GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 wont post.

[Dark Mantis]

In that case I think the next thing to try is to clear the CMOS.

Remove the power cable from the mains supply and then press the power switch on the case for a few seconds just to drain any residual energy in the PSU capacitors.

Once done remove the motherboard battery for at least one hour before replacing it.
 
Next plug back into the mains supply and boot.
 
You will now need to enter the BIOS by pressing DEL and load Optimised BIOS Defaults.

Make any other changes to the BIOS settings to suit your self like disabling the floppy drive, disabling the full screen logo and making the HDD the primary boot device and then press F10 to save and exit.

[Meph]

Well I tried clearing the Cmos.  I left the battery out for approximately 4 hours.  Its still doing the same thing.  Powers on for about 2 seconds and then cycles.  Never makes it to post, no way to get into bios.

[Dark Mantis]

It would be worth checking for bent pins on the CPU socket also.

Take all the usual anti-static precautions.

Very carefully remove the heatsink and fan. Probably a slight twisting motion is best to release the two as the thermal paste can act like a glue.

Once off remove the CPU taking extreme care both physically and electrically(static) and place somewhere safe.

Make sure that the lighting is very good and even.

Now scrutinise the socket for any pins that are out of alignment, even slightly.
If in any doubt whatsoever take a couple of macro (close up) photos of the socket and post them on here for us to check.

Also look at the bottom of the CPU at the lands (little copper circles) and make sure that there is a mark in each somewhere near the centre.
If there are any missing marks or any of the pins are obviously bent then that is your problem.

Before refitting the CPU clean off all residue of the old thermal paste and the same on the heatsink and then apply a small amount (about the size of a grain of rice) to the centre of the CPU once it is inserted in the socket.

[Meph]

I checked the CPU.  No bent pins.  I didn't really expect there to be since it was once posting and beginning to install Win 7.  The CPU had never been removed.  I did clean both the cpu and heat sink and then reapply thermal paste.  No luck there either.  I have my RMA # from newegg and I think at this point i'm just going to ship it monday unless you have any other ideas.

[Dark Mantis]

No I think tha\t is quite a good idea at this juncture. At least when you get the new board you can be fairly certain it will be working alright and if there is still a problem at least we have a start point. Please just let us know when you get it back and how it all goes.

[Meph]

I will do, thanks for all the help.

[Meph]

The new motherboard arrived today and everything works fine. 

[Dark Mantis]

Oh! Great! At least we did make the right choice then and good news that it is all working now.

[Meph]

Yep, everything is installed now and working great.  Thanks again for the help.