Dead Motherboard?

[beardawnwood]

q6600
msi p7n sli platinum
4gb ocz sli ready
2x 9600 gt
ultra 700 watt psu


I believe I have tried everything known to humanity to get this new build working. Heatsink fan, 2 case fans and gpu fans work upon power up. The monitor reads "no signal detected". Tried both sticks of ram and both gpus seperately. I tried reseating ram and gpus. I have pulled the mobo battery and tried the cmos reset button on the mobo. The dvd-rw has power and can open/close when powered on. I cannot tell/hear if the hard drive is on, as the fans make it rather loud.

At this point I'm not sure what else to do. Is it time to rma the mobo? It would seem that the mobo is the culprit here, is there a chance it is the cpu or psu? With all the fans and drives working, it seems to me that the psu is not at fault. I left the computer running for 1-2 minutes, hoping the computer would realize the anguish it was putting me through and decide to work, but alas it would not. However after this, I noticed the heatsink was warmish which led me to believe it was not the cpu. I don't have any speakers and there are no audible beeps with zero, one or two sticks of ram.

Any other suggestions?

 

[engiNURD]

... I left the computer running for 1-2 minutes, hoping the computer would realize the anguish it was putting me through and decide to work, but alas it would not. ...

ROFL.


Do you hear any error beeps without a vidcard? Do you have a spare PCI vidcard anywhere, or can you borrow a vidcard from a friend? (Fry's is my friend, btw) I know you've done some of the stuff below already, but I don't think you did all of it, so I'll just paste it all:

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If you have both the 20/24 pin main ATX connector plugged in, AND the 4-Pin ATX12V P4 CPU connector plugged in, then the board should boot fine.

You could test the PSU. Jump start it (on the main atx connector, short the green wire with any black wire, using a paperclip), and see if it stays on. If not, then its probably a faulty PSU. If it works then proceed (though, in rare cases, it may still be the PSU at fault).

Setup everything outside of the case, with the mobo on top of its cardboard box. Plug in only the essentials:
- PSU (namely: main 20/24-pin ATX connector and 4-pin ATX12V P4 CPU Connector)
- CPU w/ HSF
- Single stick of ram
- Videocard if there is no onboard video
- Monitor
- Keyboard
- System speaker/buzzer

* Use a screwdriver if your board doesnt have an onboard power switch. Jump the two power switch leads to turn the power on.

If it won't POST, try different RAM slots. If it still won't POST, pull out the ram (so no ram in the system) and listen for error beeps. If none, pull the vidcard and listen for error beeps. If none, re-seat the CPU/HSF and try again. Report back with results if you're still having issues.
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