Unable to power Big Bang XPower motherboard

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Hard2hit83

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I don't post on boards much.  I'm relatively inexperienced, this is the second time I've assembled a computer.

Everything appears to be installed properly, but I cannot get any of it to power up.  Only evidence of current is the blue touch power button/OC genie will light up when depressed

My components:

Corsair 750W PSU
MSI Big Bang XPower Mainboard
i7 930 processor
XFX Radeon HD 5850 GPU
3x 2GB Corsair DDR3 Dominator RAM

Thanks very much for any assistance.




 
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Otherwise, can you recommend any chains that might be willing to look over my hardware?
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No.  I live in Germany.  Check the phone book and the yellow pages for your area.  Then call & ask if and how they can assist you and how much it will cost.

What about this:

You could try this:  http://lichyetan.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-to-jump-start-atx-power-supply-unit.html
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Do that before going out to buy a new PSU.
 
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Specifically for the Corsair power supplies:  (which was how I tested mine before the motherboard arrived...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FWXgQSokF4
 
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It was a faulty power supply.  Went and bought another one and my mainboard lit up like a Christmas tree.  Hard to believe that a 140 dollar power supply could arrive DOA like that.

Hopefully I'll at least get to setting up BIOS tonight. 

Thanks for your help, guys.
 
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And in a new and surprising turn of events, after I installed the components in my case in the exact same configuration they were working in outside of the case (including my beautiful new power supply), they wouldn't work.  I removed all of the components and attempted to reproduce my previously powered board.  No luck.

Is it possible for me to screw up a PSU just by installing it in the case?  I used four, inch-long docking screws that were provided with the case.  Could they have dislodged something when I installed it?
 
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after I installed the components in my case in the exact same configuration they were working in outside of the case (including my beautiful new power supply), they wouldn't work.
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Sounds like a short circuit.  Take the board out againa and check the stand-offs between case and mainboard.
 
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I used four, inch-long docking screws that were provided with the case.
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You mean attaching the PSU to the case using 1 inch long screws? Screws shouldn't need to penetrate more than a few threads into the PSU mount holes.
 
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