I posted on here because about 2 years ago now, I had gotten a parts list from someone on here to build a gaming desktop. also to explain the new account: Yahoo saw fit to shut down my old email. (for some reason)

Antec-300 Tower
ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO Motherboard
ATI-XFX 514MB Graphics Card (I think thats what its called)
AMD Phenom II Processor
Corsair 400W Power Supply

All the lights in and outside of the computer are on, the two fans that came with the tower are running high (I have two others that I put in), and I have no Audio or Video.
(also the computer is not making its usual startup noises)

I am most thankful for any input provided.

Take out the video card and then try to boot it up. Also could be a RAM problem (actually sounds more like RAM to me). Those are the most common and easily replaceable bits at least. That's the best I can tell you if it's been running fine for 2 years.

Also: http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1241366-the-community-tech-thread-no-108/

Just for future reference. ^_^

Thanks! sorry i posted in the wrong place.

Update: Well it wasnt the Graphics Card... Must be ram

Sounds like the mobo is fried to me. Not even a POST beep to go off of suggests that to me, and when the motherboard doesn't regulate the fan speed, they spin fast like you said.

Thats what ive been thinking (and most afraid of)

DEFRON is the more knowledgeable here. If it's the motherboard then there's nothing much to do.

She's dead Jim.

So if it is the motherboard... its not just that its the first part and that it would be heck to get to

Does that mean EVERYTHING is fried????

The hard drive is probably still good, so your data should hopefully be safe if you were running without backups. Only way to find out for certain is to plug it into another computer (go to your local computer shop and buy whatever one they have)

So atleast the hard drive is salvageable? Thats good...I wont need to get a new Windows 7 disc.

...actually about that. Windows usually handles hardware changes alright, but I'm almost certain changing the motherboard itself causes it to think it's been moved to a different computer and thus doesn't want to work. It makes a note of your hardware configuration when installed so people can't just freely move the same copy to different PCs.

Stupid copy protection. <_<

I wouldn't necessarily count the motherboard out just yet. I'd try disconnecting everything that isn't absolutely necessary for the machine to POST (so...everything except the CPU, one stick of RAM, and the video card). After that I'd try any remaining sticks of RAM on their own, followed by a different video card and a different PSU (I realize you might not have these on-hand). This kind of thing can be hard to troubleshoot because every motherboard doesn't behave the same when it's having a POST problem.