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I just bought a Jetway n2view, mainly because it supports up to 3ga of ram and has nvidia chipsets. Previously I purchased a mobo from geeks.com and it did the same thing so I sent it back and it was found defective. So I buy a new board. Here is what it is doing

I power it on, lights light up, fans spin for 2 seconds then shut off. I remove ram, harddrive's ide cable, unscrew motherboard and put it on a cardboard box, same thing.

I remove processor, Athlon XP 2400, and it powers up and runs just fine until I turn it off.

Bad mobo? or bad processor? Power supply is brand new, came with my NZXT Nemesis Elite case.

Let me know what you think. Although I had one guy tell me Jetway is garbage :(

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I have also read that people are forgetting to hook up the 2x2 power connector, and mine only has the one. I have not hooked up the H.D.D LED because I don't see a spot on my mobo for that. But then again it runs fine w/o the the processor so I don't think that is the problem.

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Have you tried to power up the machine by removing one component at a time?
Time consuming, it is but you would have far more chances to pin point the actual problem that way. It could be another bad Mobo for u or could be the PSU as well, U can never tell like that unless u round up all the corners to see what s left?

Hope this ll help u.

Raj

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Today I'm going to try just leaving the power button connector on, CPU, and the system fan in and try to boot it up. Because it starts fine when I take out the CPU and will run till I turn it off. Local shop wants $60 to test and install it, and if it's bad then it's still $60, F that!

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Try that and see if you can rule out all the working components and get to the one or two faulty ones. Once u get there try them on a different machine and see ahich one functions.

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I agree with coolRaj, works for me.

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