Okay, I'm about as confused as I can get right now
Let's explain this step by step.

- A week ago I got a new fancy PC case. I rigged it up to the best of my knowledge. It's been running for days without a problem, and has been switched on and off in that time
- Yesterday I pulled out my PC cable without shutting down
- Today, I put my PC back in, and it's dead. NOTHING. zilch
- I open the box, find nothing wrong
- I take a spare power supply and wire it to the m/board to see if it helps. Nothing.
- I put the original P/S back and examine the cables from box to M/B.
- I realise that there is no cable connected for the power switch. I remember that I never connected this originally because it didn't seem necessary for the PC to work at the time!
- I put the M/B switch cable in... and it starts up. HTF did it start before??

Now that was wierd enough... it gets wierder:

- As it boots up, nothing comes to my monitor. The LED is flashing, but no visuals.
- As I look for the monitor cables, the LED switches off
- I notice that the monitor power cable was disconnected. But the LED was ON!
- I plug the monitor in, and make this insane, senseless post of ranting.

WTF?? Someone pinch me, cos my other reality checks aren't working!


(Oh, and while trying to post this topic, my router just 'decided' to switch off. Fiddling with the plug brings it back - but nobody had been near the cables on that side of the room while writing all this. Can my day get any stranger?)