I recently picked up the following from here:
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard [turned out to be revision 1]
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case
(plus a known-good DVD drive I had spare)
Got this exact build (except I think I had a different revision than 1 for the mobo in the last order) from here before now for a friend so didn't expect any problems, and I'm careful with static precautions etc. so I don't think I blew it. However, on full assembly, the PC won't post or anything: completely blank screen. It does the usual power on/off every 2-8 seconds that some others reported with DS3s when they didn't like the setup.
So far, I've tested it, with the same results as above:
W/o
DVD drive
HDD
With a known-good PCI graphics card instead of the PCI-E above (unfortunately don't have any PCI-Es to test with)
With a known-good HDD
With 1 stick of RAM
With 0 sticks of RAM
The PSU fan runs fine on startup so I don't think it's the PSU that's bust.
Any other tests I can run before I call either the mobo or the processor as doa or simply incompatible?
(incidentally, the mobo came with a /spare/ capacitor - it's not missing any, I checked about 15 sites' worth of images, including Gigabyte's own, of a rev 1 board to make sure of that...)
As far as RMAing goes, never had to do this before so, if it does come to that, how do I go about it?
Thanks.
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard [turned out to be revision 1]
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case
(plus a known-good DVD drive I had spare)
Got this exact build (except I think I had a different revision than 1 for the mobo in the last order) from here before now for a friend so didn't expect any problems, and I'm careful with static precautions etc. so I don't think I blew it. However, on full assembly, the PC won't post or anything: completely blank screen. It does the usual power on/off every 2-8 seconds that some others reported with DS3s when they didn't like the setup.
So far, I've tested it, with the same results as above:
W/o
DVD drive
HDD
With a known-good PCI graphics card instead of the PCI-E above (unfortunately don't have any PCI-Es to test with)
With a known-good HDD
With 1 stick of RAM
With 0 sticks of RAM
The PSU fan runs fine on startup so I don't think it's the PSU that's bust.
Any other tests I can run before I call either the mobo or the processor as doa or simply incompatible?
(incidentally, the mobo came with a /spare/ capacitor - it's not missing any, I checked about 15 sites' worth of images, including Gigabyte's own, of a rev 1 board to make sure of that...)
As far as RMAing goes, never had to do this before so, if it does come to that, how do I go about it?
Thanks.