New K7S41GX wont boot

If you are absolutely sure that the ram works ok then I'd center in on the processor, a bad processor would have this exact type of response. The only things I've seen do this are a bad power supply or not powerful enough power supply, a bad processor, bad motherboard, or bad ram. Also, this may sound stupid, but make sure the power supply is correctly plugged in. If it requires the additional 4 volt smaller plugs make sure they are plugged. Take a look at the capacitors on the motherboard. It's possible you've "popped some caps" on the board. If this is the case you need a new motherboard. A sure fire way to detect a bad cap is to look at the tops of all the capacitors. If the tops are not flat then you may have a problem. They also can pop from the bottom and leak an orange gel. If any tops of the capacitors are rounded or protruding more than the others than you've found the source of your problem. A bad capacitor(s) would absolutely exibit the exact problems you're encountering. Bad capacitors can be as bad as causing the system to not boot, to as simple as making it impossible to reboot the system and forcing you to shut down. Take a look at this picture for a visual example of what I am refering to http://badcaps.net/images/caps/kt7/image004.png Note in the picture how the bottom of the far left capacitor looks puffed up and isn't sitting flush with the others? Also notice how all of them have puffed up rounded tops? You can really see the roundedness of the tops because they have slits in the tops. I've seen the tops ooze brown /orange/ white stuff too. It's something to definitely take a look at. I know what it feels like to be facing your problem. Oh, one last thing, make sure you aren't grounding the motherboard to the case. I've had that happen to. Try taking the board out of the case entirely and just trying to boot with the ram / processor plugged in. If you can't visually tell if the capacitors are ok if you take some close up pictures and e-mail them to my address at the bottom of my post I will examine them for you. If you have any other questions or information feel free to leave a comment back on this post and I will be sure to reply back to you :) I hope this has explained your question in detail. If I've helped you please don't forget to rate me. Peter

Does this Mobo have an onboard graphics chip/port if so try connecting to that first as the BIOS may be set to try onboard graphics first (setting to change in the BIOS)