OK, got it working. I totally backtracked, removed everything, tried it,
it powered-up. Added the CPU, it powered up. Then memory (test), HD
(test), floppy, then CD. Now everything's in it, and it works. Don't
know what the problem was but it went away.

Thanks!

On Sun, 2003-11-23 at 10:10, Emmanuel Gravel wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-11-22 at 21:55, Craig White wrote:
> > On Sat, 2003-11-22 at 17:58, Emmanuel Gravel wrote:
> > > Just bought this shuttle XPC for my new Linux system. Installed the CPU,
> > > memory, HD, floppy, CDRW. Plug monitor, keyboard and power. LED on the
> > > board comes on (so there's power on the system). Press the power button,
> > > nothing. Absolutely nothing. Is this just a dud system or is this
> > > salvageable?
> > > 
> > ---
> > I have several Shuttle systems - I like them - they work.
> > 
> > Like any system that you build, you somewhat have to know what is going
> > on.
> > 
> > Typically a system won't work if there isn't video hardware - which all
> > of the Shuttle's that I have, have an SiS chipset with the SiS video
> > hardware which is more of a challenge. I would assume that the Shuttle
> > you are dealing with has built-in video so that shouldn't be the
> > problem. Perhaps the memory is bad or you bent pins on the processor.
> > 
> > When dealing with problems such as this...reduce everything to the least
> > amount of variables...i.e. disconnect floppy/HD/CD cables from mother
> > board (with power off naturally) and the system should post.
> > Remove/reinsert memory, remove, reconnect CPU/fan. Fan MUST be plugged
> > into motherboard to remove heat from CPU.
> 
> The motherboard is nVidia nForce2 based, and has 2 VGA ports plus an
> S-Video port that'll go pretty much unused. CPU is an Athlon 2600+ and I
> double and triple checked it, it has no physical problems. Plus,
> typically, it'll power-up but whine like a school girl if any of the
> above is bad (CPU, memory, video).
> 
> Here's what I just tested: I used my multimeter to check the resistance
> on the power and reset button's outputs. Infinite when not pressed, 0
> when pressed, as expected. I checked the motherboard headers for these
> buttons. Reset has something like 60 Kohm. Power has 0. I think we have
> a short, unless there's something I don't know. Anyone know what it's
> supposed to be before I RMA it?
>