I recently had my Epox 8K7A die on me (overheating issue). I bought a returned K7N from Microcenter, but upon installing all of my compenents into the new board, I cannot get any signal from the video card. I have since tried a different video card and other components, with no success. Upon a second retry, the CPU also went up in smoke on the new board, I believe because of some heavy jostling I did trying to get the heatsink on and off (I heard a slight "crunch" noise..) My concern now is that the 2nd motherboard may have been a dud all along too.
My question is, if all I have plugged into the mobo is just the video card, with no other components present, would the motherboard POST anything so I can confirm that the motherboard is working properly? (or do I need a CPU to receive any BIOS signal from the motherboard -> video card?)
The fan on the northbridge comes on, but that is the only indication I have that the board is not DOA. I'd hate to go out and buy a new CPU if the mobo also has to be replaced (and I only have about a week left to return it).
I've also cleared the CMOS with the jumper to make sure someting didn't corrupt the settings.
Any help would be very appreciated, thx!
My question is, if all I have plugged into the mobo is just the video card, with no other components present, would the motherboard POST anything so I can confirm that the motherboard is working properly? (or do I need a CPU to receive any BIOS signal from the motherboard -> video card?)
The fan on the northbridge comes on, but that is the only indication I have that the board is not DOA. I'd hate to go out and buy a new CPU if the mobo also has to be replaced (and I only have about a week left to return it).
I've also cleared the CMOS with the jumper to make sure someting didn't corrupt the settings.
Any help would be very appreciated, thx!
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