Well, got a brandee-new EVGA X58 on Wednesday from mwave.
Cracked open the box today. Lots of goodies in that big black box......
New i7 920, check.
New Corsair Dominator 6 GB kit (1600), check.
Cracked open that Intel box and carefully placed that new CPU in place, after cleaning the top so shiny with ArcticClean.....put the stock cooler in for testing and loading the OS and new BIOS upgrade......getting closer to seeing the little LEDs go on......
Opened the plastic jackets the RAM came in......slipped one in the first green slot, like the great big quick install poster said to do......
Put it on the bench.....used my faithful PC P&C 850W PSU.....plugged it in......ohhhhh look, the little LEDs DID come on.......
Placed my good ol' GTX 7900 for video feed.....make sure the PCI-e cable is plugged in, check.
Man, this is so cool, the power button is right down there on the board......ready, set, HIT IT!!!!!!
The fans are on, the fans are on.......oh boy..........uh oh......uh oh......there's no video, there's no POST screen......SHIT........I must have done something wrong.......I've never had a DOA motherboard........never.......NEVER........
Ok,Ok go back over all the steps.......looks good.......shit, you dumb-ass, try a different RAM stick......reset the CMOS.....turn off the power.....take out the battery......RAM,power,CMOS.......shit,shit,shit.
Look at that little code thingy at the bottom of the board......every time I turn the power on it laughs at me......F3,F4,62; F3,F4,62.....I'm waiting for it to say "hike".
Well, that's about my day.
Brand new stuff.
Brand new X58 motherboard, first time I ever bought an EVGA board.......and the fucker is DOA.
Well, Santa Claus, they do have that advanced RMA thing......so it looks like I'm gettin nuthin for Christmas but packing Peanuts.
Cracked open the box today. Lots of goodies in that big black box......
New i7 920, check.
New Corsair Dominator 6 GB kit (1600), check.
Cracked open that Intel box and carefully placed that new CPU in place, after cleaning the top so shiny with ArcticClean.....put the stock cooler in for testing and loading the OS and new BIOS upgrade......getting closer to seeing the little LEDs go on......
Opened the plastic jackets the RAM came in......slipped one in the first green slot, like the great big quick install poster said to do......
Put it on the bench.....used my faithful PC P&C 850W PSU.....plugged it in......ohhhhh look, the little LEDs DID come on.......
Placed my good ol' GTX 7900 for video feed.....make sure the PCI-e cable is plugged in, check.
Man, this is so cool, the power button is right down there on the board......ready, set, HIT IT!!!!!!
The fans are on, the fans are on.......oh boy..........uh oh......uh oh......there's no video, there's no POST screen......SHIT........I must have done something wrong.......I've never had a DOA motherboard........never.......NEVER........
Ok,Ok go back over all the steps.......looks good.......shit, you dumb-ass, try a different RAM stick......reset the CMOS.....turn off the power.....take out the battery......RAM,power,CMOS.......shit,shit,shit.
Look at that little code thingy at the bottom of the board......every time I turn the power on it laughs at me......F3,F4,62; F3,F4,62.....I'm waiting for it to say "hike".
Well, that's about my day.
Brand new stuff.
Brand new X58 motherboard, first time I ever bought an EVGA board.......and the fucker is DOA.
Well, Santa Claus, they do have that advanced RMA thing......so it looks like I'm gettin nuthin for Christmas but packing Peanuts.