- May 10, 2012
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I have a P8Z77-Pro /Thunderbolt that I got on ebay. I bought it because the seller was not a computer guy and was selling it because they found it "in a box". I noticed the heat sink was still on it, so I thought maybe they did not know that here was a processor on the board as well. Turns out that there was. An i7-2340k CPU! Not a bad score for $95 total.
I was planning to do an upgrade anyway, but now I don't know how to test to see if the board works.
Before testing, I got bored and built the whole thing. Added a Cooler Master 212 Evo heat sink, installed 4x4g Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600mhz 9-9-9-24 1.5v sticks, am using a 750w modular Corsair PSU, and a PNY GeForces GTX 750ti video card. As well as a DVD burner, a sweet drawer thing I found on Amazon (http://tinyurl.com/Bay-Drawer), and a cool 5.25 how swap thing (http://tinyurl.com/ogejzs7).
I have a 256 Samsung 850 pro 256 SSD for my Applications, a 250gb Samsung EVO for my OS and some other main programs, and then a 2tb, a 1tb, and a 500gb spin drive for media and backup.
So, imagine that - I put it all together, turned it on - and nada...
So what do I do to make sure my MOBO is working?
I have a P8Z77-V LK as a backup, but I'll lose 2 SATA ports. But that is not crucial, as I have a 4 port USB 3.0 card from Antec I can use for a couple of external drives for backup purposes.
BUT - I'd rather this board worked. Oh! I also do not need the wifi on the mobo either, as I always prefer, as all should, to hard line my Cat6 cable directly from my router.
So, back to my original question, how can I test my mobo to see it it works without building everything? I keep getting all kids of different answers online...
Thanks, guys!
ps - I did remove the CPU to check for pin issues, and one was slightly bent, but I fixed it perfectly with surgical tweezers, so that should be fine.
I was planning to do an upgrade anyway, but now I don't know how to test to see if the board works.
Before testing, I got bored and built the whole thing. Added a Cooler Master 212 Evo heat sink, installed 4x4g Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600mhz 9-9-9-24 1.5v sticks, am using a 750w modular Corsair PSU, and a PNY GeForces GTX 750ti video card. As well as a DVD burner, a sweet drawer thing I found on Amazon (http://tinyurl.com/Bay-Drawer), and a cool 5.25 how swap thing (http://tinyurl.com/ogejzs7).
I have a 256 Samsung 850 pro 256 SSD for my Applications, a 250gb Samsung EVO for my OS and some other main programs, and then a 2tb, a 1tb, and a 500gb spin drive for media and backup.
So, imagine that - I put it all together, turned it on - and nada...
So what do I do to make sure my MOBO is working?
I have a P8Z77-V LK as a backup, but I'll lose 2 SATA ports. But that is not crucial, as I have a 4 port USB 3.0 card from Antec I can use for a couple of external drives for backup purposes.
BUT - I'd rather this board worked. Oh! I also do not need the wifi on the mobo either, as I always prefer, as all should, to hard line my Cat6 cable directly from my router.
So, back to my original question, how can I test my mobo to see it it works without building everything? I keep getting all kids of different answers online...
Thanks, guys!
ps - I did remove the CPU to check for pin issues, and one was slightly bent, but I fixed it perfectly with surgical tweezers, so that should be fine.
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