sory for this post.. u can now close this.
i was just filling the form incorrectly regarding the database username. 
1 2009-08-11 16:47
Re: Can't connect to MySQL using wampserver (2 replies, posted in PunBB 1.3 troubleshooting)
2 2009-08-09 03:56
Topic: Can't connect to MySQL using wampserver (2 replies, posted in PunBB 1.3 troubleshooting)
hi i'm new here.. i'm also new to mysql and php.. i just downloaded punbb 1.3 and i have wampserver 2. during install, an error was encountered.
it says:
Unable to connect to MySQL and select database. MySQL reported: Access denied for user 'SYSTEM'@'localhost' (using password: NO)
The error occurred on line 44 in C:\wamp\www\pun\include\dblayer\mysqli.php