Another new build won't POST thread

[GregH]

Originally Posted by Fudd Rucker

Probably coming from the VRM on the board. I found the 770 and 780 boards were really bad for this as they rarely cooled the mosfets which like to blow periodicly.Went through 3 AM2 boards with my phenom 9950 before I figured it out that the VRMs were problematic when not cooled.

So is that something that can be RMA'd?
Is it something I did wrong or a defect of the board?

[stoanee]

RMA time. Just tell them what happened.

[MarkOne]

what is the reason of the missing screw on the pic where the back plate is missing... also what brand and model of case you have.. I see too many time motherboard tray, or back of the case touching the under board

[GregH]

Antec 300 case (think I mentioned that in the OP)

MB tray wasn't touching the back of the case.
The only screw that lined up with the standoffs that I didn't screw in was one by the RAM which is a paid to get to.
MB had several other screw holes, but the Antec 300 didn't have places to mount the standoffs to match them so I left them empty. Was that a bad idea? Never installed a MB before.

For now I guess I'll start the RMA process & chuck the PSU & vid card back in the old machine.

[stoanee]

I am not familiar with that case but, every build I have done I can line up every hole on the motherboard with a standoff and the cases have all had enough holes for said standoffs. Something seems amiss.

[GregH]

Red circles indicate holes on the MB that have corresponding standoff holes on the Antec 300.
Green circles are holes on the MB that have NO corresponding holes on the case (so I left them empty):

[stoanee]

That is odd, I am not impressed.

[3.0charlie]

I have seen that before. The mid-RHS hole (below the ram slots, against the edge) has no stand-off to match in the STD ATX cases.

Have you found were the burnt marks are?

[GregH]

Originally Posted by 3.0charlie

Have you found were the burnt marks are?

No burn marks anywhere on the MB - I just pulled it & looked at both sides.
Does that mean it might still be worth trying to get it to work or should I just suck it up & RMA it?

Was so excited to finally be able to build a decent pc, and now everything is on hold

[KaptCrunch]

note take out new MB from box
look under MB for long wires, solder drips that stick out too far, use a nail clipper to trim the excess off so not to short out

charlie i use the old AT plastic stand off's for no matching holes