It Has Died

[chuck4456]

I threw my back out this afternoon - came home early. I'm dyin' ! I lit up the new E6300 build and ZILCH! Instead of resting, I've been doing diagnostics. This is what I have at this point:
No Optical Drive
No Hard Drive (lites, anything) -
I took the cover off, fired it up, ran it no less than 5 minutes. Fans work, CPU heatsink warm, video card warm. Everything on the inside runs. I swapped IDE cables - notta. Took the multimeter out and tested it all. Green lite on PSU.
I took the board out, looked it all over, can't see anything obvious. OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT IT'S A FOXCONN BOARD ! It may have INTEL stamped on it, but it's a Foxconn. I'm not too happy about that. Intel farmed this one out bigtime. I don't have but one IDE connector on it, so swappage with cables ain't happenin'. I'm thinkin" board.
Any other suggestion? I'll be up a while. I can't lay flat!

[Panama Red]

Got another power supply you can try? Just to eliminate that possibility.

[chuck4456]

Did that. In fact, I'm using that PSU in the 805 that I'm typing with right now. The one that was in here is in there.

[Kareeser]

Rest. A clear head in the morning is better than staying up all night, trying to figure out a problem :)

Have you tried the out-of-case build? (I see you took out your board, but you didn't say anything about the out-of-case build :))

[chuck4456]

Thanx. Yeah, it's way too late to be doin' this. I didn't do the out of case since everything on the inside was running as if normal. Since I have the board on the bench already, I'll try that when I get up, because it sure doesn't look like I'm going to be installing any plaza pavers in the morning! In the AM!

[glc]

Intel has never built their own boards. They have been using Foxconn for their OEM for years.

[chuck4456]

Yeah, I knew that. I was tired and in pain - venting! I had a Foxconn in my old PIII Dell. I just got up a little while ago.
OK, I performed the out-of-case procedure. It goes "ZIP!" when I cross the pins. Nothing else. No fan activity, no smells, no other noises. Performed the procedure 3 times. It's like there is a dead short somewhere. What do you think ?

[Cricket]

OK, I performed the out-of-case procedure. It goes "ZIP!" when I cross the pins. Nothing else. No fan activity, no smells, no other noises. Performed the procedure 3 times. It's like there is a dead short somewhere. What do you think ?Sounds like the motherboard died.

:) Cricket

[chuck4456]

It's a sad story. I had a case number that was given to me by Intel when I was having the core voltage issue. I think that there was a problem all along, even though the system performance was beyond compare. Somewhat disappointing. Contacted Newegg, contacted Intel. I'm sending the board and CPU back priority mail, with a detailed letter. I'm going to get credit on the board and CPU and go ahead and apply it to a WiFi and a 6600. Might as well. I had that thing sold. I'm glad it decided to crash on me, instead of him. Anyway, he still wants me to build him one - I told him what had happened. I'll get him out of the way, and then do my own 6600.