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

[AGSCalabrese]

The motherboard doc says it is okay to use a 20 pin connector power  
supply.
Gus


On Jul 21, 2009, at 7:38 AM, dennisjperkins at comcast.net wrote:

You have a 24-pin connector.  Why are you only using 20 pins?  Does  
your power supply have a 4-pin connector to go into the remaining 4  
pins?  If so, look at the power supply documentation to verify that it  
is supposed to go there.  You might need to replace the power supply.

----- Original Message -----
From: "AGSCalabrese" <agscal at gmail.com>
To: "CLUE technical discussion" <clue-tech at cluedenver.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 5:10:44 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
Subject: Fwd: [clue-tech] I just bought a motherboard, CPU and memory  
and something is DOA

I took my parts to MicroCenter.
For their own reasons, they replaced every part ( qty1 MB, qty1 CPU ,
qty2 RAM )
Then they tested the combination and said it was good.  I left
MicroCenter carrying the MB with
CPU and RAM installed.

Back at the ranch, I installed the MB/RAM/CPU in a box.  I added a new
300W supply ( 20 pin power connector ).
The MB is a 24 pin power connector.  See photos at http://oh-god.com:5080/dir/zeus/
I connected a monitor.  I added an internal speaker.
I turned on the power.  the fan spun, and nothing else happened. No
beep.  I switched monitors.  Nothing happened.
I added a video card.  Nothing happened.  I added a keyboard .....
nothing.

What now ?

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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