supernerd
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Hello ~Darkseeker~
I took a look at the manual for your mobo (Asus M4A78LT-M LE). Whether that is your system board or not. I've seen those jumpers on modern boards and they are for a "wake-on" feature when your computer goes to sleep. The jumper near the PS/2 port is for "wake-on keyboard". when the jumper is set to "enable" you can wake your computer up by pressing any key. That's why you have one near the USB, for a USB keyboard. Some even have a "wake-on LAN" for a Peer-2-Peer server. Nothing to do with your issue really.
As for your current problem. I had a similar situation. Only it was a transportation issue. I built a desktop for my friend and it was all ready to transport. Took every precaution. Powered it up at his house. No video. I'm assuming that your system lights up, fans blowing, and had drives spinning, but no activity and no beep codes. Obviously something did not pass the Power On Self Test bringing the system to a complete halt. They way I delt with my problem, was that I gutted it of everything. I disconnected every cable and connector, removed the RAM and even the CPU. I let it sit in the tower with nothing in or on it overnight, not even the CMOS battery. That gave the board and the Power supply time to discharge any electricity that may be hiding in the capacitors. Installed one piece of hardware at a time, the minimum system requirements. Eventually I did get it to work and now I'm using it as a server for a home lab. If you still have nothing, take the time to rifle through your system boards documentation. The only thing that's left that could be causing a problem is a fried processor.
I took a look at the manual for your mobo (Asus M4A78LT-M LE). Whether that is your system board or not. I've seen those jumpers on modern boards and they are for a "wake-on" feature when your computer goes to sleep. The jumper near the PS/2 port is for "wake-on keyboard". when the jumper is set to "enable" you can wake your computer up by pressing any key. That's why you have one near the USB, for a USB keyboard. Some even have a "wake-on LAN" for a Peer-2-Peer server. Nothing to do with your issue really.
As for your current problem. I had a similar situation. Only it was a transportation issue. I built a desktop for my friend and it was all ready to transport. Took every precaution. Powered it up at his house. No video. I'm assuming that your system lights up, fans blowing, and had drives spinning, but no activity and no beep codes. Obviously something did not pass the Power On Self Test bringing the system to a complete halt. They way I delt with my problem, was that I gutted it of everything. I disconnected every cable and connector, removed the RAM and even the CPU. I let it sit in the tower with nothing in or on it overnight, not even the CMOS battery. That gave the board and the Power supply time to discharge any electricity that may be hiding in the capacitors. Installed one piece of hardware at a time, the minimum system requirements. Eventually I did get it to work and now I'm using it as a server for a home lab. If you still have nothing, take the time to rifle through your system boards documentation. The only thing that's left that could be causing a problem is a fried processor.