Recent content by Mike486DX

Hi, I clumsily managed to snap off a capacitor from my system's motherboard while switching graphics cards. It's right next to the audio output jacks, and subsequently, the audio is now only playing in one channel. Otherwise the board appears to be working fine. Have used it for several hours...

Here's a video I made of my endless boot loop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEeoUEYB3d8 Note how the PSU 'clicks' upon each attempt to boot. I spent a lot of today aligning those pins and I'm starting to think they're not the problem: the board clearly recognises the CPU is in there because...

Really struggling to see what I'm doing, even with the torch and magnifying glass - I think I'll wait until daylight now, it's gone 10pm here.

Thanks both, yes video card, RAM, PSU all fine with other machines. Now going to put a flashlight in my mouth, a magnifying glass in my left hand, and a toothpick in my right. This is going to be insanely hard but I'll report back! The guy on Gumtree said the board had never been used before...

I'm starting to wonder if my CPU socket is damaged, excuse large images:

Alas, nothing...same behaviour, brief power on then off again, a boot loop without POST.

It's used, I have a bad feeling about getting a refund as it was from gumtree and the seller has gone silent now. Does anybody know, if using only 1 stick of RAM, which slot to use? Does it matter?

Hi, Tried building a new rig today and failed. Asus P9X79 Pro Core i7-3930k 8gb DDR3 GTX 750Ti Seasonic Platinum 1050w PSU So as per the thread title, when I power up, the fans spin for about half a second, then the board powers off completely. No VGA, no POST, no warning beeps, just on, fan...

Here's a summary and picture of the system it was briefly used in: http://www.overclock.net/lists/display/view/id/6198067

Based in UK, will ship to USA if buyer pays shipping. Free shipping if in UK. £130 (=$180) Does not include processor. You are purchasing ONLY the motherboard and RAM. Used only for 3 months last year. Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS. Socket LGA2011-V3. Suits Haswell-E processors such as...