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I returned the motherboard. They tested it and found it to be fine. I sent them my CPU and memory and they found one of my RAM modules was faulty. They returned it to me and it now works with just the three good RAM modules installed. However, they said they had tweaked the pins and I suspect...

Yes, I had reassembled the machine in the case. I took it out again and there were no extra stand-offs. It was now working well with memory in slots 3 & 4 but wouldn't start with memory in either 1 or 2. I also noticed that with these slots empty it would now boot into Windows and didn't crash...

And finally, it stops working again. I rebuilt the computer and it turned on ok the first 4 or 5 times and the next time, it just went back to turning on and off.

Thanks again. I am hoping this is now solved. The bent pin was definitely the main problem. It is a miracle that I managed to fix it considering that in the process I bent several more pins and had to find the thinnest needle in the world together with the strongest magnifying glass and a huge...

Further update: I took the cooler off and there was one very slightly bent pin. THese sockets are far to fragile. All I had done was seat the CPU once, carefully, without ever touching the pins. I managed to straighten the pin and now I can get the fan to run with all four RAM sockets...

The results of this test are amazing and completely unexpected. I am using the onboard display output. First test, fan runs steadily. Add a single RAM module to slot A1 - power cycles on and off Add a single RAM module to slot A2 - power cycles on and off Add a single RAM module to slot B1 -...

Correction: I don't have a spare CPU that will fit this socket. Both the CPU and the motherboard are new. Is it a fair assumption that the problem is the mobo? Is it possible that the cooler has a short and this has fried the mobo? Remember that it did start to boot a couple of times?

Thanks again. That suggestion was certainly what I was thinking, except that I had tried that experiment and it still wouldn't boot. I now tried something different. I opened up another computer and connected its ATX and EAXT to the motherboard. I also ran one of its SATA power connectors to...

I have some more information. 1. Pressing my ear to the PSU, I can hear its fan is turning on and off in sync with the others. 2. With the H60 cooler connected, the cycle is 6 seconds on, 4 seconds off. With the cheap cooler, the cycle is 4 seconds on, 4 seconds off. With the cheap cooler I...

Correction: the cheap cooler has 4 wires so all 4 pins on the header are being used when I connect it.