Z77a-g45 gaming mobo wouldn't boot

Hello, I got my processor today and tried to test my mobo which is a z77a-g45 gaming one. I put my cpu in right, attached the cpu fan, plugged it in, had 1 G.skill 8g stick of ram in, had my gtx460 fermi hawk in with ample connectors and connected it to my monitor, yet the mobo didnt boot or beep, in fact the PSU, CPU or GPU fans didn't even spin. Is there a power switch on the mobo itself I have to hit to boot or generate power because I didn't see any? The psu I am using has 2 4 pin connectors on the same wire and they have a piece of plastic that connects them together, so I am assuming this is a modular 4 or 8pin connector.
I put my gpu and psu back in my old pc and they work fine. If there is a power button on the mobo can you illustrate where it is exactly? Thanks.
I am thinking thats what I didn't do was take a metal object and touch each pin to jump the mobo. Too arsed to take out my gpu and psu from the pc I am using now to try it out again.

Just short the front panel JFP1 start button pins. Should be covered which pins they are in the product manual. 

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