New MOBO+CPU wont POST. C2D 6600 + 4coredual-vsta

ddni

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Jul 11, 2007
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Hi all, first post here....

Funny how people lurk for years only to join in a crisis!!

In order to make use of a donated ati x1950pro 512mb AGP card and 2gd of DDR2 Ram, I bought an ASROCK 4coredual-VSTA motherboard and an Intel Core 2 duo e6600 CPU

Sadly I am having problems.....

The problems that I am having are;

On connecting power to psu of new system, BEFORE FRONT PANEL BUTTON IS PRESSED, CPU and GPU fans run at full speed. They continue to run till power is pulled.

Computer does not POST.

Caps lock Num Lock Scr lock lights flash once then no other lights.

No video output, no beeps.

Motherboard returned to aria.co.uk and replaced. Symptoms exactly the same on replacement motherboard.

Memory (512mb DDR2), Graphics card (Sapphire ATI x1950 Pro AGP) and PSU (Jeantech 600w Arctic) are all known to work in other systems.

The problem also persists with the Motherboard on a non static desk out of the case.

I have tried new psu, clearing CMOS, replacement Motherboard, different Graphics card and different RAM.

I am stuck! Is the CPU faulty?