GA-G41MT-D3 Problem

[Kyoroshi]

Just bought a GA-G41MT-D3 few days ago, installed everything. Everything turns on fine, but there is no signal to the monitor. The GPU is not broken, it seems like the motherboard isn't detecting my CPU. (all my parts are not broken, tested with other motherboard) Is the CPU socket broken?

Specs:
E6750 CPU
2GB Corsair DDR3 RAM
8800GTS 320mb
500GB HDD
500W OCZ Stealth xStream 2

[Dark Mantis]

Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte UK Forum.

Firstly have you connected the monitor up to the graphics card or the onboard VGA?

If the graphics card have you set the motherboard to boot from that rather than the onboard GPU?

If you check page 31  in your manual you will see it explains it all in detail there.

http://download.gigabyte.eu/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_ga-g41mt-d3_e.pdf

[Kyoroshi]

Hello.
Yes I have, i connected to both the onboard vga output and my video card. It won't post at all.

[bubbl3]

If you remove you VGA and try to boot with only the onboard, does it post?

If not i would check the power cables, especially the 8 pin to the mobo, also try reseat your ram.

[Kyoroshi]

Tried removing VGA, didn't post. ):
Reseated ram, nothing worked. 8pin works on my other motherboard...

[Dark Mantis]

In that case I would say that you either have a short to earth through the chassis or your PSU is duff (technical term). I would advise you to check the PSU first as that is the easier option. Check out this video and then do the same on your power supply.

How to jump start a PSU video   http://www.corsair.com/cinema/movie.aspx?id=1358543

[Kyoroshi]

Alright, tested my PSU. Fans turned on... I guess the PSU is working fine.Tested the RAM on my other motherboard, worked fine... CPU works fine on my other motherboard also...

[Dark Mantis]

Well in that case it would seem as if the PSU is working.
The next thing is to remove the motherboard form the case and test it on the workbench.

Make sure that you observe anti-static precautions.

Lay some cardboard or something similar that is non-conductive on the worktop and remove the motherboard/CPU/heatsink/fan/buzzer/one stick of memory and PSU from the case and put it on the cardboard. Add the keyboard and now I know you haven't got any graphics but try and boot. The system should try and then fail emitting a series of beeps. Please post what sounds it makes.