Done everything short of proposing to the thing.
I got a MSI B450 motherboard, and it refused to post. It was mounted to the case by the raised mounting spots in the case itself, so that's out. No screws or anything hanging around.
Used the tester that came with my power supply (EVGA 650 gold plus) and that came out okay. But plugged into the motherboard? No dice. No lights, no beeps, nada. Dead silence.
After pulling everything out in various orders to see if they were causing a short, still the same result. It was sad, but I deemed the motherboard DOA and replaced it.
New motherboard, new lease on my frankenchild's life. Or so I thought. This motherboard is an Asus ROG Strix B450F (felt safer here, Asus has been good to me) and behold, the same problem.
So, either I have to be the unluckiest person in the world to have two DOA motherboards in a row, from across two different brands, or there's something funny going on.
Checked cords and cables over and again. Really have no clue what to do at this point. Help?
I got a MSI B450 motherboard, and it refused to post. It was mounted to the case by the raised mounting spots in the case itself, so that's out. No screws or anything hanging around.
Used the tester that came with my power supply (EVGA 650 gold plus) and that came out okay. But plugged into the motherboard? No dice. No lights, no beeps, nada. Dead silence.
After pulling everything out in various orders to see if they were causing a short, still the same result. It was sad, but I deemed the motherboard DOA and replaced it.
New motherboard, new lease on my frankenchild's life. Or so I thought. This motherboard is an Asus ROG Strix B450F (felt safer here, Asus has been good to me) and behold, the same problem.
So, either I have to be the unluckiest person in the world to have two DOA motherboards in a row, from across two different brands, or there's something funny going on.
Checked cords and cables over and again. Really have no clue what to do at this point. Help?