Hi there. I am trying to breathe life into a PC that was given to me. I will try to give you as many details as possible. MB is an ECS V7VMM2, AMD cpu (not sure of teh speed though), 512 mgs DDR RAM, new Samsung 40 gig HD and a new 300 wat power supply. When I got the machine the PS and HD were gone and I added an extra 256 of RAM. when I start is up it goes for a second then either dies or chugs like an old car, cdrom lights pulse but there is nothing to the monitor and no MB beep. there is no smell of anything having popped on the MB or burnt out. I changed out the MB battery as well. Any ideas where to start looking? thanks

Brent