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

[dennisjperkins at comcast.net]

What model motherboard? 

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From: "AGSCalabrese" <agscal at gmail.com> 
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Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 3:01:05 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain 
Subject: Re: [clue-tech] I just bought a motherboard, CPU and memory and something is DOA 

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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