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an easy troubleshoot when hooking up a system, is first turn it on with minumum stuff plugged in.
Like first just have video, keyboard & mouse, no drives installed.
You should get a "no drives connected" type of error.
Then hook up a single floppy and try a simple boot disk.
Then try a HD... etc.
Many times I've put a system together, hurried through it then it didn't boot.
Then I relax and do it step by step and usually find what the fuck I did wrong, usually a cable or something not seated properly.
I just put in a new MB, CPU & RAM and was all excited when it arrived that I slapped it into my case before I realized that I needed a different power supply. It was now past time any computer stores around would be open, so I had to pull everything out and put the old shit back in so I could work. Had to get the PS the next day.
sorry I'm rambling
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