Hi, okay here's the problem

I'm trying to build my computer, and it's my first time and after setting up the entire rig, i booted it up, and...nothing is displayed.

Here are the symptoms:
- fans are all spinning
- Led on the mobo is GOING on (i've got an asus A8N sli deluxe and it's a green led that's comign on)
- no beeps or sounds (but that might be because i don't have that system warning speaker thing in my case, so I didn't hook anything up to that particular connection)
- nothing is displayed on the monitor and I ran the mobo for 15 minutes to CHECK if anything'll come up

Is this a fried mobo or processor or a bad gpu or something? Any help would be uber-greatly appreciated.oh, and here are my specs

Asus A8N Sli-Deluxe mobo
2x 512 pc3200 Corsair XMS ram
Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego CPU
560W Thermaltake PSU
2x 74 GB SATA
Audigy ZS
If you have not tried to reseat and test all hardware individually, then install a speaker. Without a speaker, you will never be certain.

so do i install a sound card and install a speaker into that? could I use headphones instead?You connect the onboard speaker to the mainboard. The connector should be located near the other connectors such as HDD_LED. It should be labeled Speaker. However, it may be named spkr as well. It depends on the motherboard. Refer to your manual for instructions.oh yea, that plug

yea, in my manual, it says that i should connect something here to HEAR beeps and etc

but the only problem is that there is no system speaker on my case or any plug at all that fits into this plug
Your running AMD's newest core - San Diego. You MUST update the bios for this particular core first.You may be able to obtain a PC speaker at any dedicated computer store.lol, i would update my bios, 'cept my comp isn't posting  :-/

okay, i'm going to a pc repair shop soon, gonna tell them to check up on some stuff before my newegg warranties expire

btw, thanks for being patient and helping this noobIf the computer is still under warranty, you should make full use of that warranty.

just wondering, but how would they know if the product was doa or fried while handling?I have never had a product that was dead on arrival so I can not tell the difference. I never destroyed a piece of hardware either.Did you load the mobo floppy disk that came with it?it contains loads of data thats NEEDED....okay, I went to the pc repair shop and they told me that most likely, my mobo is dead or something. They said it's about 80%-90% chance that the mobo is the culprit, because since they couldn't test everything fully cause they didn't have AMD systems or PCI-X capable mobos, they weren't 100% sure

Here's what happens though, tell me what you think:
I bought a speaker thing that connects into the slot under the HDD_LED and all that stuff. When I hook up the cpu and cpu fan, I hear this loud beeping. Then, when I add the ram but NO GPU, there is no beeping, which is pretty wierd.

Oh, and I was trying to know how would the reseller (newegg) know if I fried the mobo or if it was DOA? I'm pretty sure it was DOA because I've got no carpet in my house and made sure to be grounded. And what happens if it turns out that what I RMA'd wasn't defective? Do I have to pay something?

And how much static does it take to fry something? A jolt that you can feel, or less?
Start again & tell us where you are up to?
New mobo? Old mobo? What's a GPU?
Carefully put it all together, turn it on & tell us what happens.
Others may disagree but I don't think static is a huge problem so long as you touch the case to eliminate any potential static & try to handle the components by their edges.