If there is nothing like lights, fans turning on it's most likely the PSU.
But first, did you switch on the PSU or plug it in?
But first, did you switch on the PSU or plug it in?
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Are you referring to the actual socket the CPU is installed in?
If that is fractured, you may not get all the pins on the CPU to properly make contact
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Originally Posted by iCeQube I made a dumb mistake by destroying the white plastic on the cpu socket and now its half-cracked (that'd teach me to read the manual 1st nxt time) |
If that is fractured, you may not get all the pins on the CPU to properly make contact
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It's not going to do anything if you don't have the CPU in there. I think you're socket being cracked is your issue. What did you do exactly to crack it?
Originally Posted by iCeQube I have tried removing the cpu and it still doesnt do anyything, could this be the motherboard is dead or the cpu, or even the PSU? |
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I'm a intel person, and usually there is a a plastic sits on top of the socket which comes with a label to tell you to take it off in order to place the cpu. As I did not read the manual i assume that was the case and had difficulty in taking it off, and started peeling it off and then the plastic came out pieces by pieces. So i managed to peeled half of the plastic after i realized it wasnt a smart thing to do, therefore the cpu now sits on the socket with half of the white plastic.
I tried the PSU with another board, it turned on just fine. As for this mobo, when i push the power cable from the PSU to motherboard it turns on and off very quickly, the led from the fans, motherboard flickers. So all these symptoms are because I cracked the cpu socket?
Originally Posted by skitzogreg It's not going to do anything if you don't have the CPU in there. I think you're socket being cracked is your issue. What did you do exactly to crack it? |
I tried the PSU with another board, it turned on just fine. As for this mobo, when i push the power cable from the PSU to motherboard it turns on and off very quickly, the led from the fans, motherboard flickers. So all these symptoms are because I cracked the cpu socket?
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yes i belive we're talking about the same thing
Originally Posted by The Duke Are you referring to the actual socket the CPU is installed in? If that is fractured, you may not get all the pins on the CPU to properly make contact
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Whats this white plastic your talking about? You mean the white socket? Thats where the cpu goes and I dont recall ever removing a plastic substance your referring to. Does the cpu still fit firmly in the socket? You may have damaged it and probably you need to submit an rma. Tell your friend it came defective, or hes never going to trust you again.
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Yes.... since that is the CPU socket itself, the board is hosed....
Originally Posted by iCeQube I'm a intel person, and usually there is a a plastic sits on top of the socket which comes with a label to tell you to take it off in order to place the cpu. As I did not read the manual i assume that was the case and had difficulty in taking it off, and started peeling it off and then the plastic came out pieces by pieces. So i managed to peeled half of the plastic after i realized it wasnt a smart thing to do, therefore the cpu now sits on the socket with half of the white plastic. I tried the PSU with another board, it turned on just fine. As for this mobo, when i push the power cable from the PSU to motherboard it turns on and off very quickly, the led from the fans, motherboard flickers. So all these symptoms are because I cracked the cpu socket? |
Yeah, there's no way that Gigabyte are going to RMA that (they're reluctant enough to RMA on legitimate requests, so there's no way this would work) since you pretty much did it by your own neglect of reading the manual.
The manual is your friend
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The manual is your friend
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Common sense is also your friend
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Edit: also pics would be nice?
Originally Posted by neurolysis Yeah, there's no way that Gigabyte are going to RMA that (they're reluctant enough to RMA on legitimate requests, so there's no way this would work) since you pretty much did it by your own neglect of reading the manual. The manual is your friend
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Common sense is also your friend
Edit: also pics would be nice?
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As you see that sense is not so common.
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Originally Posted by JMT668 Common sense is also your friend
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