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

[AGSCalabrese]

Excellent I will take them to MicroCenter
Gus

> On Jul 18, 2009, at 5:32 PM, Rita Gibson wrote:
>
> 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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