[clue-tech] I just bought a motherboard, CPU and memory and something is DOA

[Rita Gibson]

They will bench test your parts right there at Micro Center, I'm 
surprised they didn't offer to do it before you left. They usually do 
when you buy a motherboard.

Rita Gibson

AGSCalabrese wrote:
> The CPU is a dual-core socket 775 2.5 GHz Pentium
> The memory is two sticks of 1GB DDR2 PC2-5300
> The motherboard is a Gigabyte GA G31M ES2L
>
> I bought them at MicroCenter.
> I installed the CPU and the memory and a speaker and plugged in a 
> monitor.
>
> Results:   No display on monitor, no beeps from the speaker.
> The power switch starts the fan.  At first I could also turn the fan 
> off by pressing the power switch for 5 seconds.  No longer.
>
> I am looking for some help whereby I drop by and try my parts in 
> someone's system.
>
> Best
> Gus S. Calabrese
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