[psr22]

Hi everyone, I recently swapped out motherboards and cases to fit the situation and one motherboard I just bought worked in one case and now in the new case the power surges like a flash then shuts off,it seems like something might be grounding out? I have tried everything-rewired and powered up-put the motherboard on plastic screws-tried a new case-nothing the motherboard just flashes with power very briefly then nothing, what is wrong?

[Tanis]

To check for grounding it is best to test the board outside of any case, putting it on the box it came in is good. Do that with just the CPU (+heatsink and fan) and a single stick of RAM installed to see if it POSTs.

It is possible that the motherboard is dead, or maybe the PSU you are using!

[psr22]

I have tried that already-I hooked up the board to an outside psu and got the same results, a brief flash of power then nothing- it seems like something is holding it back from starting- I checked theboard very closely and there are no bulging resistors and nothing looks burnt out-there has to be some explanation?