Greetings again, [H]'ers!
Been gone a while and just ordered parts for a budget gaming system. I purchased a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L from Newegg, and when I opened the box, and removed the documentaion so I could get a look at the MB, I noticed the Northbridge heatsink was askew. Upon closer inspection, I noticed a round capacitor rolling around loose on the MB. My best guess is that the mounting pins that hold the NBHS in place were never installed, since they are nowhere in the static bag or floating around on the MB. In shipping, the loose NBHS bumped a nearby capacitor and dislodged it. Oh noes! said I. Time for RMA.
Well, Newegg has asked me to confim that the MB does not work by hooking it up. What do you guys think of that idea? I'm a bit hesitant to connect a known working Powersupply, memory and monitor to an obviously damaged MB just to prove that it won't work. I sent Newegg a reply stating basically what I've said here, as well as a pic of the MB. I am still waiting on a reply.
Been gone a while and just ordered parts for a budget gaming system. I purchased a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L from Newegg, and when I opened the box, and removed the documentaion so I could get a look at the MB, I noticed the Northbridge heatsink was askew. Upon closer inspection, I noticed a round capacitor rolling around loose on the MB. My best guess is that the mounting pins that hold the NBHS in place were never installed, since they are nowhere in the static bag or floating around on the MB. In shipping, the loose NBHS bumped a nearby capacitor and dislodged it. Oh noes! said I. Time for RMA.
Well, Newegg has asked me to confim that the MB does not work by hooking it up. What do you guys think of that idea? I'm a bit hesitant to connect a known working Powersupply, memory and monitor to an obviously damaged MB just to prove that it won't work. I sent Newegg a reply stating basically what I've said here, as well as a pic of the MB. I am still waiting on a reply.
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