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On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 20:38 -0500, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote:
> hi guys,
>    just take every part out and dust with a brush, reseat the m-board
> and hook on the power supply, switch on the power and both fans spin
> for quite a while, seeing this, I switch it off and start to connect
> all the cables. After all is done, i turn on the power again, and this
> time it stop again after a short spin. and I looked everywhere on the
> board and found some silverish dust on the board, i dust it away, but
> this time, the fans and the LED light on the board never spin or lit
> up when i switch it on, i wonder if something i did kill the power
> this time, any idea?? thank you for your help.
> 
> TFC
> 

Looks like that little bit of dust was making the system still seem like
its alive. I'd say its well and truely dead now- what do you reckon
guys?

New M/B and CPU...