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Re: New parts, no boot

Subject: Re: New parts, no boot
From: Mara <go@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:47:32 -0500
Newsgroups: 24hoursupport.helpdesk


On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:54:36 -0700, Bill <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>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.

I needed that.

>> >> 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? 

Yep. No problems there. I do have another working Phenom I'll try later today.
If it doesn't fire then, I'll RMA the motherboard.

>I'd RMA the motherboard before the CPU and a bad PS is a 
>possibility, if remote.

I'm getting at least some power to the motherboard, but it's not sending the
signal back to power on up. I also wondered if my UPS wasn't too small for the
PS, but it won't fire directly from the wall either.

>               Bill

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