[Slavan]

I've got the board on the box it came in. Plugged in 1 stick of RAM, the power, the power switch, and the Monitor through a DVI plug. Power comes on. Nothing goes to monitor, and there are no beeps. What I thought were beeps were just sounds from the case. I plugged the speaker into the motherboard and there is nothing from it.

The monitor is plugged in and turned on.

I don't understand this at all, really. This should work, but I'm getting nothing.

[Slavan]

I'm using the onboard graphics, not the new card I bought.

[etaf]

are you getting one long beep - that would be normal - to show the bios has past all tests

[Slavan]

No beeps at all. I think it's not even posting or booting. Right now I'm looking at it and the little green light by the battery is on, and the CPU fan is whirring.

I wonder if the CPU just isn't working? Wouldn't that make it beep?

[Frank4d]

Did you remember to plug in the ATX12V power connector close to the CPU?

[Slavan]

Originally Posted by Frank4d

Did you remember to plug in the ATX12V power connector close to the CPU?

Yup, and I have the 20 +4 pin plugged into the board as well, instead of just the 20 pin.

[Slavan]

So I've deduced that I received a DOA motherboard. According to ASUS tech support, I just have to RMA for a new one. Hopefully when I get the new motherboard, no problems will occur!

[etaf]

let us know - so others can benefit from the post

[booone222]

Originally Posted by Slavan

No beeps at all. I think it's not even posting or booting. Right now I'm looking at it and the little green light by the battery is on, and the CPU fan is whirring.

I wonder if the CPU just isn't working? Wouldn't that make it beep?

Faulty cpu's tend to not let the board fire up at all right? Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

[Slavan]

Originally Posted by etaf

let us know - so others can benefit from the post

Will do, soon as I get my new board and power it up.

[crjdriver]

I checked and while your exact cpu part # does not show as supported, I believe that is because you have a BE cpu. Your board should support that cpu.

I agree you most likely have a DOA board. I am not an asus fan and would recommend getting a gigabyte board to replace the one you have currently. Something like this gigabyte board

Next I highly recommend getting a quality pw supply. The one you have may not be causing your current problem however it is a low end unit. Here is an example of a quality pw supply. Corsair 450W Even though it is only 450W as opposed to the 500W you have, I would much rather have the Corsair over your pw supply.

[crjdriver]

You know the more I look at your board, the more I would dump it and get something else. Asus lists 3 separate bios updates within a 2 week period. These were to fix system stability.

When you see this many updates, the board is problem prone.