RMA MOBO doesnt work?

[bcoffee20]

Hey there, i recently added another 6gb of dominator ram and found out that one of the dim slots in my mobo didnt work, so i RMA'd it and after putting together the whole system 3 times i cant seem to get it to work! The blue led on my mobo showing that it is connected to a power supply is on but it wont do anything else. Nothing happens when i hit the power button on the case or on the mobo. I looked online a bit and many people said it was the psu but i doubt its my psu because it worked a couple weeks ago with no hiccups with the same mobo! Anybody have any ideas?

 

[johnb35]

Are you using the same colored slots? How many sticks of ram total do you have? Have you tried using just 3?

 

[bcoffee20]

well all the slots are filled now compared to just the 3 before. i have 6 total. I havent tried just 3 since i didnt think that would affect it since its not even doing anything? ill try it real quick.

edit: Having only three sticks in didnt make a difference

 

[johnb35]

Try resetting the cmos. Unplug power from the pc, remove the cmos battery from the motherboard, press and hold the power button on the case for 10 seconds. Then wait 5 minutes. Then reinsert battery and reconnect power and try booting up.

 

[wbt50]

You seem to have the exact same problem as me. My motherboard is bad and I can't start up. Make sure to test the PSU first though as it could be your PSU.

 

[bcoffee20]

I will try removing the cmos battery trick now and update to let you know. Im really hoping its not the Mobo they sent me since i dont want to pay another 15-20 bucks to get another one. And the warranty is under a different persons name since i bought it from him and i dont really want to bother him again after already doing 1 rma.

 

[StrangleHold]

When you swapped the board, did you plug back in the 4/8 CPU power connector.

 

[bcoffee20]

yea everything is plugged in... im guessing its either the psu or mobo. Leaning more on the mobo since the psu worked before i RMA'd the mobo.