[JimRune]

I bought a Gigabyte board.. The model number is.. I dunno. I already looked at the troubleshooting part of Gigabyte's website for that board, didn't help much.

Yes, the processor is compatible with the board.

Turns out it wasn't the power switch, it's all connected fine. From what I can tell, there is indeed a bad connection somewhere. I don't know where, I don't know where to look, I don't know how to find this bad connection..

My father did something to the computer while I was at work and now it turns on, stays on, and I can open my disc drives fine. However, there is no video going to my monitor either from onboard or my video card, and I plugged speakers into it but did not get a POST beep.

I bought a POST diagnostic card, however I don't know if it will work. Does the POST diagnostic card need the BIOS to tell if there's an error somewhere? Because I don't want to plug this in and find that out, since the BIOS doesn't appear to be loading right now. I want to return the thing if it's not going to help me figure out where the problem lies.

Everything for the power supply is plugged in firmly and everything is now getting power where it should. I just wish I could pinpoint where this broken connection is.