If it was the CPU usually the system would power up but you'd get no display from the monitor...but maybe these new processors act differently when they're dead, Im not sure....is there another system you could test the processor on, that way you'd know for sure whether it was the processor or motherboard that was faulty.
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new 4300 build, no boot :(
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I wish I could do that mate! It would save me a few headaches before I cry back to Overclockers... the times it has finally booted it has not displayed anything.
Without being able to test another CPU with the MOBO and vice versa i can't know the problem or begin to really troubleshoot it correctly
Without being able to test another CPU with the MOBO and vice versa i can't know the problem or begin to really troubleshoot it correctly
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Anytime I have ever had this it has almost always been due to the motherboard mounting. Oh and never run a motherboard on an antistatic bag(if it is one of those silvered ones), ie it's antistatic because it is conductive but is not intended to function when the device is powered, your just asking for one big short circuit.
gah what a pain,
just read through the post and can't quite see the problem. If it was memory or CPU then the board should still boot up but just not post, it sounds like u are saying you hit the power button, everything fires up and then powers down?
Kinda sounds like a short?
When you tried with a bare-bones build what was connected exactly. At a bare minimum it should only be the main power lead, the +12 volt power lead and the case power-on connector.
Basically it will get to the point where you will need to RMA, but it would be a real pain to RMA the wrong part, somehow you need to eliminate each piece, one by one.
just read through the post and can't quite see the problem. If it was memory or CPU then the board should still boot up but just not post, it sounds like u are saying you hit the power button, everything fires up and then powers down?
Kinda sounds like a short?
When you tried with a bare-bones build what was connected exactly. At a bare minimum it should only be the main power lead, the +12 volt power lead and the case power-on connector.
Basically it will get to the point where you will need to RMA, but it would be a real pain to RMA the wrong part, somehow you need to eliminate each piece, one by one.
Big.Wayne said:
This is starting to worry me now. I bought an e4300, DS3 and 2 gig ofTeam Elite mem. When I put it all together the system wouldn't POST. The drives and fans started up but nothing at all came up on screen, in fact the monitor didn't come out of standby. I thought it was something to do with the gfx card, so I put all the relevant bits back in my old case and it all worked - not the gfc card.
My assumption was that the DS3 was borked? I got an RMA and have the parcel sitting in the car waiting to go back to overclockers. But you are now saying it could be the mem or the cpu stopping anything happening on the screen?
If the memory isn't getting enough juice for its cas settings the computer won't POST. If the CPU is overclocked/undervolted the PC won't POST, if the graphics card is borked the PC won't POST.Alex R said:
A PC not posting usually includes the above, but a PC that boots and then powers off is a different kettle of fish . . .
The board I am using (ASUS P5B-Deluxe) has a little woman built in, if there is a problem she tells me what it is via the proper speaker (plugged into the green port at back of PC).Alex R said:
Do u have a little woman in your mobo?
