2 DOA Motherboards?

[Trouble-Shooter]

Hey all. I just bought two used motherboards, one for a P4 and one for a Celeron. Both came with the processors. I have a stacked slide-out workstation for motherboards, and I hooked up the first one and had NO response. The CDROM, HDD, power supply, etc are all problem-free. Because this is my test station, I do actually know this for a fact. Both of the motherboards gave me the same response, nothing. No fans, no beep, POST, etc. I tried different outlets, power strips, I did even try a new power supply just to be sure. All the caps are good, no evidence of abuse, processors look good top and bottom. This is strange, I haven't ever seen more than one in a lot show up this dead. Any ideas? Thanks for any help.

 

[NYJimbo]

You do have a POST test card, right ???

 

[starfireone]

Did you try reseting the bios on both boards and check for memory compatiblity?

 

[killergamer]

did you make sure all your jumpers are right on the board?? Sorry if this makes no sense at all...

 

[JohnG]

Try swapping out your processors as well. I have seen more than a few boards with the same symtoms, no post or beeps from dead procs.

 

[abe]

Dump em

sounds like a bad buy to me, I would avoid this seller

 

[Trouble-Shooter]

Yes, they were indeed bad boards. This is an ongoing situation with this knucklehead. LOL.