Motherboard failure?

mardin · 15 Apr 2011 at 14:26

i have just built my first computer and i cannot get it to connect to my monitor via hdmi, dvi or dvi to vga adapter. I have attached a motherboard speaker to my motherboard and turned the system on. There were NO sounds/beeps whatsoever. does this mean motherboard failure or? everything else seems to be working such as the cpu cooler fan, case fans and gpu fan, but the MemOK light is still on constantly despite doing everything in the motherboard manual to correct the MemOK issue and following help from this previous thread:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18263427
any ideas? thanks in advance

system specs:

CPU:Intel Core i7 950 @ 3.06GHz
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
MB: Asus x58 Sabertooth motherboard
RAM: Corsair XMS3 DDR3 6GB (2x3GB)
GPU: XFX HD 5870
HDD: Western Digital Blue Cavier 640GB (taken from old computer, has windows 7 home premium 64-bit installed)
PSU: Corsair TX650 Watt
Case: Cooler Master CM690II Advanced
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 2333HD

Hagar · 15 Apr 2011 at 15:09

download a bootable disk for memtest and test the memory one stick at a time.

Try different memory slots.

mardin · 15 Apr 2011 at 16:29

ive already tried different memory slots, and i cant download a bootable disk as my system wont even post

RJC · 15 Apr 2011 at 16:36

One thing to possible check is remove the cooler and cpu to check for damaged pins in the cpu socket.

Looking at the previous thread I don't think there is much more left to do part from RMA the board and get it tested.