I would try checking the socket pins. I have seen them get knocked out of
place before and a gentle nudge can put them back. I would also check the
psu Intel board can be grumpy about power.
On Nov 1, 2011 9:26 AM, "Steven A. DuChene" <linux-clusters@mindspring.com>
wrote:

> The motherboard was in a sealed package from Intel from what I could tell.
> I will try the no memory trick next.
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: Dazed_75
>
> Sent: Nov 1, 2011 8:55 AM
>
> To: "Steven A. DuChene" , Main PLUG discussion list
>
> Subject: Re: no video showing up on new system
>
>
>
> If it were me, my first thought would be to ask my friend where this new
> motherboard came from.  IOW, perhaps someone had it and experienced these
> problems before you.
>
> My second thought would be to start it with NO memory in the system which
> should definitely produce some beep code.
>
> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Steven A. DuChene <
> linux-clusters@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> > A friend gave me a new Intel DP45SG motherboard and a Q9550 Core 2 Quad
> > processor
> > so I bought what I thought would be a good set of DIMMs to go with it.
> The
> > DIMMs
> > are quantity 2 of DDR3 1333MHz 4GB. So I put it together in a new case
> and
> > a 430W
> > power supply. The system will turn on but I get no video. Looking over
> > on-line docs
> > for the motherboard I decided perhaps the 4GB DIMMs were not suited for
> > the mother
> > board so I purchased some 2GB DDR3 1333MHz DIMMs instead with high hopes
> > that this
> > would solve the no video problem. No such luck. The motherboard has an
> > on-board
> > mini speaker which I believe is where any post beep codes should come
> out.
> > I am
> > getting nothing from that speaker so I decided to try hooking a regular
> > external
> > speaker up to the standard audio ports to see if I was getting anything
> > there.
> > Nada, nothing, zilch.
> >
> > I tried two different video cards that work in other systems fine but I
> > still get
> > no video out when I power on this system.
> >
> > In looking over the specs for the q9550 processor I see it is supposed to
> > have
> > a 1333MHz FSB and the motherboard definitely lists support for DDR3
> > 1333MHz memory.
> >
> > Anyone here have any ideas or suggestions?
> > --
> > Steven DuChene
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