did i kill the motherboard?
 

athlon xp 2700+

gigabyte g7n400-l m/b

2 sticks of crucial ddr 400


ok, so i had found out that my memory was bad, mostly due to the ever-increasing PFN_LIST_CORRUPT bsod's that I was getting. i decided to try to figure out if it was only one or both sticks of ram using memtest86.

so i take one stick out, and the bios freaks and tries to load the backup bios.

i replace the stick and now the motherboard hangs before BIOS - I get nothing, not even video bios.

i removed everything but memory and video card, same problem. ditto with clearing CMOS.

did i just kill my motherboard, or is there something else i can try?

thanks in advance.

Have you tried alternating the stick being taken out instead of taking out the same one?

Maybe the motherboard requires pairs of memory sticks?

yes, i tried swapping the sticks, to no avail. in addition, since the memory was bad anyway, i replaced the memory sticks and i'm getting the same result with the new (supposedly good) memory.

Funny my GA-7N400 Pro 2 is dead and the memory seems to be bad.

hmm....well, third time's the charm, i guess......but i swear that if it doesn't working this time, i'm getting an abit m/b.

Remove the memory, HD's, Video card, drives and then try to power on your machine. If you get a single beep (POST-ing), your mobo is fine and it is just the ram that is hosed. If you don't get a beep, I would say your mobo is hosed and RMA both the ram and the mobo. Regardless you are going to have to RMA the ram; I hope you bought from a dealer with a good RMA policy (newegg would be best here).

the ram is fresh, and from newegg.

so is the m/b. it is now boxed, and ready to be put in the hands of usps.

we'll see what happens, thanks for the suggestions all.