Weirdest Boot Issue Ever!! 0_o

[SleepWalkerX]

ok so my bro has a neo2 platinum board with a 3000 processor (no overclocking), pc3200 512 stick of mushkin, and a 9800 pro. for some reason, his board started acting up. when the psu is on and he hits the power button, the computer will not boot. so i do the works, reset cmos, reseat graphics card, reseat ram, etc and nothing works!! then, when the psu was on, i actually put in the ram and what do you know? The fvcker turns on!! that's right. that's the only way it seems to turn on, when i put in the ram while the psu is on. is this not weird?

cliff notes:
1. mysteriously the mobo will not boot.
2. tried everything to get it working.
3. put in ram while psu is on and it immediately starts running.

 

[rasczak]

huge nono man. the current going thru your mobo while the psu is on will fry your ram, if it already hasn't. have you tried putting the ram in a differet slot? i would just rma that thing and be done with it. that is a manufacturer's defect if any.

 

[jackschmittusa]

Define "on". Do you mean the psu fan is spinning, or just plugged in? Inserting ram with the mb powered up is NEVER a good idea by-the-way.

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: jpbelauskas
huge nono man. the current going thru your mobo while the psu is on will fry your ram, if it already hasn't. have you tried putting the ram in a differet slot? i would just rma that thing and be done with it. that is a manufacturer's defect if any.

DOH!!! Affirmative!

Ausm

 

[SleepWalkerX]

Originally posted by: jpbelauskas
huge nono man. the current going thru your mobo while the psu is on will fry your ram, if it already hasn't. have you tried putting the ram in a differet slot? i would just rma that thing and be done with it. that is a manufacturer's defect if any.

yeah i know. at first it was an accident, but it was the only way it would turn on.

edit: oh i forgot to mention, yeah i tried all the banks.

Originally posted by: jackschmittusa
Define "on". Do you mean the psu fan is spinning, or just plugged in? Inserting ram with the mb powered up is NEVER a good idea by-the-way.

its plugged in and in the on position (negative). yeah i know.

i have a really cool friend who has an extra k8n neo2 platinum. so i'm sure he'll let us borrow that one while we are rma'ing ours.

i was just hoping there would be some mobo option or something, but it seems to me that there's like something wrong with the ram banks.