No video on Identical Motherboard

sirstinky

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Hey all.

I had the pci-e slot go bad on my Dell Inspiron 531s motherboard (I think it's the Y206) after it got wet. It works with the onboard vga, but I need dual monitors, so I need the pci-express for a graphics card.

I didn't want to hassle with a clean install of Windows so I found the same model motherboard, I installed it, and it powers on, but there's no video, no beeps, and no POST. I tried reseating the cpu, the RAM. I took out the memory and it does beep. All the original parts work fine and there are no other issues.

It's an Inspiron 531s, AMD Sempron, 4GB pc2-6400 RAM, Windows 7 pro. Motherboard is a Y206 (I think).

Any help? I'm pretty good with pc's but this is baffling. It should work if everything is the same, right?

Thanks!