mem, gfx, etc

[PeterStoba]

no sound card installed, so no beeps

I have disconnected everything not needed, loosened screws on motherboard, moves all wires. I think the motherboard is somehow shorting?

[M4T VW]

Got a different PSU to try?

[PeterStoba]

generic one, i don't think it's enough

the 600w should be ok to power CPU, RAM and Motherboard

[mac124]

If you think the mobo is shorting then rebuild it outside of the case.

Also try it with no memory in see if it beeps then (assuming it has a speaker connected / built into the mobo).

[coiler]

Yeah use the case speaker, unscrew the board and make sure youve got no gold pins where they shouldn't be

[PeterStoba]

Working, had too many standoffs in after all

[coiler]

such a common fault this, ive seen so many people blow boards having the standoff in the wrong place and a critical wrong place which overloads it. Wonder if all the recent dodgy board posts are down to this lol

ps. i accept rep for the solution ;)

[PeterStoba]

+1