New system wont boot - think the 680i is faulty

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Skidder

Skidder

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Hello, Just finished building new pc today and it booted once and will not boot again. Specs are as follows:

EVGA 680i
Q6600 (with freezer Pro 7)
8800gtx sli
4gb Geil PC6400 800mhz
4x Samsung 500gb (Raid 0+1)
1x36gb Raptor boot drive
Enermax Galaxy 1000w
Coolermaster cosmos 1000
SB Audigy 2zs platinum pro from old machine
DVD/rw and CD/rw from old manchine

Booted fine the first time, went into CMOS set boot priority and enabled RAID, i left all other settings default / stock.

Setup raid array, no problems here.

Carried on to install Vista (64) and got as far as the the first screen on choosing which boot drive and advanced options for partitioning. At this point the PC turned off.

It wont switch on again. There is a blue led on the mobo which i belive just indicates there is power from the PSU. When i press the power button nothing more. No fans spin up and nothing else happens just the blue led.

The power switch on the mobo gives the same reaction.

I think this sounds like an RMA for the 680i but would be grateful for any other suggestions. (I know these mobos have been problematic but i wanted to do SLI so had little choice.)

Everything apart from the HDDs was bought from here.

I'd be grateful for any suggestions before i get on the phone tomorrow. Thanks in advance. Gutted.............:(

PS, the sides were not on the case and there are 4 case fans
 
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Not sure anyone is going to reply to this but i have done everything i can think of now. Stripped to the bare essentials, no post. Checked for shorting by trying to boot outside the case and same thing.
 
Hi, there is no post code on the dispay.

I only had perhaps 10 mins of it working, just a quick look around the bios and then sorting the raid array before it cut out. I looked at the temps in the first minute or so it was working and they were fine, but not sure what it was doing just before it cut out. All the system fans and CPU fan were working (but no fan activity now).
 
Yes, I have tried that combination.

At the moment i have taken the MOBO out and stripped everything down. I wanted to have a look at it. The back of the board looks almost dirty (although hardly noticeable) kind of like sticky dust in places. Keep in mind brand new case and all components except soundcard and dvd drives.
 
if there aren't any beeps in that combination, then it is most likely a mobo rma that's needed. Only other thing worth trying is just getting a cheap psu to test with.
 
Thanks, I will rip the PSU out of my HTPC and give it a shot and then get the board sent back if the same. Would be surprised if its the enermax though as the amber light in standby is as it should be and its alarm has not sounded.
 
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