[smzee27]

First of all, here are some specifications:

MOTHERBOARD: (ASUS P5GC-MX/1333)
PROCESSOR: (Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 (2.4 GHz))
RAM: (2X 512 MB DDR2-667/533/400, PC2-5300)
VIDEO CARD: RADEON X1650 PRO (PCI-E) 512 MB
POWER SUPPLY: 550W

So I bought the motherboard, processor, ram and powersupply new a few months ago and finally got around to building the PC. I've built
PCs before but I followed the instructions anyway and made sure all the connections were made in the right places. But my CRT monitor (my LCD is broken at the moment) is not receiving the video signal from either the onboard VGA or the PCI-E card (which I bought new a couple of years ago).
I tried removing and reinserting the RAM, removing everything nonessential, removing and reinserting the CMOS battery and clearing the BIOS (forgive my improper terminological grammar) and nothing seems to be working. I don't hear any beeps or sounds at all and the monitor light simply blinks as it does when the computer is off. I tried using my older motherboard (ABIT IP-95) and the CRT receives the signal from both the onboard VGA as well as the PCI-E from that one. There is a light on the motherboard which lights up to confirm that it is receiving power.
So what's the problem here?
I should mention one other thing too because it may or may not be related: When using my older motherboard, the computer boots to the Windows Vista screen and even occasionally lets me use Windows for a little while (5-10 mins) but then simply reboots (electrical problem perhaps? When I touch the case I feel a slight shock sometimes, I've tried keeping the case both on the table as well as on the ground, same thing happens, so for now I'm just wearing rubber slippers).

More info on electricity: Where I live they use 220 V and I've made sure to adjust the powersupply for that. I've also tried 110 V with a converter that I have (my American CRT only works on 110) but that doesn't seem to make any difference. Also, this powersupply is new and the older powersupply worked just fine too (it was 450W).

I hope this isn't an information overload but as you can see I've considered quite a few things and spent many hours configuring and reconfiguring with this stuff. This hardware wasn't OEM either since I bought them separately, and I made sure of the compatibility.

So is this a hardware failure or an electrical problem? I would prefer just an oversight on my part or at the worst the latter because I'm currently living in Pakistan and the hardware here is quite a bit behind what I brought with me from the USA. Hope to get some help here and thanks a lot in advance for any advice at all.

PS. I already looked through google but couldn't find anything that helped me out.

[Frank4d]

I don't hear any beeps or sounds at all and the monitor light simply blinks as it does when the computer is off.

I have the same motherboard. You should hear one short beep when the motherboard runs POST.

When I touch the case I feel a slight shock sometimes, I've tried keeping the case both on the table as well as on the ground, same thing happens, so for now I'm just wearing rubber slippers).

If you touch the case and get a quick "zap" from static electricity, that might be normal. If you touch it again a couple of seconds later and feel a shock then you have an electrical problem either with the computer, power cord, or outlet that is powering it. In that case it isn't safe to use. I would have the outlet powering it checked.

[crjdriver]

Have you read and followed the problem build guide at the top of the forum? If you follow the guide, you WILL find the cause of your problem[s]

[smzee27]

Frank4d: I don't hear any beeps at all though. Yea, the current I feel is kinda inconsistent, sometimes I don't get any shock, other times the severity varies. I had the outlet installed recently, so it's possible that the guy didn't ground it or something, well that's one problem I'll get checked.

crjdriver: yes, I checked that guide before I posted my help request but I'll go through it again.

[crjdriver]

If you followed ALL of the steps, you would have found the cause of your problem. Note the final steps are to swap parts with known good units; ie board, ram, cpu, and pw supply.