tered here. For those of you that got here the hard way, this is probably not of consequence to you, but I encourage you to follow these steps, anyway.

At this point, you have a good CPU, motherboard, memory, video, and power supply. You also have a good case that is not shorting the motherboard. So, the last thing left to test is the rest of the peripherals and PCI slots.

To do this, start installing things and/or plugging things in one at a time! This way, if there is a bad peripheral (or slot), you will notice it immediately, because all of a sudden your working system won't work after having plugged in that next item. Check the PCI slot for bent pins to make sure it isn't actually a bad card.

This is probably the end of your troubles, once you find that bad peripheral or slot.

If you skipped to this step from step 3, and have installed all of your original peripherals, and still have no problem, then... something was up, but is no longer. Consider yourself.

At this point, you should be done. If you have a buggy system and your problem was not solved by this guide, post something in the OpenForum along with a description of what you have done to troubleshoot it.