Zero3X

I'm from the UK so i bought it from overclockers.co.uk. I'm well outside of their returns policy as well as Asus' 3 year warranty. So I'm just going to hope it is the motherboard and buy a new one - I actually don't see how it could be anything else; the in built graphics don't work, the USB ports aren't supplying any power and a grounding issue has pretty much been ruled out.

Yep, I have reset the BIOS and tried everything I've already tried again ealier today - and after that didn't work I removed the BIOS battery for an hour, put it back in and then tried everything a third time. I've removed everything and tried to boot, that didn't work. I'm also not getting any signal from the built in DVI or VGA ports. It's definatley not the monitor because it works fine displaying input from my backup PC. I've tried a different power supply and still didn't get anywhere. I also tried the RAM in my backup PC and all works well. I might just bite the bullet and buy another motherboard - I've had my suspicions that this one was a little bit faulty since day one. Thanks for all ya help

I don't have a PS/2 keyboard to hand :/ The motherboard is raised from the case and no part of the case is touching the motherboard at all. I've also tried booting up with the motherboard suspended on 4 cardboard pillars as a last resort - that didn't work. Video card is powered with a 4pin PCI connector. CPU fan as well as all other fans are turning. The CPU heatsink appears to be seated properly. Yep, the 20 pin connector and the 4 pin CPU power are plugged in. The motherboard's power status light is also illuminated. I can't see any leaking fluid or feel any bulges on the top of the capacitors (on the motherboard or the graphics card). I should also mention that there is no voltage selection switch on my power supply so that isn't causing a problem.

About 4 years ago I bought an Asus M4A785TD-M Evo motherboard to go with my AMD Phenom Quad Core CPU, Sapphire HD5770, 4GB of Corsair XMS3 RAM and Corsair 950W PSU. When I first got it and put it together everything worked well - for about 4 months when the ethernet port on the motherboard stopped working. I really couldn't be bothered to send it back so I put in a spare ethernet card I had lying around. About a year in I decided to clean out the PC. The graphics card was blocking direct access to the rear fan so I took it out and proceeded to clean. Upon putting the graphics card back in I found it I wasn't getting any video. So I tried moving it about a bit but got nowhere. I then remember removing the graphics card completely and trying the motherboard's display. That didn't work so I out the graphics card back in, moved it about a bit and eventually got it working. I think I went through this same motion once before. Anyway, today I decided to move all the components into a new case. I placed everything in and connected the monitor to the graphics card. No display. I tried reseating the graphics card and still no display. There's no display on the motherboard's display either. Both the 4 pin power connector and the larger power connector (16 pin?) are in place and have been reseated quite a few times. I've tried 4 separate sticks of RAM in various slots and that didn't work. I don't have a motherboard speaker so can't tell if it's posting or not but I have tried logging in to windows blind a few times and I dont get the logon sound playing. I've also tried the above again after resetting the CMOS. I also just noticed that my keyboard and mouse aren't receiving power after turning the PC on - the optical mouse's LED isn't on and the caps/num lock LED of the keyboard doesn't work. I've tried various USB ports on the back and they didn't work. When I connected the mouse to the front USB of the case the optical LED flashes on for a second and then no more. So, is my motherboard borked?

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