MSI K8T NEOFIS2R won't post!!

Recently purchased an AMD 3400+ and MSI K8T NEO FIS2R
Put everything together and all I got was the 4 red led's. According to the manual this meant bad cpu or board? Well I tested again outside of the case and samething. No post
I'm using
ATI AIW 9700 Pro
WD2500JB
Antec PP403X 400W PSU
Corsair XMS 3200LL 512mb ddr ram.
What can possibly be the problem?
I have rma'd both the board and cpu back to newegg and I'm expecting a replacement.
Do I need a new PSU or ram?
I thought my corsair ram was compatible w this board.
Someone Help please I'm very disappointed.
Oh by the way my psu doesn't have a 4 pin connector that plugs into the mobo.
All Parts are now back on my Epox 8rda+ working fine.

should be fine i see alot of enermax's as long as it has over 20a 12volt, a 4pin power connector it shoild be fine.
for what it is worth i have seen a 4 pin molex adapter before and it  might have worked....$5 vs 129$ psu
but as you can tell from alot of these threads a good power supply cures alot of headaches, ....even though my chepo compusa might not rate as high as some
but it is a real workhorse and pushes a full load, never had any problems, except for a few less plugs then i needed for case lights but that is what splitters are for as long as you dont use more then one or two...any more and you should get a bigger psu
just my 2 cents

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