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Re: New parts, no boot

Subject: Re: New parts, no boot
From: Bill <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:54:36 -0700
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk

In article <ila29450ibv0u3vjqq2lj39vtos6ibtl92@xxxxxxx>, 
go@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> 
> On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:29:51 -0700, Bill <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> >
<snip>
> > And did you clear the cmos?
> 
> I'd laugh outright at this, if I had the energy.
> 

 Well, at least I brought a smile to your face.

> >> and chassis
> >> intrusion.
> >> 
> >>  The only parts *not* known to work are the new ones, and I don't have the 
> >> time
> >> or inclination to mess with it. Any ideas on what I should RMA out first?
> >> 
> >> 
> >
> > Take everything out of the case and hook it up on a table. You may 
> >have something shorting to the motherboard, like a standoff in the 
> >wrong spot.
> 
> I thought about that, and pulled the board and checked. There's nothing where 
> it
> shouldn't be. In fact I can see no reason whatsoever for this to be happening 
> -
> unless one of the new parts was defective from the factory. I've never gotten 
> a
> bad Thermaltake before, but I *have* gotten defective Asus motherboards and 
> AMD
> CPUs.

 Well, feces occurs. Checked the CPU for bent pins, fully seated in 
the socket? I'd RMA the motherboard before the CPU and a bad PS is a 
possibility, if remote.


                Bill


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