Fell for the $70 Foxconn, DOA?

PliotronX

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So I just needed a PC to ping and configure Cisco hardware and thought one of those Foxconn barebones from the Egg would suit nicely because it still has a serial port for consoling into the Ciscos and since I have DDR3 SODIMM and a SATA drive ready to go... well, this thing will not POST. At first it would only power on for a split second until I took the motherboard out and held it as I hit the power switch then insulated the backing from shorts. Now the power stays on but no POST with or without RAM/HDD/fan plugged in. With a PSU tester it reports the voltages are fine. Is this bound for an RMA?
 
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Sounds like it.

I have a Foxconn board in my home NAS. It's been solid for a few months now. *shrug*
 

T_Yamamoto

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Foxconn isn't all that bad.

They do OEM work for a lot of companies.

*shrug*

Just RMA it