- Mar 12, 2005
- 16
- 0
- 0
About a month ago, I ordered parts off TigerDirect and NewEgg. My setup is
A64 3500+
Chaintech VNF4
2x512 Corsair Value RAM
Radeon X800XL
So I connected everything, plugged in the power, flipped the PSU switch, hit the power button, and nothing happened. I thought it was a PSU problem at first because I used a stock case PSu, but I bought an Antec 420W TruePower PSU and still nothing happened. After tweaking with it and asking people on this forum as well as another, the conclusion was that the motherboard was dead.
I RMA'd the thing, but TigerDirect wound up returning credit to me instead of sending another board (I have no idea why; I specifically asked for a new board). Anyway, so I went on NewEgg and ordered a new board instead. This time, I got the Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 board. Once again, I connected everything, plugged in the power, threw the switch on, and again, nothing happened.
I took the board out and tried to boot it up from just the bare essentials of RAM, video card, and CPU. Still, nothing. I've cleared the CMOS, tried inserting the RAM into different slots (and made sure they were in all the way), basically, I've pretty much checked everything.
Am I so unlucky as to get two consecutive dead motherboards? Or is something else - namely the CPU or the RAM - the problem? The thing is, I don't have another socket 939 CPU to test on the board. Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
A64 3500+
Chaintech VNF4
2x512 Corsair Value RAM
Radeon X800XL
So I connected everything, plugged in the power, flipped the PSU switch, hit the power button, and nothing happened. I thought it was a PSU problem at first because I used a stock case PSu, but I bought an Antec 420W TruePower PSU and still nothing happened. After tweaking with it and asking people on this forum as well as another, the conclusion was that the motherboard was dead.
I RMA'd the thing, but TigerDirect wound up returning credit to me instead of sending another board (I have no idea why; I specifically asked for a new board). Anyway, so I went on NewEgg and ordered a new board instead. This time, I got the Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 board. Once again, I connected everything, plugged in the power, threw the switch on, and again, nothing happened.
I took the board out and tried to boot it up from just the bare essentials of RAM, video card, and CPU. Still, nothing. I've cleared the CMOS, tried inserting the RAM into different slots (and made sure they were in all the way), basically, I've pretty much checked everything.
Am I so unlucky as to get two consecutive dead motherboards? Or is something else - namely the CPU or the RAM - the problem? The thing is, I don't have another socket 939 CPU to test on the board. Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.