I just purchased a Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2 mobo and it seems to be DOA.

Before I send it back I have a question.
There is a 4 pin connector that is on the board and supplies 12 volts to
the CPU.
I keep seeing references made that only newer power supplys have a
connector for this plug but with my mobo I got a power cord that hooks
up to an eide power connector. I used a spare eide power connector for
my connection.
Is this proper or is my power supply outdated?
It's only a 300 watt no name but has been very stable in my old system
when checked with SiSoft Sandra. I'm not going to overclock and only
using 1 hard drive and 2 Cd drives.
I plan to upgrade the power supply in the near future though.

My problem is that it won't post and I have no video.
The CPU fan spins up but I get a beep error.
One long beep, pause, long beep,pause, etc.
I tested the new Crucial DDR 2700 Ram in another system and it is fine.
I tried a pci video card instead of the new MSI FX5200 agp video card
that I also purchased and still no video and still get the beep error.
I did notice a spark from the metal case surrounding the onboard Lan
plug to the trim plate surrounding the I/O connectors when I started the
system.
Also have a new AMD 2.5 Barton and have no way of testing if it is good.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Taz

TaZMAn wrote:
>
> I just purchased a Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2 mobo and it seems to be DOA.
>
> Before I send it back I have a question.
> There is a 4 pin connector that is on the board and supplies 12 volts to
> the CPU.
> I keep seeing references made that only newer power supplys have a
> connector for this plug but with my mobo I got a power cord that hooks
> up to an eide power connector. I used a spare eide power connector for
> my connection.
> Is this proper or is my power supply outdated?
> It's only a 300 watt no name but has been very stable in my old system
> when checked with SiSoft Sandra. I'm not going to overclock and only
> using 1 hard drive and 2 Cd drives.
> I plan to upgrade the power supply in the near future though.
>
> My problem is that it won't post and I have no video.
> The CPU fan spins up but I get a beep error.
> One long beep, pause, long beep,pause, etc.
> I tested the new Crucial DDR 2700 Ram in another system and it is fine.
> I tried a pci video card instead of the new MSI FX5200 agp video card
> that I also purchased and still no video and still get the beep error.
> I did notice a spark from the metal case surrounding the onboard Lan
> plug to the trim plate surrounding the I/O connectors when I started the
> system.

This, I'm sure is/was your problem.


> Also have a new AMD 2.5 Barton and have no way of testing if it is good.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Taz