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callum9710

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Just bought my motherboard (MSI Z87 G45 gaming), currently for my first build i have the case, all the case fans, a hard drive, disk drive and the power supply. I want to test whether or not the motherboard is working so that i don't have to worry about it working or not seen as i wont be able to order my ram or CPU for at least 2 month and the seller warrenty is only 14 days. is it possible to know whether it is working or not by plugging the 8 pin CPU header and the 24 pin main power header into the board, then the case fans, front panel headers on the case, my disk drive and hard drive. if i do this when i press the power button on the case will the motherboard turn on the fans and hard drive etc letting me know that the mother board is functioning correctly? Or will nothing happen at all? i know that it will not boot and nothing will be displayed on the monitor. Also will plugging all of the power cables into the motherboard (8 pin and 24 pin) fry the motherboard seen as the CPU and RAM is not installed?
 
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No it won't fry it, but nothing's actually happening is my point. Once the power supply tries to pass power to the board and there's no CPU, the power gets cut off and it's done. It's not a way at all of confirming the motherboard works. Dead motherboards will do this all the time and still be dead. Really what's required is a CPU, there's just no other way around that.
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There is no way to know if your motherboard is fully working until you can actually test each part. No CPU means you cant test the CPU socket.

Manufacturers are generally good about testing products before they are shipped during QC. If you find it is not working in 2 months, you may not be able to return it to where you bought it from; but it should still be covered by the manufacturers warranty.
 
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athlonman00

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No it won't fry it, but nothing's actually happening is my point. Once the power supply tries to pass power to the board and there's no CPU, the power gets cut off and it's done. It's not a way at all of confirming the motherboard works. Dead motherboards will do this all the time and still be dead. Really what's required is a CPU, there's just no other way around that.
 
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