Re: I need help testing a motherboard

Dennis Kibbe wrote:

>
>--- "Bupkus" <bupkus@cox.net> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I live in Phoenix and need to test a main board for a Pentium 4/Celeron (478
>pin/533,800fsb). The problem is I don't have a processor to test it. I
>understand this is an odd request but I'll be receiving the board on
>Thursday the 1st of September and I have 30 days to test it and either RMA
>it or keep it. I got it for my brother for a December gift but I don't want
>to buy the CPU until then. BTW, the board is a SOYO 865PE SY-P4I865PE+ 1.0
>
>Thanks,
>Mark
>
>
>Mark,
>
>You can put the motherboard in a case with the proper PS and turn it on without any RAM or CPU installed and it should complain (loudly) that those items are missing. That should tell you it isn't DOA.
>
>Dennisk
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Thanks, I'll give it a try. Tonight I was thinking of just returning it
to the website I bought it from. I got it for $75 with a $75 rebate but
so many people have commented unfavorably about Soyo's products and
rebates lately that I was feeling convinced that I had made a mistake.
Of course there's no telling if it will last but I would like to know if
it at least isn't DOA and if the rebate ever arrives it will have served
it's purpose.

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