Mobo doesn't beep, no POST, NOTHING!

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gaeko

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Well....it all started when I started getting artifacts when in BIOS. I RMA'ed the video card, and in the between time I used a Geforce FX 5200 with NO problems. I received a new card from ATI, and I installed it only to find that I was getting a checkered display during POST.

I reset the CMOS, but still no go. I thought it may have been a power issue so I unplugged the HD's, etc., and tried to boot up just using the vid card, RAM, and processor. Well when I turned the machine on, it ran for a couple seconds, then turned off. CPU fan was in fact running, so it wasn't because of that. I turned it back on and now it doesn't beep, no display, no POST. Arrrghhh

Btw: I RMA'ed my motherboard a couple months ago because the system was acting funny. Turns out my PSU was going back, so I purchased a new one. So for your info, I have a new mobo, and PSU, and now a new video card.

What could the problem be? Mobo would be the first obvious choice, but I'm thinking power could still be an issue? Anything I can try to get the system to boot?
 
Yeah it could be mobo or PSU. Your PSU should be enough to power those components... have you checked the voltages with a digital multimeter? If you have another PSU you should test with it to see if it boots up.
It is possible that the motherboard died from ESD. Or maybe it is just being shorted out somewhere. Try running it outside of the case? Maybe the BIOS is corrupt or something.

Also make sure everything is disconnected aside from the essential hardware.. looks like you tried that though. Maybe try using the older video card to see if it does anything different.
 
Well, I used another known working PSU and the system still didn't boot up. I think i'm gonna wind up just buying another nforce2 motherboard. I have no idea what happened...

Is there anything else I can check out?
 
As weird as it may sound.. check out the ram if its a new motherboard. I just bought a new motherboard from Asus and they dont support any OCZ branded memory, it wont post, or do anything and it did beep, but the beeps said it was a bad video card. I just took my video card to a friends house and it works fine. Talked at the Asus tech forums and a guy with my exact same memory and problem popped in some corsair and it worked fine. Here is a link to your motherboard with people posting questions, maybe you can find an answer there: http://vip.asus.com/forum/topic.aspx?board_id=1&model=A7N8X+Deluxe&SLanguage=en-us
 
That would seem really odd. My roommate has OCZ ram, and i've been running OCZ for a couple months with no hitches. Either way, i'll yank the ram from my computer at work and try it.
 
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