Msi g31tm wont boot

Welcome, Newcomer. Are you using the same hardware for both mobos? Have you tried breadboarding? What are the voltage readings from the PSU test?

thanks for your reply - we are going to try breadboarding now - see if that works - PSU's are both fine... no hardware for each of the mobos is different. the g31tm is a replacement board and the other one is a completely new build. Thing is I've checked the compatability of the CPU and memory - all good - so am stumped :-S after the BB will post back...

okay - some measure of success - have breadboarded and we can now get into the bios - I read somewhere - cant remember where now that the pacers MUST be in the correct position - am hoping that this is the issue with both boards - will post back once we have set up and stuck everything back in their cases as this could be an interesting solution for other users with a similar problem. May be an MSI thing?? anyone with further info - please share :-) thanks!!