Wont Boot

[dannymc]

This is the first time I have built a computer so bear with me plz.

After Getting everything hooked up which seemed to be correct I turned it on i got both lights on the mother board and all my fans were working, but on my monitor it read no signal input. I went thought and just started it with cpy,vid,ram, and it said same thing im getting pretty lost here. I also cannot hear any beeps not sure why...I tried a new vid card and got same result i also have no other ram so i cannot test that. Any help would be appreciated becuase it looks like i might have to take this to an expert..
I have Abit NF7-S
Cpu:Athlon Xp 2800
Ram:Crucial DDR 400 512 mb
Vid Card:Msi Ati 9800

 

[Crashman]

Did you connect the 4-pin power adapter to the video card?

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[Crashman]

Oh, more likely scenario: Did you connect the square 4-pin ATX12v connector from the power supply to the motherboard?

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[dannymc]

Yep,both of those were connected and from wat i can see my mothoer board should not be groudning out so im figuring i either have a bad mobo,cpu,or ram? I check the cpu and it doesnt look like there was any damage and the same for the mobo no of the capacitors were leaking.

 

[khha4113]

from wat i can see my mothoer board should not be groudning out

Unless you have used test equipment to check, you won't be able to determine it could be grounded or not. IMO, remove your mobo out of the case and test it with minimal components (CPU, RAM and Video card) to see if it can boot.

Good or Bad have no meaning at all, depends on what your point of view is.