On Fri, 2006-07-28 at 18:00 -0400, Dave Phillips wrote: > Anyway, to reiterate: Nothing happens when I push the power-on > button on the front. When I switch the power switch in the back of the > machine, that's when I see the quick flash and can see the CPU fan > make a revolution or two before everything stops again. One of the > front-panel LEDs flashes once too, then it's out. Sounds like power supply. I had similar symptoms with a new system - no beeps, no video at all, but the fan and LEDs came on. When the cheap no-name Chinese power supply was replaced with an Antec it worked. Lee