New build won't turn on

i had the same situation of no power u p but i just bought a new power supply and it came on easy
600 watt im using compared to a 450 that was my issue

Ugh - OK, now it ain't working again. It updated drivers and asked me to restart, which I did. Then it updated a couple more drivers and asked for another restart, which I clicked. Machine turned off - never came back. Only thing it does now is the mobo blinks a red LED, which indicates a DRAM problem, according to my mobo guide. You can hit a little button on the board called "Mem OK", which I think is supposed to automatically match up the RAM voltage if there are problems. You're supposed to press and hold for a few seconds. I do that and the red light flashes faster for about 30 seconds or so, then it just stays on. No blinking.

I've tried one stick of RAM in all four slots. Monitor is black every time, sometimes the red light flashes intermittently, sometimes it just stays on all the time. Tried the other stick by itself, same thing.

If I turn the PC on with no RAM, the mobo speaker beeps the code for no RAM present. If I stick RAM in there (again, I've tried all four slots with both sticks, one at a time) there are no beeps. Just the red light.

Only thing hooked up when I do this are the CPU, its fan, the PSU, the case fan, the monitor, the keyboard, one HDD, one stick of RAM.

Cannot find any loose connections. I've unhooked and hooked them several times. 24-pin ATX plugged in, 8-pin ATX plugged in, CPU fan plugged in, front panel wires plugged in.

Reset the CMOS via jumpers, didn't work. Took out the battery, didn't work. Tried a different PSU, didn't work. Cannot get into the BIOS at all. Mobo book says press the Delete key when booting but that doesn't work. Just a black screen. All the fans are working, and I can hear the HDD start to fire up but then nothing happens.

Man oh man.

seems like i would just take the board back and try another one seems there might be something faulty going on cause that doesnt sound normal and my experience mobo ussually have mostly everything ready unless your doing more then the board has to offer on default

i would scrap the board via returning it and try another could be possible you blew a compasitor i dunno but it just doesn't sound right

@colonel travis i was looking at your psu are you still using a 400watt psu ? f you are then there is your problem my friend you need to get atleast 550 to 600 watt if your using a 400 watt no wonder it's not firing up there is not enough power to support anything like i said before my old 450 wasnt enough to power my board when i first got it

I was going through everything like you it would act like it wanted to work but failed ultimatly it was a weak psu that was the issue i think you need to look into more power and look at the recommended power for your board it might be the one thing you over looked

Solarstarshines - yeah, I need to dump the 400W for a larger one for my whole system. But shouldn't that be enough for the CPU, 1 RAM stick and 1 HDD? I bought all this stuff at a local store, so taking anything back won't be a total hassle.