[thelist] grounding + shorts (installing hardware)

[Anthony Ettinger]

I installed the CPU + Ram myself, I'm sure it's in
there properly. It was a perfect fit.

I think either the MB really is defective, (possibly I
fried it without grounding myself first), or there is
a short in the case causing the mb not to bootup.

I'm trying to get an RMA from Newegg. We'll see, they
say to contact manufacturer, and manufacturer says to
contact reseller :)



--- Todd Richards <todd at promisingsites.com> wrote:

> Did the motherboard come with the CPU in it, or did
> you install it?  Make
> sure that is fully seated, as is your RAM.    
> 
> Todd
>  
> 
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> Subject: [thelist] grounding + shorts (installing
> hardware)
> 
> Just bought:
> ASUS K8V-X motherboard
> AMD Semperon 3000+
> 1 Gig Corsair Ram (pc3200) 512mbx2
> eVGA nVidia FX5200 128Mb Video Card
> 
> However, I'm not getting a "post beep" when I
> bootup.
> Fans and drives are powered, and motherboard light
> is
> on, but no video signal, and no post beeps.
> 
> Local computer shop said it was a defective
> motherboard (worked with new MB). I also read about
> grounding myself may be the problem, not sure how to
> do this though.
> 
> Any ideas on looking for shorts on the motherboard?
> Not sure what to look for.
> 
> 
> Anthony Ettinger
> ph: (408) 656-2473
> blog: http://www.chovy.com
> 
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Anthony Ettinger
ph: (408) 656-2473
blog: http://www.chovy.com


	
		
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