K8N Neo2 Won't POST!

Hello everyone,
Trying to get my new rig up and going but for some reason can't get the system to post even.  I have the system pretty much running with only the graphics card, ram & HD.  System seems to power up fine - all fans spin.  The D-Link or whatever LED thing indiciates 4 solid red lights.  I double checked to make sure my CPU was seated properly and everything looks perfect.  I'm going to reset the CMOS right now and see what happens.  Is there anything else i may be missing?
Thanks

There was a post the other week where a guy was having similar issues, found in the end one of the usb port centre pin had been bent & was shorting against socket. Don't no where you are so don't know what time you've got if we get no progress tinight i'd be inclined to do this
Long Reset
From Syar2003 21-11-04 03:02 Thread 5 Short Beeps
Try disconnecting the AC Lead from PSU .
push the power button to drain the capacitors
Remove the battery for the cmos rom .
And place the jbat jumper in discharge (check manual for instructions) .
Leave it until tomorrow like this .
Later ,, first set the jumper back in "keep cmos" position .
Mount the battery .
Connect AC to the PSU .
And try starting the computer .
When/if bios posts with cmos checksum error .. press F1 or "del" key
Dont use F1 but hit "del" key
and load optimized BIOS defaults + save + exit
let it post enter bios & enter your settings.
it'll do no harm & may do some good
this is a daft question but you have the 4 pin 12v cable plugged in to mobo & aligned correctly.
as you can tell i'm starting to run out of ideas now.

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