When my new system is powered up, the case fan and power supply fans turn fine. The CPU fan twitches, but never gets going. Although I've heard that with AMDs and Gigabyte motherboards that is not necessary a problem. Hard drive is spinning. However, there is absolutely no indication that anything else is happening. The motherboard, as far as I can tell, does not have an internal speaker, but I harvested one from another machine and plugged it in and still no beeps at all. The monitor screen stays black, on both the integrated VGA and DVI.
This is a brand new build, and has never successfully booted.
I also have a DVD burner, but it acts the same whether that is plugged in or not.
I'm using the on board video.
I've gone through the "New build won't boot" checklist, with no change in status.
I've switched power supplies, with no difference.
I've tried different monitors (of which all are working on other machines) with no difference.
I have tried putting it one memory module at a time, with no difference.
I have tried the absolute minimum I can think of (power supply into motherboard, power button ONLY plugged into front panel, CPU fan plugged in), with no difference.
I appreciate any ideas anyone might have. Do I need to RMA the motherboard? This is my first build, so there might be something obvious. I was very careful in assembly with static; I'm confident nothing was zapped during assembly.
Did you perform the breadboarding suggestion in the checklist. Building the system with the motherboard outside the case on a non-conductive surface will rule out a short as your problem.
You're 100% sure that both the main 24-pin motherboard power connector AND the 8-pin CPU power connector are BOTH firmly plugged in? Did you try booting with no RAM installed to see if you get any beeps?